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Cynthia Lennon, the former wife of John Lennon, passed away yesterday after a short battle with cancer. The 75-year-old died at her home in Mallorca, Spain, with her son Julian by her side.

Cynthia met John Lennon when she was 18 and the pair were both students at the Liverpool College of Art. They were married in 1962, just before the Beatles hit it big, and would remain married for six years. Their son, Julian Lennon, posted a moving video tribute to his mother on YouTube today titled “In Loving Memory”:

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Hard Rock has made available a two-hour interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono conducted in 1968 by Keele University student Maurice Hindle.

The interview, available in its entirety for the first time, is presented on HardRock.com, complete with transcripts, analysis and a memorabilia gallery.

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“John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes” is a groundbreaking new interactive album app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch which commemorates the 33rd anniversary of “Double Fantasy”. The app tells the story of John Lennon’s journey sailing through a mid-Atlantic storm to Bermuda in June 1980, integrating excerpts of demo tapes recorded there.

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Today would have been John Lennon’s 73rd Birthday. Yoko Ono is marking the occasion with an exhibit of his art at a gallery located at 72 Greene Street, Soho, New York City.

Yoko will also relight the Imagine Peace Tower today in Iceland (4 pm ET/1 pm PT/9 pm UK time). You can Tweet your wishes to @IPTower.

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A great and unexpected image has emerged of John Lennon and his son Julian visiting Fonzie and co. on the set of the classic U.S. sitcom “Happy Days”.

According to May Pang, who posted the image on her Facebook profile, the picture was taken during a tour of Paramount Studios in January, 1974. Whether or not John would have known the cast is debatable, as the first episode only debuted that month.

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