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“Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” Dies At Age 46 From Lupus

September 28, 2009
Molls
John Lennon
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The woman who was once a little girl who inspired the Beatles song “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” has passed away. Lucy O’Donnell-Vodden, a childhood friend of John Lennon’s son Julian,  passed away after a long battle with the autoimmune disease lupus at the age of 46. The news of her death was reported by the charity that she worked closely with St. Thomas’ Lupus Trust.

It’s said that Julian and his mother Cynthia are “shocked and saddened by the loss of Lucy.” It weird, because although Lucy was not someone that we followed closely throughout the years, I feel a little sad too. Mainly because in my mind, she’ll always be the little girl that inspired Julian Lennon to paint her.

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  • Or, possibly, just possibly, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was based on the group’s experiences with LSD and other hallucinogens, and when asked in interviews whether this was so, they came up with the first Lucy they could think of in order to protect their reputation.

    Just a thought.

    • Or maybe while they were on LSD they thought of the little girl when the saw the picture and decided the write a song about her? Maybe, just a thought. Or maybe a lot of fans want it to be about LSD so they can justify their own drug use? Just a thought.

      • Ouch, not a nice thought, a tripping John Lennon admiring his son’s artwork.

        I actually don’t do drugs, but you’re probably right.

    • I believe that is a rumor and John Lennon and The Beatles never hide their drug use or the fact that they experimented.

  • Years ago I read an article about Julian Lennon contacting Lucy O’Donnell, the little girl his father had immortalized in the song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”. Julian had heard that she was ill with Lupus and wanted to console her. Julian was a small child at nursery school when he drew the picture of his little classmate Lucy. Learn more at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_in_the_Sky_with_Diamonds

    Little children have no preconceptions and can show wonderful imagination in their drawings. My little son at 4 years old did amazing, fantastic drawings of Egyptians after just one visit to the museum of History.

    Also see the William Shatner video – really cool at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7258896287489458266#