John Lydon's Twitter account shared the sad news on Thursday that the star's wife Nora Foster has died at the age of 80. Nora, a former music promoter, had been battling Alzheimer’s disease for the last few years of her life, with Sex Pistols frontman John, 67, acting as her carer. Sharing a picture of the spouses hugging on his official Twitter account, John's team wrote: "1/2 Rest in Peace Nora Forster.