"against Murphy's use of her own first name. Murphy reported on her own MySpace page that she is being sued by Ono to cease use of the ""Lennon"" name. The news turned up because Julian Lennon picked up a letter from Murphy and published it. Murphy wrote on Feb. 8: ""Yesterday I received notice that Yoko Ono had filed a lawsuit against me, asking for a cancellation of the trademark that I own for the name 'Lennon.' This could very well mean the career that I have worked so hard at, the one you all have believed in, may come"
"Julian Lennon John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) is an English musician and photographer. Lennon is the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia. Lennon was named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. He was the direct inspiration for three Beatles' songs: ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"" (1967), ""Hey Jude"" (1968) and ""Good Night"" (1968). Lennon founded the White Feather Foundation charity. Julian Lennon was born on 8 April 1963 in Liverpool. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, was his godfather. Lennon inspired one of his father's most famous songs, ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,"""
"wedding to Nancy Shevell. Julian Lennon John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) is an English musician and photographer. Lennon is the son of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia. Lennon was named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. He was the direct inspiration for three Beatles' songs: ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"" (1967), ""Hey Jude"" (1968) and ""Good Night"" (1968). Lennon founded the White Feather Foundation charity. Julian Lennon was born on 8 April 1963 in Liverpool. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, was his godfather. Lennon inspired one of his father's most famous songs, ""Lucy in"
"Julia Lennon Julia Lennon (née Stanley; 12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958) was the mother of English musician John Lennon, who was born during her marriage to Alfred Lennon. After complaints to Liverpool's Social Services by her eldest sister, Mimi Smith (née Stanley), she handed over the care of her son to her sister. She later had one daughter after an affair with a Welsh soldier, but the baby was given up for adoption after pressure from her family. She then had two daughters, Julia and Jackie, with John 'Bobby' Dykins. She never divorced her husband, preferring to live"
"Julia Baird Julia Baird (née Dykins) (born 5 March 1947) is the younger half-sister of English musician John Lennon, and is the eldest daughter of his mother Julia Lennon (12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958) and John 'Bobby' Albert Dykins (1918 – December 1965). She also has an older half-sister, Ingrid Pedersen. Her younger sister is Jacqueline 'Jackie' Dykins (born 26 October 1949). Lennon started visiting the Dykins' house in 1951. After the death of Julia Lennon in 1958, Harriet and Norman Birch were appointed guardians of Julia and Jackie, ignoring Dykins' parentage, as he had never legally married"
"Mimi Smith Mary Elizabeth ""Mimi"" Smith (""née"" Stanley; 24 April 1906 – 6 December 1991) was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi Stanley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital and later worked as a private secretary. On 15 September 1939 she married George Toogood Smith who ran his family's dairy farm and a shop in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool. After her younger sister Julia Lennon separated from her husband, Julia and her son, young John Lennon,"
"Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lillian Lennon (""née"" Powell; 10 September 1939 – 1 April 2015) was the first wife of English musician John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon. She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. At the age of 12, she was accepted into the Junior Art School, and was later enrolled in the Liverpool College of Art. John Lennon also attended the college; a meeting with Powell in a calligraphy class led to their relationship. When John was performing in Hamburg with the Beatles, she rented his bedroom from"
"UK performed at the festival. Baird now lives in Chester with her partner, Roger Keys. Baird claims she was never told that her mother was buried in the Allerton Cemetery, in Liverpool, although the graveyard's location is approximately 1.19 miles east of 1 Blomfield Road. The grave was unmarked, but was recently identified as ""CE (Church of England) 38-805"". The Stanley family finally put a headstone on her mother's grave. The headstone reads: Mummy<br>John<br>Victoria<br>Julia<br>Jackie. </div> Julia Baird Julia Baird (née Dykins) (born 5 March 1947) is the younger half-sister of English musician John Lennon, and is the eldest daughter of"
"her. She was portrayed by Christine Kavanagh in """" (2000), and by Anne-Marie Duff in ""Nowhere Boy"" (2009). Julia Lennon Julia Lennon (née Stanley; 12 March 1914 – 15 July 1958) was the mother of English musician John Lennon, who was born during her marriage to Alfred Lennon. After complaints to Liverpool's Social Services by her eldest sister, Mimi Smith (née Stanley), she handed over the care of her son to her sister. She later had one daughter after an affair with a Welsh soldier, but the baby was given up for adoption after pressure from her family. She then"
"portrayal of Mimi, saying: ""Aunt Mimi was not cruel. She was mock strict, but she was a good heart who loved John madly."" Taking McCartney's advice, Taylor-Wood agreed to change the script. Mimi Smith Mary Elizabeth ""Mimi"" Smith (""née"" Stanley; 24 April 1906 – 6 December 1991) was the maternal aunt and parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi Stanley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital and later worked as a private secretary. On 15 September 1939 she married George Toogood Smith"
"Alfred Lennon Alfred Lennon (14 December 1912 – 1 April 1976), known as Alf Lennon and Freddy Lennon, was the father of English musician John Lennon. He spent many years in an orphanage—with his sister, Edith—after his father died. He was known as being very witty and musical throughout his life—he sang and played the banjo—but not as being very dependable. Although always known informally as Alf by his family, he later released a record as Freddie Lennon, and was referenced and quoted in newspapers and media under that name. He married Julia Stanley in 1938. John was their only"
"child and eldest daughter of Australian film director John Farrow and Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Her father converted to her mother's Catholic religion. She is one of seven children, with older brothers Michael Damien (1939–1958), Patrick (1942–2009), younger brother John Charles (born 1946); and younger sisters Prudence and actresses Stephanie and Tisa. Her eldest brother, Michael Farrow, died in a plane crash in 1958, at age 19; Patrick, a sculptor, committed suicide in 2009; and John Charles was convicted of sexually abusing two young boys in 2013 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her sister Prudence inspired John Lennon"
"Glenabbey Church Glengormley on the outskirts of Belfast, N.Ireland UK and she is the niece of the mathematician John Lennox. Kristyn met Keith Getty in 2002 after being introduced by her uncle, John Lennox, world-renowned mathematician, Christian apologist. Kristyn was attending a nearby university and asked Getty for some musical advice. After dating for two years, the couple married on 16 June 2004 in Armagh. In 2011, the Gettys welcomed their first child Eliza Joy . In 2013, they welcomed their second daughter, Charlotte Juliana. In 2015, their third child, Grace Alexandra was born . In 2018, their fourth daughter,"
"Lupus Trust (www.lupus.org.uk) in the United Kingdom and the Lupus Foundation of America. Lucy (Julian Lennon song) ""Lucy"" is a song written and performed by Julian Lennon, James Scott Cook and Todd Meagher. Recorded and mixed by Jason Stone in NYC. The song, is a sort of follow-up to The Beatles' ""Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"", originally inspired by a drawing by a then four-year-old Lennon given to his father. The drawing was inspired by Lucy Vodden, a child friend of Lennon, and this song is dedicated to her.<ref name=""CBS 12/15""></ref> Lennon and Cook appeared on CBS's ""The Early"
"Sean Lennon Sean Lennon was born in New York City on October 9, 1975, his father's 35th birthday. He is of Japanese descent on his mother's side and English, Welsh and Irish descent on his father's side. Julian Lennon is his half-brother. Elton John is his godfather. After Sean's birth, John Lennon became a house husband, caring for his young son until his murder on December 8, 1980. Sean attended kindergarten in Tokyo and was educated at the exclusive private boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Rolle, Switzerland and earlier at New York's private Ethical Culture Fieldston School and Dalton"
"Beach Boys collaborating with Michael Jackson's father Joe and ""Freddy Lennon"" (portrayed as an old man with horrible teeth). Alfred Lennon Alfred Lennon (14 December 1912 – 1 April 1976), known as Alf Lennon and Freddy Lennon, was the father of English musician John Lennon. He spent many years in an orphanage—with his sister, Edith—after his father died. He was known as being very witty and musical throughout his life—he sang and played the banjo—but not as being very dependable. Although always known informally as Alf by his family, he later released a record as Freddie Lennon, and was referenced"
"was ""not [Stanley] family business"". Julia had two daughters with Dykins: Julia Baird (née Dykins - b. 5 March 1947) and Jacqueline (Jackie) Dykins (b. 26 October 1949). As Jackie was born prematurely, her mother visited the hospital every day to see her. When Lennon was 11 years old, he started to visit the Dykins' house, and often stayed overnight. Baird would give up her bed to him, then share her sister's bed. Baird remembered that after Lennon had visited them, her mother would often play a record called, ""My Son John, To Me You Are So Wonderful"", ""by some"
"the hell he was doing,"" Julian said. ""That’s the reason I haven’t had children yet. I didn’t want to do the same thing. No, I’m not ready. I want to know who I am first.” In commemoration of John Lennon's 70th birthday and as a statement for peace, Lennon and his mother, Cynthia, unveiled the John Lennon Peace Monument in his home town of Liverpool, on 9 October 2010. He now resides in Monaco. Lennon remains friends with his father's former bandmate, Paul McCartney, though they experienced a public falling out in 2011 when Lennon was not invited to McCartney's"
"Jason (born 19 August 1967) and Lee (born 11 November 1970). In 1971, Starr purchased Lennon's former home, Tittenhurst Park at Sunninghill in Berkshire, and moved his family there. Following Starr's repeated infidelities, the couple divorced in 1975. Starr later admitted to being ""a drunk, a wife-beater and an absent father"". Maureen died from leukaemia at age 48 in 1994. In 1980, on the set of the film ""Caveman"", Starr met actress Barbara Bach; they were married on 27 April 1981. In 1985, he was the first of the Beatles to become a grandfather upon the birth of Zak's daughter,"
"his mother would receive the interest payments. Their decree nisi was granted on 8 November 1968. The trust fund had one codicil, which provided for any further children by Lennon, so when Sean Lennon was born in 1975, Julian's inheritance was cut to £50,000 (equivalent to £ in 2019).. She lived for a few months in a flat Starr owned at 34 Montagu Square, central London, but returned to Kenwood as Lennon and Ono preferred to live there instead, rather than in isolated Weybridge. Lennon and Cynthia had one last short meeting at Kenwood (with Ono alongside Lennon), where Lennon"
"now a director of Cavern City Tours in Liverpool. Baird's mother, Julia Lennon, was the fourth of five children in the Stanley family: Mary, known as 'Mimi' (1906–1991), Elizabeth 'Mater' (1908–1976), Anne 'Nanny' (1911–1988), Julia 'Judy' (1914–1958), and Harriet 'Harrie' (1916–1973). John Lennon was Julia's first child by Alfred Lennon, although she later had a daughter called Victoria (renamed Ingrid) after an affair with a Welsh soldier while Alfred was at sea. Julia was forced to give up the child for adoption after intense pressure from her father and her sisters. Although they had known each other previously, Julia started"
"sister Mimi (born Miriam Theresa; October 16, 1955) replaced Peggy upon her retirement. Dianne has also since retired. The current line-up of the Lennon Sisters is now a trio consisting of Mimi, Janet and Kathy. They continue to tour around the country and appear annually with their Christmas show at The Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri. The Lennon Sisters were 2001 inductees of the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Their parents married in early 1939. Their father, William Herbert Lennon (1915-1969) worked as a milkman for many years before getting a job at a local golf course."
"had no children of their own. His aunt purchased volumes of short stories for him, and his uncle, a dairyman at his family's farm, bought him a mouth organ and engaged him in solving puzzles. Julia visited Mendips on a regular basis, and when John was 11 years old he often visited her at 1 Blomfield Road, Liverpool, where she played him Elvis Presley records, taught him the banjo, and showed him how to play Ain't That a Shame by Fats Domino. In September 1980, Lennon commented about his family and his rebellious nature: He regularly visited his cousin, Stanley"
"251 Menlove Avenue 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool, England, named Mendips (after the Mendip Hills), is the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with The Beatles. The Grade II listed building is preserved by the National Trust. The 1930s semi-detached property, which belonged to Lennon's Aunt Mimi and her husband George Smith, is in Woolton, South Liverpool, England. Lennon moved there in July 1946 at the age of five from 9 Newcastle Road, in the nearby suburb of Wavertree. Lennon lived at Mendips after his mother, who was living with her boyfriend, was persuaded that it would be"
"Victoria Richmond is Canadian of English, Scottish and Irish descent. After her parents divorce, Chloe was raised by her mother, first in Toronto and then in Uxbridge Township where she grew up on her grandfather's rural property. Her grandfather is the late John Richmond (1926–2013), renowned Canadian visual artist. Her father Noel Charles (1940–2013) was Trinidadian, however he lived most of his adult life in Europe and Barbados He last resided in Mallorca, Spain with his wife Cynthia Lennon, first wife of John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon. Charles's father was the owner of the famous Alexandra nightclub in"
"old crooner, and sit and listen to it"". [Baird probably meant ""My Son John""—sung by David Whitfield—which was released in 1956]. After Julia's death, the two girls (aged eleven and eight) were sent to stay in Edinburgh at Aunt Mater's (Elizabeth) and were only told two months later by Norman Birch (Lennon's uncle) that their mother had died. The commercial success of the Beatles allowed Lennon to buy a 4-bedroomed house in Gateacre Park Drive, Liverpool, for Baird and Jackie to live in with Lennon's Aunt Harriet and Birch. They had previously been made legal guardians of the two girls;"
"School. He attended Columbia University for three semesters before dropping out to focus on his music. In January 1984, when Steve Jobs was visiting Manhattan, he attended a party that Sean's mother (Yoko Ono) was throwing for Lennon and Jobs gave him one of the very first Macintosh computers. His parents kick-started his musical career: his debut into the music world came at age five, when he recited a story on his mother's 1981 album, ""Season of Glass"". From childhood into his teen years, Lennon continued to collaborate with his mother, contributing vocals and receiving production credit on her solo"
"was becoming more and more nostalgic"". Walley's name has been often mistakenly written as ""Whalley"" in many books and on numerous web pages, but, as he has often stated, there is no 'H' in the spelling of it. On the evening of 15 July 1958, Walley went to visit Lennon at his aunt's house, finding Julia Lennon (Lennon's mother) and Lennon's aunt talking by the front gate of Menlove Avenue. Unfortunately, Lennon was not there, as he was at his mother's house at 1 Blomfield Road. Walley then accompanied Lennon's mother to a bus stop further north along Menlove Avenue,"
"pursue his love of horticulture. Others employed at Kenwood included Lennon's schoolfriend, Pete Shotton, who worked as Lennon's personal assistant in the early part of 1968, and Pauline Jones, who was the girlfriend (later wife) of Lennon's father, Alfred Lennon. Jones worked as an au pair and secretary, answering the large volume of fan mail received at Kenwood, during late 1967. Lennon did much of his songwriting in the attic, where he had several Studer tape recorders. Little was done with them until fellow Beatle Paul McCartney came over and helped re-install them in sequence, so overdubs could be made."
"Lennon while visiting him in Los Angeles. ""John often said he didn't understand why Paul did this for us, but he did."" In 2012, McCartney revealed that he did not blame Ono for the breakup of the Beatles and credited Ono with inspiring much of Lennon's post-Beatles work. Ono had a difficult relationship with her stepson Julian, but the relationship has improved over the years. He has expressed disappointment at her handling of Lennon's estate, and at the difference between his upbringing and Sean's, adding, ""when Dad gave up music for a couple of years to be with Sean, why"
"track to be composed during recording sessions for ""The Beatles"". ""Julia"" was written for John's mother, Julia Lennon (1914–1958), who was killed by a car driven by a drunk off-duty police officer when John was 17 years old. Julia Lennon had encouraged her son's interest in music and bought him his first guitar. But after she split with John's father, John was taken in by his aunt, Mimi, and Julia started a new family with another man; though she lived just a few miles from John, Julia did not spend much time with him for a number of years. Their"
"far beyond guitar and piano. Julia Lennon was John's mother and her banjo was the first instrument that John Lennon learned to play before he switched to guitar: 'sitting there with endless patience until I managed to work out all the chords'. According to John, it was Julia who turned him onto rock 'n’ roll and actively encouraged him to pursue his musical ambitions. After Julia's untimely death in 1958 the instrument was never seen again and its whereabouts remains a mystery. Lennon also played keyboards besides piano (electric piano, Hammond organ, harmonium, Mellotron, harpsichord, clavioline), saxophone, harmonica, six-string bass"
"moved in with a new partner, but Smith contacted Liverpool's Social Services and complained about his sleeping in the same bed as the two adults. Julia was eventually persuaded to hand the care of Lennon over to the Smiths. Lennon lived with the Smiths for most of his childhood and remained close to his aunt, even though she was highly dismissive of his musical ambitions, his girlfriends, and wives. She often told the teenage Lennon: ""The guitar's all right John, but you'll never make a living out of it"". In 1965, Lennon bought her a bungalow in Poole, Dorset, where"