John Lennon dan Cynthia Rukun Sebelum Yoko Ono Datang
The Bad Boy and the Nice Girl: Cynthia and John Lennon
John Lennon dan Cynthia saat hidup rukun (kiri) ucapan duka cita dari keluarga situs putranya, Julian Lennon (tengah) mendiang Cynthia dan putra tunggalnya Julian pada 2006. John Lennon and Cynthia (left) the memorial website set up for her by her family (center) Cynthia and her son Julian pictured together in 2006.
CYNTHIA LENNON, istri pertama John Lennon, meninggal Rabu berusia 75 di Majorca akibat mengidap kanker. Cynthia berusia 18 tahun saat bertemu John, 17, di Liverpool Art College saat pertama bertemu dan kemudian memiliki putra yang dinamai Julian.
Setelah dinikahi Lennon, Cynthia terpaksa bersembunyi di balik bayang-bayang sukses The Beatles dan harus menyangkal sebagai istri sang gitaris. Setelah berbagai skandal, suaminya selingkuh dengan Yoko Ono, dia pun menggugat cerai dengan ganti rugi 100 ribu poundsterling. Belakangan Lennon membantah pernah jatuh cinta dengan Cynthia - meskipun surat-surat cintanya menceritakan fakta sebaliknya.
Cynthia bertemu Lennon di sekolah seni di Liverpool pada 1957 dan mereka menikah sebelum Beatlemania mengubah suaminya dari musisi klub malam menjadi salah satu pria paling terkenal di dunia.
Pada puncak keberhasilan awal The Beatles, dia harus menjaga jarak dimana para wanita penggemar Lennon bahkan tidak menyadari keberadaannya, dan dia tinggal di rumah membesarkan Julian sedangkan Fab Four, julukan The Beatles tur keliling dunia dan merajai puncak tangga lagu, seperti dilansir MailOnline. (Foto2: MailOnline)
CYNTHIA LENNON, the first wife of John Lennon, died yesterday aged 75 in Majorca following a battle with cancer. Cynthia, then 18, met John, then 17, at Liverpool Art College in their first term and later had one son together, Julian.
But, after the pair married, she was forced to live in silence through Beatlemania and had to deny being his wife. After several affairs, he finally cheated on her with Yoko, prompting a swift divorce in which she received 100,000 poundsterling. The musician later denied ever being in love with Cynthia - despite his love letters telling the exact opposite story.
Cynthia met Lennon at art school in Liverpool in 1957 and the couple married just before Beatlemania transformed her husband from a jobbing musician into one of the most famous men in the world.
At the height of the Beatles' early success, she was kept so far in the background that many of Lennon's female fans were not even aware of her existence, and she stayed at home bringing up Julian while the Fab Four toured the world and topped the charts. (Pictures of MailOnline)
