We’ve been traveling over the Easter break and unable to update Beatlesblogger – but really wanted a post for the late Cynthia Lennon.

Julian Lennon has issued a statement and marked her passing with this loving song and video for his Mum:

Lennon biographer Jude Southerland-Kessler has written this tribute, and Steve Marinucci also posted a tribute on his Beatles Examiner site.

Did you know that in 1995 Cynthia Lennon recorded and released a version of the Mary Hopkin song ‘Those Were the Days’? Many of her fans discovered she was a very talented singer:

Cynthia Lennon died on 1 April, 2015 at her home in Majorca, Spain at the age of 75 after a short struggle with cancer, with her son Julian by her side.