Julian Lennon at 58: John Lennon’s “little known” son who hid from Beatlemania and excluded him from his will

For years, Julian Lennon dedicated himself to healing the wounds of the past. The firstborn of the former member of The Beatles, John Lennon lived a difficult life before an absent father who became one of the best musicians in history, whose fame drove millions of fans around the world crazy.

Born from the artist’s first marriage to Cynthia Powell, the little boy came into the world on April 8, 1963, a few weeks after the group released the first album “Please Please Me.” And it was this event that forever marked the first years of his life.

Time passed, and his parents’ divorce was another blow he received as a child. After meeting Yoko Ono, the interpreter was unfaithful to her first wife and would leave her after 6 years of union, to live and later marry the Japanese artist, leaving her son relegated.

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John Lennon’s eldest son and his harsh childhood

ECB News highlights in a publication the reality of Julian Lennon, qualifying him as a survivor of the so-called Beatlemania, which prevented him from enjoying his father’s company in a normal home.

It was the representative of The Beatles, Brian Epstein and godfather of little Julian, who suggested to John in the early 60s, to hide his marriage and paternity for a few years in order not to damage the delusional popularity created around the musician and the band.

And the idea worked, because Lennon’s fans were unaware that the artist was a married man with a young son. Julian’s custody remained in the hands of his mother, after a contentious separation.

This decision kept him away from the media and from his father, who distanced himself from his son for years, which made the young man grow up resentful of an absence that youth charged him. The media reported Julian’s disdain for Lennon, as well as his feud with Yoko Ono.

Soon the Lennon-Ono marriage became a controversial couple that was in the news daily, with a career and successes that wrote a new history in contemporary modern music.

Adult Julian Lennon reconciles with his father’s work

The fateful and unexpected death of the former beatle, on December 8, 1980, was the beginning of the path for Julian to decide to follow in his father’s footsteps. Thus, in 1984 he released his first album “Valotte”, a production that left one wanting to hear more of the voice of Lennon’s son, in a tone that reminded one of the legendary singer.

The song “Too late for Goodbyes” became number 1 on the music charts of the time. He had the Lennon label and his song earned him a Grammy nomination for “Best New Artist” in 1983.

However, his career did not achieve at all the success that his father lived for decades. The great physical resemblance that he has with his father, along with his melodious voice, was taken by many critics as an attempt to copy the style of the British singer.

It is said that Julian was not included by Lennon in his will, so in 1996 he decided to sue his father’s inheritance, reaching an agreement with the famous widow, for an amount of 20 million pounds, equivalent to 26 million dollars. .

The action of Paul McCartney, who served as a great protector of Julian and as his “uncle”, was what helped establish the reconciliation of father and son, and even with Yoko Ono, after his death.

In 2009, Julian opened one of the exhibits of the interpreter’s objects from “Imagine” in England, and surprised with some thoughtful words. “I have turned into positive energy” the hatred he once felt for his father.

“If dad walked through that door now, we would hug and cry together”, this phrase went around the world and reflected the will of the young artist to move away from the anger and hatred that he accumulated for years.

The Guioteca portal mentions the inspiration that Julian gave to the former member of the Liverpool band. The story saves the great gesture of this exbeatle, who wrote a song to the little boy when he turned 5 years old, in order to comfort him before the divorce of his parents.

In this way the melody “Hey Jude” was born and when he was a teenager he knew the true story behind those lyrics. “Paul helped me understand that I wasn’t the only one who was out of place. My dad had also suffered losses, ”he said, remembering that he lost his mother very early and did not know his father.

In 2015, Julian also lost his mother, Cynthia Powell, after a battle with cancer.

The time allowed him to get closer to Yoko Ono and her brother Sean, with whom he maintains a positive and harmonious relationship today.

A life full of philanthropy

Julian is currently 58 years old, he is a photographer and producer of documentaries, such as the most recent “Woman Of The White Buffalo”, made in 2020. He is also dedicated to creating music for soundtracks, but it is his vision and philanthropic action that keeps busy.

He is a fervent activist for the environment and human rights, which is why he created The White Feather Foundation, which he chairs and with which he develops cultural projects in different countries of the world, from Africa to Sri Lanka.

Through this non-profit institution, he has managed to acquire a series of objects and form an enviable collection of the life of John Lennon. His childhood trauma made him decide not to have children, which keeps him childless.

On February 8, 2022, he commented from his Instagram account, his long battle to get Covid-19 and suffer some consequences, but with a positive attitude he announced the new projects he is creating, through a photo shoot.

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