John Lydon
| Born | January 31, 1956 |
| Hometown | Finsbury Park, London, England |
| Height | 5'8" (1.73m) |
| Spouse | Nora Forster |
| Parents | Eileen Lydon, John Christopher Lydon |
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John Lydon drank 'non-stop' for three months after wife's death
The star's wife died in April.
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The Agonies and Ecstasy of John Lydon
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John Lydon on Surviving Grief, Donald Trump, the Queen, Sex Pistols Biopic and New Public Image Album: ‘I’m Very Much Alive, You F—ers!’
It’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, which means John Lydon, the artist formerly known as the Sex Pistols’ infamous rabblerouser Johnny Rotten, is glued to the 55” flat screen TV in the Malibu home he shared with his beloved wife, Nora Forster, until she passed away in April after a long battle with Alzheimer’s …
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Even though he’s the flame-haired agitator who changed the passage of popular music twice – first coining punk rock in The Sex Pistols in 1976, then inventing post-punk two years later with his first line-up of Public Image Ltd – John Lydon’s biggest act of defiance has quite possibly been his dogged pursuit of his latest incarnation of PiL these past 14 years.
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Public Image Ltd. Unveil New Album End of World: Stream
John Lydon and company's first album since 2015. Public Image Ltd. Unveil New Album End of World: Stream Carys Anderson
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PiL's John Lydon on caring for late wife in final stages of Alzheimer's: 'She really never forgot me. Not ever. Not once.'
This interview shows a gentler side of the cantankerous punk icon as he sheds his "suit of armor," but in true Johnny Rotten fashion, he manages to get in some jabs at Biden, Obama, and 'Pistol' director Danny Boyle.
