Johnny Rotten’s wife Nora Forster dies at 80 after a battle with Alzheimer’s

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Gracie Hale | In Death , Health

Source: Page Six

Johnny Rotten’s wife Nora Forster has passed away at the age of 80 after a year-long battle with Alzheimer’s
Nora’s death was confirmed on Lydon’s official social media account with a heartbreaking statement on Thursday, April 6
John and Nora met in the year 1975 at Vivienne Westwood’s famed King’s Road clothes shop sex

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Johnny Rotten’s wife Nora Forster is no longer alive among us

RIP Nora Forster! The wife of former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has passed away at the age of 80 after a year-long battle with Alzheimer’s.

On Thursday, April 6, Nora’s death was confirmed on Lydon’s official social media account with a heartbreaking statement alongside a photo of the couple. The tweets read,

“It is with a heavy heart that we share the sad news that Nora Forster – John Lydon’s wife of nearly five decades – has passed away. Nora had been living with Alzheimer’s for several years. In which time John had become her full-time carer.”

Johnny Rotten's wife Nora Forster has passed away at the age of 80 — Johnny Rotten’s wife Nora Forster passed away at the age of 80 (Source: Page Six)

The statement concludes by asking fans to respect the privacy of John as he processed the death of the woman he married in 1979.

“Please respect John’s grief and allow him space. Rest in Peace Nora. Heartfelt condolences to John from Rambo and all at PiL Official.”

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John Lydon and Nora Forster spend almost five decades together

John and Nora met in the year 1975 at Vivienne Westwood’s famed King’s Road clothes shop sex.

The pair were at first friends and later turned their friendship into a romantic relationship. Opening up about their relationship, Lydon gushed to The Guardian last year,

“It’s love, you know. I’ve always loved that woman. And she knows it. When we met we didn’t expect to get on. We’d both been told the other was a bad’un. But blimey. Sparks flew. It was instant attraction.”

Johnny Rotten and Nora Forster met in the year 1975 at Vivienne Westwood's famed King's Road clothes — Johnny Rotten and Nora Forster met in the year 1975 at Vivienne Westwood’s famed King’s Road clothes (Source: Page Six)

“And that’s never gone. I never expected to feel like that. I never thought I was in any way attractive. Or anyone’s idea of a good date.”

After dating for years, the two tied the knot in the year 1979 and remained married till Forster’s death. They didn’t share any child together.

However, Nora had a daughter from her first marriage, Ariane, also known as Ari Up, who died in 2010 at age 48 after battling breast cancer.

John Lydon earlier revealed he was Forster’s full-time caregiver

In a 2020 interview with The Mirror, Lydon revealed that he had become his wife’s “full-time carer”. The 67-years old singer/songwriter said he “won’t let anyone mess up with her head”.

He said of his late wife,

“For me, the real person is still there. That person I love is still there every minute of every day and that is my life. It’s unfortunate that she forgets things, well, don’t we all?”

Nora Forster had been battling from Alzheimer's for a long time — Nora Forster had been battling Alzheimer’s for a long time (Source: Page Six)

Lydon continued,

“I suppose her condition is one of like a permanent hangover for her. It gets worse and worse, bits of the brain store less and less memory and then suddenly some bits completely vanish.”

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