Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon, died Wednesday of cancer, her only son Julian confirmed on his website and Twitter. Cynthia, whose maiden name was Powell, met Lennon in art school in Liverpool in 1957, right before the Beatles formed.

On Friday, a New York City judge ordered 54-year-old Kevin McGlynn to stay away from Rihanna's home after he was caught "lurking" around her Manhattan apartment. Judge Orlando Marrazzo then compared McGlynn to Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer. Eeek.

A dentist who owns one of John Lennon's teeth is looking forward to the day when human cloning becomes sufficiently advanced that he can create a baby version of the late Beatle and raise the mini-rockstar as his own child.

John Lennon's cartoons are set to be auctioned to a wealthy private buyer at Sotheby's later this year, but they wouldn't necessarily be out of place on the back page of the New Yorker.

BackStage Pass VIP, a new book by Debra Sharon Davis, "depicts the human side of celebrity music icons." Among other claims, the controversial book paints Mick Jagger as a right-wing conservative and claims that John Lennon had an eating disorder.

Earlier this month, a rotten tooth yanked from John Lennon's head sold for $31,200 at auction. Now, an even more boring piece of Lennonalia is on the auction block: a to-do list written in black ink on a yellow legal pad.

John Lennon's rotten tooth ended up selling for $31,200 at auction today.

Celebrity corpses everywhere are creaking with anticipation: Forbes' "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities" list is out!

A rotten tooth John Lennon had removed in the '60s hits the auction block next week. The reserve price has been set at $16,000. NBC New York reports:

You know all of those dumb jokes about how Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, just thinks about pizza all the time? Well here's Herman Cain himself making one of them 20 years ago at the Omaha Press Club. The difference is that his joke — a performance of John Lennon's commie song "Imagine" but with lyrics about pizza — is rather well plotted!

John Lennon was shot and killed in 1980 just after the election of Ronald Reagan, and it's this pairing of events that symbolized the end of the political Left. Maybe? I just made that up, but it seems like one of those things people would say. But what if John Lennon was a secret Ronald Reagan lover in the end? That's what Lennon's last personal assistant is claiming.

Yoko Ono, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said for the millionth time that no, she didn't break up the Beatles. She also said John Lennon would "love" Facebook, Twitter and Lady Gaga. Oh, Yoko.

Today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination. Today is also the day that Celine Dion appeared on Larry King Live, and—during a discussion about Lennon—decided to belt out a verse of "Imagine." How spontaneous! Watch inside.

[Crowds flocked to the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park today to memorialize the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Image via Getty]

Having trouble convincing an academic board that you have more life experience under your belt than you really should? You're not alone! Don't spiral into comical self-parody; these respectable adults will help you along the way!

Miley's eighteenth birthday party features bumping and grinding with her mom. Jay-Z shot his brother at age 12. Charlie Sheen's hooker gives an interview. Lenny Dykstra's dog could get repossessed. Just another manic Monday gossip roundup.

In honor of what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, Google UK created a video to the tune of "Imagine." While Lennon probably never thought his song would be used as a corporate advertisement, it is a lovely gesture.

The dick who killed John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, says he thought about killing Johnny Carson or Elizabeth Taylor instead.

A fancy shitter that John Lennon had in his home in Tittenhurst Park between 1969-1972 was sold at auction during the Beatles Convention in Liverpool for £9,500 "to a private overseas buyer." Money well spent.

Today at Gawker.TV, controversy over John Lennon's appearance in a television ad, Tom Hanks unwittingly plays the role of news analyst, Stephen Colbert has ideas for Greece, Kathie Lee and Hoda's technical difficulties, and the craziest Canadian anti-drug PSA's.