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John Lennon's first wife says the late Beatle had a violent temper and once hit her in a fit of jealousy.
"I discovered that John's temper could be frightening," writes Cynthia Lennon in her new memoir, John.
"He wanted proof, daily, that he mattered most tome. All sense of reason disappeared and his tantrums were awesome; he would batter away at me verbally until I gave in. Then he was back to his usual self, apologetic and loving."
Cynthia Lennon met John in the late 1950s in Liverpool, where they were both art students. They married in 1962 and had a son, Julian, before divorcing in 1968.
Cynthia says the only time John actually hit her was early in the relationship after he heard she had been seen dancing with his close friend, Stuart Sutcliffe. She says Lennon "went mad" despite her efforts to reassure him. According to excerpts from a new book published in Sunday's London Sunday Times, John waited for Cynthia outside the girls bathroom the next day.
"When I came out, he was waiting with a dark look on his face.Before I could speak, he raised his arm and hit me across the face ,knocking my head on the pipes that ran down the wall behind me. Without a word, he walked away, leaving me dazed, shaky and with a sore head."
She said he took three months to apologize for hitting her and ask her to go out with him again. "Although he was still verbally cutting and unkind, he was never again physically violent to me."
The book, published by The Crown Publishing Group, goes on sale in Britain on Sept. 27.
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