Julian Lennon treated for cancer for second time: ‘Fingers crossed’

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Musician Julian Lennon, the son of late Beatles star John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia Powell, has revealed that he has been treated for skin cancer a second time. “So instead of going home to put my Christmas tree up and happily finish the year off, relaxing at home, I flew directly back to Los Angeles, after all my work in New York was done, and went directly from LAX airport, to surgery.” Julian Lennon is the son of the late Beatles musician John Lennon Lennon, who also shared images of the skin cancer before and after surgery, said the operation was a success but added he has yet to receive the results of the biopsy and could be waiting until after Christmas. “One can never be too confident in circumstances like this, but we all believe that Dr Tim has saved the day… So fingers crossed for now.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up He said that good news regarding his biopsy would be “the best Christmas present ever” but also wanted to remind his followers to “please get yourself checked out by your doctor”. “It only takes a short while to do so, and you may just be saving your own life, at the end of the day,” he said, “so please, for the sake of yourself, your family and friends just go to your and do what must be done… “I love life and I want to live for a very long time and this is one way, and a choice, that could determine your future.” He concluded: “I wish you all happy holidaze and a healthy long life… Love to all.” Back in 2020, Lennon revealed on Facebook that a mole he’d had on his head for as long as he could remember had been removed after a biopsy showed it had turned cancerous.