- Was the only Beatle wife to have her own fan club in the Sixties; was grateful to one group of fans who identified her for a security guard, when she'd forgotten her ID and he refused to let her back into the Beatles' hotel suite.
- Had a "nose job" (rhinoplasty) during 1968, and was pleased with the results; the surgeon "gave me the right nose for my face." Then-husband John gave his support through the operation; all the same, he wrote later that Yoko Ono spared him from "having to live with my ex-wife's new nose."
- Studied at the Liverpool College of Art where she met John Lennon who was also a student.
- Made friends with May Pang, who lived with John during his mid-70s separation from Yoko Ono, and appreciated May's efforts to get John to spend more time with son Julian. Stayed at May's apartment when she visited New York, in the early 1980s.
- Has two older brothers, Tony and Charles.
- Mother of singer Julian Lennon.
- Hosted a TV talk-show in Britain in the mid-1980s; among her first guests was her son Julian, in a surprise planned by the producers. Cynthia remarked later that the interview was the first real conversation they'd ever had, as people.
- Lived with motorcycle instructor Jim Christie from 1983 to 1999.
- Is portrayed by Jennifer Ehle in Backbeat (1994).
- Lives in Spain with husband Noel Charles, former nightclub owner. 2005 released her second autobiography, "John" (2005)
- Lives in France with boyfriend, nightclub owner, Noel Charles
- Cynthia and best friend Maureen Starkey (Ringo's ex-wife) were in London together when the news of John Lennon's murder broke. Son Julian Lennon (17) was in North Wales with his stepfather at the time.
- On March 10, 2013, Cynthia became a widow when her husband Noel Charles passed away in his sleep after a 2 year battle of cancer. He died on Mother's Day (UK).
- Release of her book, "John". (2005)
- Family was from Hoylake but was evacuated to Blackpool during the war.
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