{"id":1588,"date":"2009-09-28T18:54:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T22:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2011-07-21T20:04:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T00:04:48","slug":"lucy-in-the-skies-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/09\/28\/lucy-in-the-skies-dies-at-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman who inspired song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>A childhood friend of John Lennon&#8217;s son Julian, was the girl who was really behind the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds from the Beatles Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band album!<br \/>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Vodden is her name and she was a very important person in Musical history. Unfortunately she passed away this past Tuesday in a London England hospital. She had a long battle with lupus and was 46 years of age. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Vodden&#8217;s connection to the Beatles dates back to her early days, when she made friends with schoolmate Julian Lennon, John Lennon&#8217;s son.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Julian Lennon, then four years old, came home from school with a drawing one day, showed it to his father, and said it was &#8220;Lucy in the sky with diamonds.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I just found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctv.ca\/CTVNews\/Entertainment\/20090928\/ENT_lucy_dead_090928\/\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ext-link\">this story<\/a> today and thought wow, is that really what the song is about!!! I like most people today thought that the song was about LSD trips! 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