John Lennon's sons: Their 'heartbreaking' final memories of the Beatles legend

The world lost one of its greatest musical talents when John was horrifically killed outside his New York home on December 8, 1980, aged just 40. But the star also left behind one son who was still a little boy and another he had seemingly abandoned years before and with whom was just starting to rebuild and fragile new relationship. The former Beatle was also on the cusp of relaunching his music career whe everything was so tragically ripped away. Sean and Julian had very different upbringings on either side of the Atlantic but have forged their own bond in recent years and they opened up recently about what binds them together and their memories of their father.

Julian was born while John was still married to Cynthia Lennon. The Beatles were already starting to become a global sensation and John was rarely at home.

Julian inspired the songs Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and Hey Jude but was closer to Paul McCartney. In fact, the latter song (originally called Hey Jules, for Julian) was written by Paul to comfort the young boy during his parents divorce in 1968 when he was only five.

Source: Stefan Kyriazis/express.co.uk

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