July 18, 2026

As a young art-school girlfriend, and later wife, of a rising Beatle, she moved into 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool's Woolton area (renting a room from Mimi Smith) while her husband was playing in the band in Hamburg. Which first wife of one of the Beatles, later divorced when Yoko Ono came into the picture, is being described?

A Patti Page
B Linda McCartney
C Phyllis Starkey
D Cynthia Lennon

Cynthia Lennon (born Cynthia Powell) married John Lennon in August 1962. While John was performing with the Beatles in Hamburg, she rented a room from his aunt Mimi Smith at 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool's Woolton area. They had a son, Julian, in 1963, and divorced in 1968 as John started his relationship with Yoko Ono.

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