Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.

     I just found out that Lucy that inspired the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds died Monday of lupus. Lucy Vodden was classmates with John Lennon's son, Julian. Julian brought home a picture he made in class and said it was, "Lucy in the sky with diamonds." John Lennon ended up making a song out of it. Many people think that the song was actually named after LSD (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds), but that is not the case. I think it's an interesting coincidence though. For any of you that have seen the movie Yellow Submarine, it's easy to see why people thought it was LSD. I saw Yellow Submarine for the first time when I was about 8 years old, and it probably made more sense then than it does now.
     Lucy died at age 46 of lupus. Lupus is a chronic illness during which the immune system attacks the body's own tissue. She battled this disease for more than five years.
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Here's the Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds clip from the movie Yellow Submarine

Also, you can listen the Across the Universe verison for those people that want to listen to a more modern version.