• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Verzuz Battle Online

  • Home
  • Upcoming Verzuz Battle
  • NEWS
  • Music Festival
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact US

Nora Forster, 80, Who Married (and Stayed Married to) a Sex Pistol, Dies

April 7, 2023 by admin

Nora Forster, a German-born publishing heiress and music promoter who gained fame as the wife of John Lydon — otherwise known as Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols — and the mother of Arianna Forster, or Ari Up, the lead singer of the influential all-female punk band the Slits, died on Thursday. She was 80.

Her death was announced by Mr. Lydon on Twitter. “Nora had been living with Alzheimer’s for several years,” the announcement said. “In which time John had become her full time career.” He did not say where she died.

For more than four decades, music fans knew Ms. Forster as the emotional rock for the ever-volatile Mr. Lydon, who in the late 1970s became Public Enemy No. 1 in the eyes of British polite society for spitting invective in every direction, including the Queen’s, as the frontman for the incendiary punk progenitors the Sex Pistols.

When the band imploded after its brief, explosive career, he scarcely mellowed; he continued on as the creative force of the fiery post-punk band Public Image Ltd., or PiL.

Because of her husband’s enduring notoriety, particularly in England, Ms. Forster’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease unfolded as a public drama after he went public about her diagnosis in 2018.

“It’s vile to watch someone you love disappear,” he said in an interview with The Sunday Times of London in February. “All the things I thought were the ultimate agony seem preposterous now.”
Her illness, he said, had “shaped me into what I am.”

“I don’t think I’ll ever get over it,” he added. “I don’t see how I can live without her. I wouldn’t want to. There’s no point.”

The previous month, he had teared up when taking a more wistful turn in an interview on the television show “Good Morning Britain” about “Hawaii,” a haunting PiL ballad that he had written as a tribute to her and that was the Irish entry in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. (Mr. Lydon was born in England to Irish parents.) “Remember me,” Mr. Lydon sang, “I remember you.”

“I can see her personality in her eyes,” he said. “She lets me know that it’s the communication skills that are letting her down.”

Editors’ Picks

Harry Lorayne, Dazzling Master of Total Recall, Is Dead at 96

Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance at an Art Career

Why Do People Love This Tiny Doll?

Filed Under: NEWS

Reader Interactions

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Apple Music Classical App Now Available On Android; Check out the Details!
  • Chris Gayle says Covid lockdown made him turn to music
  • Becky G, Anitta, Rauw in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music
  • Kim Petras Announces New Album & Models for ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ Cover
  • ‘Deep Dive’ Documentary Series To Explore Music’s Greatest Untold Stories

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Copyright © 2023 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in