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Lucy Vodden Dies At 46 'Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds'

by Annina Bergman | September 28, 2009 at 08:47 am

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Lucy Vodden, the woman who inspired John Lennon to write Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds has died of Lupus at age 46. Lucy Vodden, whose maiden name was Lucy O'Donnell, was a childhood schoolmate of John Lennon's son, Julian Lennon.

The song is often thought to have been inspired by the drug LSD, and appeared on the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released in 1967. John Lennon's oldest son Julian has said that the song was inspired by a picture that he drew of Lucy O'Donnell in 1966, when the two of them were attending nursery school together. Julian brought the picture home and told his father it was Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

Lucy O'Donnell, wife of Ross Vodden, died in Surbiton, Surrey.

The St Thomas Lupus Trust, which had been supporting Mr and Mrs Vodden during her illness, said she died last Tuesday aged 46.

Angie Davidson, campaign director of the trust, said: ''Everyone at the Louise Coote Lupus Unit was dreadfully shocked by the death of Lucy. She was a great supporter of ours and a real fighter.

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danesller0127

at 11:04 on September 28th, 2009

Thank you for sharing this... Annina'

Lucy the woman who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," has died...

Lucy O'Donnel is the latest in a long line of people connected to the Beatles who died at a relatively young age.

I remembered some of the lyrics...

"Pictures yourself on a boat in a river, with tangerine trees and marmalade skies...

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly a girl with kaleidoscope eyes... Cellophane flowers of yellow and green, towering over your head. Look for the girl wiyh the sun in her eyes, and she's gone!"

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

The song is also featured in the film 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road, a 1974 off-Broadway production which starred: the Bee Gees, Peter Prampton... Additionally, the movie becomes a time capsule of late 1970s pop culture.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," by the 'Beatles' a landmark album released to worldwide acclaim in 1967.

RIP Lucy O'Donell! :D

Edens (not verified)

at 20:33 on December 25th, 2009

I always thought Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was short for LSD a.k.a which is why he could see all the various things in the song. I never knew it was actually named after a woman who recently passed away but i did not grow up via that generation of music and to be honest I am very thankful for that because most of the music back then does not compare with today's music both in lyrics and sound.