Julian Lennon comforts ailing Lucy in the sky

[kskiska]

The Beatle's son reveals the woman who inspired the famous song has an incurable illness

MORE than 40 years after John Lennon wrote Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, his son has gone to the help of the real Lucy, who is now suffering from an incurable disease.

Lucy O’Donnell, who was at nursery school in Surrey with Julian Lennon, became “the girl with kaleidoscope eyes” as the subject of one of the Beatles’ most famous songs, written at the height of their flirtation with psychedelia.

Julian had drawn a picture with starlike shapes before telling his father that it was “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”.

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Julian was excluded from his father’s will after his murder, but eventually reached an agreement with Ono under which she gave him a large but undisclosed sum.

He now describes their relationship as cordial. “I unleashed hell on her, but we’ve made our peace. We’re okay.” The two had dinner together last year in New York. “There was no point in continuing the anger. It’s a waste of time and energy,” he said.

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[Skittles]

1. ?

I thought that Lucy had died

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11177085

[MADem]

5. They got it wrong

For many years there was speculation that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds referred to the drug LSD. “Not so,” said Vodden.

Some have suggested that “Lucy” was Lucy Richardson, who was several years older than Julian and attended the same school. She later worked as an art editor in the film industry on such movies as Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and Chocolat, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. “Wrong again,” said Vodden.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. That Lucy was born in 1958 and Julian was born in 1963

No way they would have been in nursery school together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Lennon

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Glad they made peace

I think that is important, especially with a peace activist like Yoko.

[blogslut]

3. Just goes to show

Pedestals are for statues, not people. I love Mr. Lennon's music as much as any fan but he was rather a shit to his first wife and son.

Glad to see the kid is living a personal peace.

[renate]

4. I heard "Imagine" today and thought the same thing

The song sounds like he'd be just the most wonderful guy to live with, sensitive and intelligent and peace-loving, but... well, like you said, pedestals aren't for people.

[elocs]

7. Yes, great music, but a rather sad excuse for a human being.

He and Yoko were master of PR though.

[Berry Cool]

8. John Lennon was like a lot of men.

Treated his first wife and family like crap, then became much more enlightened later on with another woman and a second family...but didn't initially remember to go back and realize what a shit he'd been to Wife and Family No. 1 and apologize for it until it was almost too late.