Stars Who Had Surprisingly Ordinary Weddings

Long before the world knew his name, John Lennon married his first wife, Cynthia Powell. The ceremony took place on August 23, 1962, at the Mount Pleasant Register Office in his hometown of Liverpool. Two other Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, were there to support him. The band’s manager, Brian Epstein, served as the best man. In a sign of the complicated family dynamics of the time, none of their parents were present. It was a simple, local affair for a young man on the verge of changing music forever.