The 67-year-old singer, also known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, was his wife's full-time carer and recently attempted to represent Ireland at Eurovision with a song dedicated to her.
Lydon and Ms Forster, the daughter of wealthy German publisher Franz Karl Maier, were together for 45 years.She was also the mother of the late musician Ari-Up, best known as a member of the English punk rock band the Slits, who died in 2010 after a"serious illness".John Lydon with wife Nora Forster in 2008
"And, oddly enough, as bad as Alzheimer's is, there are great moments of tenderness between us. And I tried to capture that in the song, and so it's not all waiting for the Grim Reaper.
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