Julia

Half of what I say is meaningless/ But I say it just to reach you, Julia

(from Julia, The White Album, Lennon and McCartney, 1968)


Julia Dies

On the evening of 15 July 1958, Julia was returning from Mimi’s house. A drunk driver did not see her crossing the road.

The force of the crash threw Julia into the air. She died immediately.

John never fully recovered from the death of his mother. It brought him closer to Paul, who had lost his own mother a few years earlier.

Later he said that he felt angry that he had ‘lost her twice’. He believed that many of his emotional problems came from this loss.

In memory of his mother Lennon, named his first son, Julian. Ten years after her death he recorded one of his most personal songs, Julia.


John Meets Paul




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