John Lennon is best man at Alexis Mardas’ wedding

Apple’s electronics ‘guru’, Alexis ‘Magic Alex’ Mardas, married on this day in London. His best men were John Lennon and the singer-songwriter Donovan.

Mardas was then 26 years old. He married 22-year-old Eufrosyne Doxiades, the daughter of a respected Greek architect. The wedding took place at St Sophia’s Cathedral, a Greek orthodox church on Moscow Road in the Bayswater area of London.

Also in attendance were George Harrison and his wife Pattie, and Lennon’s partner Yoko Ono.

John Lennon and others at the wedding of Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex), 1968

Last updated: 9 July 2018
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