yoko ono has led the tributes to john lennon 's first wife cynthia calling her a ` when she died at the age of 75 following a short battle with cancer .
the second wife of the beatles singer she was ` very saddened ' by the news , adding that she was ` proud ' how she and cynthia had ` stood firm in the beatles family ' .
cynthia , who married lennon after meeting him in college , died yesterday at her home in spain yesterday , later penned memoirs of her time with her famous husband , who eventually left her for yoko ono .