John Lennon’s first wife Cynthia died today aged 75 at her home in Spain following a short battle with cancer. A message on her son Julian’s website said he was at her beside throughout, and the family ‘are thankful for your prayers’. Cynthia Lennon, nee Powell, married Lennon in 1962 and stayed with him as he rose to global stardom with The Beatles until the couple divorced in 1968.