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John Lydon, 68, admits he is 'crippled with grief' and 'terrifically lonely' one year on from wife Nora Forster's death - and confesses he tries and fails to 'drown himself in alcohol'


Sex Pistols icon John Lydon has shed light on the loneliness he feels since his beloved wife Nora Forster passed away last year.

Sex Pistols icon John Lydon has shed light on the loneliness he feels since his beloved wife Nora Forster passed away last year. In April 2023, punk rocker, 68, famously known as Johnny Rotten, lost Nora at the age of 80 after a two-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. In 1975, Nora met John, who was 14 years her junior, at Vivienne Westwood's famed King's Road clothes shop Sex.

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