Cynthia Lennon passed away on Wednesday. John and Cynthia met in Liverpool in 1957 and the couple married just before Beatlemania transformed her husband into one of the most famous men in the world. She was kept so far in the background at the height of the Beatles early success that many fans were not even aware of her existence. She went with The Beatles on their first trip to America. In New York she was left behind when the band were swept away in a car. In Miami she was held back by a disbelieving security guard. She stayed at home bringing up Julian while the Fab Four toured the world. Cynthia was quoted as saying John never wrote a song for her because it was “too sloppy when you were young to dedicate anything to anybody.” Could he have been thinking of her when he wrote You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away?

 

 

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