After the birth, the Powell family moved to a two-bedroomed semi-detached house in Hoylake across the river Mersey from Liverpool. The nurse locked the door, swore her to secrecy, and 'dragged' the infant into the world. She was in labour for a whole day and a night until a midwife arrived. In 1939, Mrs Powell (who was carrying Cynthia) was sent to Blackpool after World War II had been declared, and lived in a small room in a bed-and-breakfast on the Blackpool seafront before giving birth. Charles Powell worked for the The General Electric Company plc (GEC) company, and sold electrical goods to shops in Liverpool. Lennon died in Spain at her home on April 1st, 2015.Ĭynthia Powell with her brother and fatherĬynthia Lennon was the last of three children born to Charles Powell and his wife Lillian (née Roby) who had two older sons named Charles and Anthony (Tony). In her final years, she lived in Majorca, Spain. In 2006, she and her son attended the Las Vegas première of the Cirque du Soleil production of the Beatles Love, which marked her only joint public appearance with Ono. In September 2005, she published a new biography, John. She published A Twist of Lennon in 1978, and later married Noel Charles, a night club owner, in 2002.

After her divorce, she changed her name back to Lennon by deed poll and met Jim Christie, who was her partner for 17 years. In 1976, she married John Twist, an engineer from Lancashire, but divorced him in 1983. She married Italian hotelier Roberto Bassanini in 1970, divorcing him in 1973. The Lennons' divorce was legally granted on 8 November 1968. During this time Paul McCartney visited her, composing ' Hey Jude' on the way. In 1968, Lennon left her for Yoko Ono, and planned to sue for divorce and sole custody of their son. After she became pregnant with Julian Lennon, the Lennons were married on 23 August 1962, at the Mount Pleasant Register office in Liverpool. When Lennon was performing in Hamburg with The Beatles, she rented Lennon's bedroom from his aunt and legal guardian, Mimi Smith, even though Smith's attitude was often unfriendly. Lennon also attended the college, meeting Powell in a calligraphy class, which led to a relationship, although Lennon was only in the class because other teachers had refused to teach him.

She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula, and at 12-years-old was accepted into the Junior Art School, and later was enrolled in the Liverpool College of Art.

Cynthia Lennon (née Powell) (10 September 1939–1 April 2015) was the former wife of musician John Lennon.

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