Stars Love beyond the grave: how the widows of Lennon, Cobain and other stars lived

On April 12, 2021, one of the most powerful women in the world became a widow. She and Prince Philip have been legally married for 73 years. How much did it affect Elizabeth II. her husband’s death, it is still early, but it is already known that she will move from Buckingham Palace to Windsor, where the prince will be buried.

The President of the United States was married to Jacqueline Bouvier for just 10 years. And on November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas. Jackie left the public eye and five years later married billionaire Aristotle Onassis. She devoted a lot of time and energy to charity, and died in 1994.

Victoria ruled Great Britain from 1837 to 1901. She married Prince Albert in 1840 and he died of typhus in 1861. Victoria remained a widow forever: they say she never fully recovered. She rarely appeared in public and almost always wore black.

She and Elvis Presley were married from 1967 to 1973, but remained on good terms after their divorce. After the death of the King of Rock and Roll, Priscilla never remarried, but built an acting career and raised their daughter Lisa Maria.

She and Beatles leader John Lennon married in 1969. The relationship was rocky, but there was no breakup. After John was shot on December 8, 1980, Yoko did not remarry, although she had a husband. He honors the memory of the famous husband and urges the American authorities not to allow the early release of his killer.

They were only together for a few years with Kurt Cobain: in 1992 they got married, their daughter Francis was born, and in 1994 the leader of Nirvana committed suicide. She did not remarry: she acted in films and did charity work.

With her third husband, Mike Todd, she lived in marriage for only a year: in 1958, he crashed in a plane crash. Liz mourned, but not for long: after Todd, she had four more husbands.

Rene Angelil became the aspiring singer’s producer in 1981, and they married in 1994. He died of cancer in 2016. Despite the solid age difference, they always found a common language. Celine remains faithful to her husband and does not intend to remarry.

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