Cynthia Lennon Said She ‘Got on Well’ With the Other ‘Beatles Girls’
John Lennonās first wife, Cynthia Lennon, described her life adjacent to the Beatles in her memoir. However, this experience also extended to other wives of the band members, with Cynthia Lennon sharing a close friendship with the self-described, āBeatles girls.ā Hereās what we learned from John.
Who was John Lennonās first wife, Cynthia Lennon?
Around the same time John Lennon and Paul McCartney began writing music, the āImagineā singer began his relationship with classmate Cynthia Lennon (then Cynthia Powell). After she became pregnant with her first son, Julian, the two got married.Ā
That made John Lennon the first Beatle to get married. Due to safety concerns, the Beatlesā wives were rarely seen in public alongside the band. Still, they formed a close friendship, according to Cynthia Lennon.
Cynthia Lennon formed a close friendship with the other Beatles membersā wives
George Harrison was the last Beatle to fall in love, doing so at 21 years old. He met Pattie Boyd while filming A Hard Dayās Night and married her shortly after. According to Cynthia Lennon, she was āfriendlyā and āeasy to get on with,ā similar to the ārest of us Beatles girls.ā
āThe two Liverpool girls, Maureen and I, and the two London girls, Jane and Patti, got on well from the beginning,ā Lennon wrote in her memoir John. āWe were all living through the same thing and it was wonderful to have friends to share it with.ā
āAll of the Beatlesā women got on with each other, but Maureen who was one of the most down-to-earth, honest people I ever knew, became my closest friend,ā she added.Ā
The āBeatles girlsā attended concerts and traveled together. Cynthia Lennon was even staying with Maureen Starkey, (Starrās ex-wife,) the night John Lennon was shot.Ā
What happened to the other āBeatles girlsā?
As the artists rose in stardom, some Beatles separated from their wives. After meeting and beginning his whirlwind romance with Yoko Ono, John Lennon divorced Cynthia Lennon in 1968. Months later, he was married to the artist/activist.Ā Ā
Harrison and Pattie Boyd married in 1966. They divorced in 1977, with Boyd starting a relationship with Harrisonās friend Eric Clapton. Paul McCartney remained married to Linda McCartney until she died in 1998.Ā
Now, the songwriter is in a relationship with Nancy Shevell. Maureen Cox, also known as āāāMo Starkey,ā officially split from Ringo Starr, although she was āso heartbrokenā at the divorce, according to Cynthia Lennonās memoir.Ā
āWhen Mo and Ringo parted in 1974, she had been so heartbroken that she got on a motorbike and drove it straight into a brick wall, badly injuring herself,ā Lennon wrote. āShe had been in love with him since she was fifteen and his public appearances with his new girlfriend, American actress Nancy Andrews, had devastated her.ā