You can read Julian’s full account and those of several other reflections from children of famous entertainers here. Even now, almost 40 years after he died, I hold my father’s memory dear.” He wanted to reconnect, not just with me but with the rest of his family. But our relationship was getting better before he died. I loved her more than anything and can’t forget how poorly he treated her. “ I try to remember my dad as fondly as possible,” he concludes, “ I strive for forgiveness and understanding in that area of my life, for the difficult times he put my mum and me through. Lennon also shares he has a difficult relationship with his father, he strives to look upon it in a positive light. Julia and Fred split when John was 4 and left him in the care of her sister, Mary. Both of John's parents dabbled in entertainment, though neither pursued it professionally (Julia was described by John as a comedienne and singer). When I did finally become a professional musician a few years later, I felt like I understood him better.” John was born on October 9, 1940, after Julia endured nearly 30 hours of labor, amidst an air raid from the Nazis. “ Sadly,” Julian laments, “ never really got to see my career unfold, as he passed when I was just 17. Like his father before him, Julian would start a musical career in 1984. Traveling to the US where Lennon resided from 1971 until his death in 1980, Julian remembers his father at this time as being”charming, funny and warm”. It was thanks to my mum that we started having conversations again.” “ I was very angry about how he left the family. “ Maybe 10 years passed during which my dad and I barely spoke,” he states. (Obviously, the title of the song changed to ‘ Hey Jude’).”Īfter this Julian admits he had little contact with his father. “ Not everyone forgot about us, though,” He continues, “ Paul McCartney wrote ‘Hey Jules’ after dropping in to check how my mum and I were doing. And I felt as if my mum and I had been cast aside.” He and Yoko Ono were deeply and publicly in love. “ Then suddenly my dad literally disappeared off the face of the planet,” Julian confides. In 1968 John Lennon would leave Cynthia Lennon for Yoko Ono. “ Who could have predicted that everything was about to change?” “ As a kid, I thought my dad was pretty happy – with the family, the family home and his place in the world,” Julian continues. Located a short drive from London, Lennon lived at his Kenwood estate with first wife Cynthia Lennon and Julian from 1964 until 1968. “ A lot of the happy memories of my father are from the late 1960s at Kenwood,” Julian shares with journalist Joshua David Stein, “ Without knowing it, I probably saw some of the greatest musicians in the world come and go through that house.” See how he’s transformed from a young boy to a full-fledged rocker in these photos.Julian Lennon has offered a series of reflections on his relationship with John Lennon in a new article published by UK newspaper The Guardian. Julian has been in the spotlight since he was just a lad. Here, Julian Lennon poses for a portrait on Apr. He inspired the songs ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ (1967), ‘Hey Jude’ (1968), and ‘Good Night’ (1968). Julian is also an important part of The Beatles’ history. He is, however, close with his half-brother Sean Lennon, whose mother is Yoko Ono. His father was one of the most famous men in the world but left his mother, Cynthia Lennon, when he was just five years old. Additionally, he’s helped produced several acclaimed environmental documentaries.Īs for his personal life, Julian has never had children or married. He has released 7 albums as a solo artist and is also a respected fine-art photographer and children’s book author. The second-generation rocker, born Apin Liverpool, England, is quite the musician and artist in his own right. Julian Lennon is music icon John Lennon’s eldest son, from his first marriage to Cynthia Lennon.
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