Editing Julian Lennon (section)

== Early life ==
Julian Lennon was born John Charles Julian Lennon on 8 April 1963 at Sefton General Hospital in [[Liverpool]], to [[John Lennon]] and [[Cynthia Lennon|Cynthia Powell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/08/julian-lennon-born/|title=The Beatles Bible – Julian Lennon is born|date=8 April 1963|website=The Beatles Bible|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124192302/https://www.beatlesbible.com/1963/04/08/julian-lennon-born/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was named after his paternal grandmother, [[Julia Lennon]], who died five years before his birth. [[The Beatles]]' manager, [[Brian Epstein]], was his godfather. Lennon was educated firstly at Kingsmead School, Hoylake, during 1974–1975; then, when his mother remarried, he moved to Wales and attended [[Ruthin School]], a boarding [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private school]] in the town of [[Ruthin]], [[Denbighshire]], in [[North Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-lennon-cynthia-beatles-tributes-8964851|title=John Lennon's first wife Cynthia dies after cancer battle|last=Dex|first=Robert|date=1 April 2015|website=Walesonline|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304020556/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-lennon-cynthia-beatles-tributes-8964851|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lennon inspired one of his father's most famous songs, "[[Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds]]", whose lyrics describe a picture the boy had drawn, a [[watercolour painting]] of his friend, Lucy O'Donnell, from nursery school, surrounded by stars. Another composition of his father inspired by him was the lullaby "[[Good Night (Beatles song)|Good Night]]", the closing song of ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known as The White Album). In 1967, at the age of four, he attended the set of the Beatles' film ''[[Magical Mystery Tour (film)|Magical Mystery Tour]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=John Lennon at 80 – Julian Lennon – full interview with Sean Ono Lennon – BBC Sounds|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08t4q98|access-date=2022-01-24|website=bbc.co.uk|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124153726/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08t4q98|url-status=live}}</ref>

When Julian was five years old, in 1968, his parents divorced, following his father's infidelity with Japanese [[multimedia]] artist [[Yoko Ono]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsyYqJxf9Qk | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/fsyYqJxf9Qk| archive-date=2 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=Tribute to Cynthia Lennon by Julian Lennon |date=1 April 2015 |publisher=Julian Lennon |access-date=1 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-lennons-ex-wife-cynthia-dead-at-75-20150401 |title=John Lennon's Ex-Wife Cynthia Dead at 75 |date=1 April 2015 |first1=Kory |last1=Grow |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420134646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/john-lennons-ex-wife-cynthia-dead-at-75-20150401 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm |title=Playboy Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono |date=28 September 1980 |publisher=Playboy Magazine, USA |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=15 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815092712/http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> John Lennon married Ono on 20 March 1969. Julian would later have a younger half-brother, [[Sean Lennon]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gao|first=Lillian|date=2021-05-02|title=The Truth About Yoko Ono's Kids|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/398376/the-truth-about-yoko-onos-kids/|access-date=2022-01-31|website=NickiSwift.com|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205052136/https://www.nickiswift.com/398376/the-truth-about-yoko-onos-kids/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Paul McCartney]] wrote "[[Hey Jude]]" to console him over the divorce; originally called "Hey Jules", McCartney changed the name because he thought that "Jude" was an easier name to sing.<ref>[[Barry Miles]] (1997). ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now''. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 465. {{ISBN|0-8050-5249-6}}.</ref> After his parents' divorce, Julian had almost no contact with his father until the early 1970s when, at the request of his father's then-girlfriend, [[May Pang]] (Yoko Ono and Lennon had temporarily separated), he began to visit his father regularly. John Lennon bought Julian a [[Gibson Les Paul]] guitar and a [[drum machine]] for Christmas 1973 and encouraged his interest in music by showing him some chords.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lennon.net/memorabilia/blackguitar.shtml|title=Memorabilia: The Julian Lennon Collection|publisher=Lennon.net|access-date=28 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222110358/http://www.lennon.net/memorabilia/blackguitar.shtml|archive-date=22 December 2007}}</ref><ref name="CynthiaJohnp345">Lennon (2006) p345</ref>