Linda McCartney - Biography - IMDb Linda McCartney Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (33) | Personal Quotes (2) Overview (4) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Linda McCartney was born on September 24, 1941 in New York City, New York, USA as Linda Louise Eastman. She was married to Paul McCartney and Joseph Melville See Jr. She died on April 17, 1998 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Spouse (2) ( 12 March 1969 - 17 April 1998) (her death) (3 children) Joseph Melville See Jr. Trivia (33) Daughter from her first marriage, pottery designer Heather McCartney . Three children with Paul McCartney : photographer Mary McCartney (Donald), top fashion designer Stella McCartney and musician/sculptor James McCartney . A top photographer whose pictures of rock stars in the 1960s led to her meeting her future husband, Paul McCartney (Sir Paul from 1997).

Oscar and Grammy nominee for co-writing the theme song of Live and Let Die (1973) with her husband. Along with Paul McCartney and Denny Laine , performed with the group Wings through the 1970s. A dedicated vegetarian who founded her own successful range of frozen veggie food in the early 1990s. Mother of fashion designer Stella McCartney , who for five years was the head designer for the French haute couture house of Chloe and now designs for her own highly successful label. Took a lot of flak for her ability (or lack thereof) on keyboards; she played along with husband Paul McCartney 's bands because he wanted her there, as with John Lennon 's making Yoko Ono his musical partner. A late starter, taught mostly by Paul, Linda knew her limitations on keyboards; before going back on the road in the 1990s, she took a winter off to build up her chops. Nonetheless, in her own words, "there's high-schoolers who could do better". Actually found John Lennon the most appealing of the Beatles, when they first came on the scene, but liked Paul better in person after they'd met.

(She and John got along adequately in private, but took occasional barbs at each other and their spouses, in the media.) Occasionally hinted that she was related to the Eastmans of Eastman-Kodak fame, but her photography career was coincidental. Her father Lee Eastman and brother John Eastman were New York show-business attorneys... and her father changed the family name from its original Epstein. (This wasn't lost for a moment on John Lennon or Allen Klein , who marvelled at the exchange of the late Brian Epstein for another would-be manager of the same name.) Flirted with girl-group singing with school friends in the late 1950s, but didn't make anything of it. She was the only photographer invited to an outing with The Rolling Stones , and she boasted Eric Clapton as a sometime babysitter for daughter Heather McCartney . Her line of vegetarian foods made her independently wealthy, in the years before her death. Her mother Louise died in a plane crash when she was 20 years old. Was a devoted animal rights activist and vegetarian. Her oldest daughter Heather McCartney was adopted by her second husband Paul McCartney in 1969.

Divorced her first husband and biological father of daughter Heather McCartney , John Melvin See Jr., after he wanted to move to Africa and take his family with him. Has three siblings John, Laura and Louise. Diagnoised with breast cancer in December 1995. She lost her battle with the disease on April 17, 1998 at the McCartney Family Ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Her husband Paul McCartney and their four children were at her bedside. Born in New York City but raised primarly in Scarsdale, New York. Attended Sarah Lawrence College for a short time, a few years after Yoko Ono . Attended the University of Arizona where she met her first husband John Melvin See Jr. She was studying art history. The 200th episode of The Simpsons (1989), "Trash of the Titans", was dedicated to her memory. In the early 1960s, singers Jan Berry and Dean Torrence , aka Jan and Dean, had a hit song with "Linda". The song was actually written in 1944 by Jack Lawrence, and was about a friend's two-year-old daughter.

Linda--who at the time was Linda Eastman--was that daughter. Mother-in-law of producer Alistair Donald and publisher Alasdhair Willis. Grandmother of five boys and one girl, all born after her death: Mary McCartney 's three sons Arthur Alistair Donald (b. 3 April 1999) and Elliot Donald (b. 1 August 2002), and Sam Aboud (b. 11 August 2008) and Stella McCartney 's two sons Miller Alasdhair James Willis (b. 25 Feburary 2005), and Beckett Robert Lee (b. 8 January 2008), and daughter Bailey Linda Olwyn Willis (b. 8 December 2006). After her death, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) created the Linda McCartney Memorial Award in her honor. Has a stunning amount in common with Yoko Ono , John Lennon 's widow. Both women were raised in extremely wealthy environments.

Both shunned relying on this wealth and attempted to make it on their own (McCartney as a photographer, Ono as an actress and artist), only to later be accused of marrying their husbands for their money despite their families' wealth. Both attended Sarah Lawrence College (at different times) and left without finishing degrees. Both married a frontman for the Beatles, and these weddings took place eight days apart in March 1969 (the McCartneys were first). Both women were pregnant at their weddings (Ono later suffered a miscarriage, McCartney later gave birth to Mary McCartney ). Both had a daughter from a previous marriage. Both had mentally unstable former husbands (Ono's later kidnapped their daughter and took her to a fundamentalist Christian commune; McCartney's committed suicide in 2000). Both were accused of playing a major role in the Beatles' breakup. Both suffered personal attacks by fans and by the press. Both suffered attacks on their musical talent (particularly vocal) by fans and the press. Both were older than their husbands. Both were activists. Linda McCartney, Groupie Follow DL on Linda McCartney, Groupie I did not know Linda was a groupie before she married Paul.

The book "Mother of Rock: The Lillian Roxon Story" claims Linda had flings with Tim Buckley and Warren Beatty: "I remember how impressed I was with her come-on hard-on talents as she sat in front of Mr. B in a mini skirt and her legs in a full wide-angle split for at least six rolls of Ektachrome." Not bad for rather a homely girl! Who else did Linda bang? by Anonymous She wasn't homely. She was considered pretty, especially for the 60s Blonde straight hair, parted in the middle, blue eyes, thin. by Anonymous She was too good for that assface Paul. by Anonymous Linda was very plain. Paul must have been truly in love. by Anonymous Paul needed a dedicated audience 24/7. The asshole even made her deathbed about him. by Anonymous Paul was so girly. Even in his old age he looks like an old woman. by Anonymous It's good that he's still around by Anonymous reply 8 06/13/2016 Linda must of been desirable 'cause she attracted high profile men.

She had a nice body including large breasted which probably has a lot to do with why she ended having so much whoppi with them. She was in her 20's and that's when people had a strong libidos. She must of been just real horny I guess. by Anonymous 06/13/2016 OP, how does that make her a groupie? As an aside, Lillian Roxon threw a fund raising party for Helen Reddy to help her raise cash for rent. Jeff Wald crashed the party (without kicking in $$$) and Helen came onto him that night. I think they did the U-Haul thing as I don't believe he ever left. by Anonymous She was from a wealthy family so she knew how to behave. by Anonymous reply 12 06/13/2016 Yes, she did come from wealth. Linda Eastman of Eastman Kodak. She wasn't into Paul for his money. by Anonymous R11 it was Martin St. James who threw the rent party.

by Anonymous reply 14 06/13/2016 R13 she wasn't one of the Kodak Eastmans, that old urban myth was debunked a long time ago. by Anonymous reply 15 06/13/2016 r14, thank you. All these years I had never heard that Martin St. James threw the party. In the spring of 1968, Martin St. James – a hypnotist/entertainer and fellow Australian she had met in New York City – threw Reddy a party with an admission price of $5 to enable Reddy – then down to her last $12 – to pay her rent. It was on this occasion that Reddy met her future manager and husband Jeff Wald, a 22-year-old secretary at the William Morris Agency who crashed the party:[14] Reddy told People in 1975, "[Wald] didn't pay the five dollars, but it was love at first sight."[12] by Anonymous reply 16 06/13/2016 Linda had around 20 sexual partners in a 2 year span right before hooking up with Paul.

In those days people weren't concerned about STDs. The only thing she had to worry about was getting pregnant. Considering how fertile she was (she had 4 children) she was probably on the pill or rubbers were used. by Anonymous reply 17 06/14/2016 Attracting high profile men isn't that hard to do, people. Being above average in looks, and having a naturally great body, helps. All kinds of men come on to you if that's the case, high profile, or otherwise. It really depends on what circles you travel in. If Jennifer Lopez had never left the Bronx, chances are she would have never met Ben Affleck. Same with Linda. She was around the scene, eventually she was going to meet someone and fall in love. It just happened to be that he was Paul McCartney. by Anonymous 06/14/2016 Linda Eastman's father changed their last name to Eastman from Epstein. Like Brian Epstein, Leopold Epstein, aka Lee Eastman, was in the entertainment industry. He helped Paul McCartney legally dissolve the Beatles and managed Paul's solo career, making Paul the most wealthy ex-Beatle.

If John hadn't sided with Allen Klein -- which he did because Yoko told him that Lee would favor his son-in-law Paul in legal agreements -- all of the Beatles would be more wealthy today. by Anonymous If you ever want to understand what "pushy Jew" means, look to Linda Eastman by Anonymous reply 20 06/14/2016 She tried to seduce an ex of mine. He was 15 at the time and she was a few years older. by Anonymous reply 21 06/14/2016 A few studio technicians who couldn't stand Linda separated her voice out from the rest of the group on this recording so the world could hear what they had to put up with regularly. Paul adored her so she was going to be in the group no matter what. by Anonymous reply 22 06/14/2016 Would of been nice if she 'd spent more time in the mid sixties learning music and singing instead of spending it getting fucked so much. by Anonymous Ooh, I love Tim Buckley. Nice one, Linda!

by Anonymous reply 40 06/16/2016 Total groupie who followed rockers using a camera as her entree. Slept with them all. Check out her posthumous rock photo book to see all the dudes she nailed. She was just lucky to get Paul, who "did the right thing" after she got pregnant. John and Ringo married the pregnant girlfriends as well. Different times. by Anonymous reply 41 06/16/2016 Ummm. ....Warren Beatty screwed anything that moved. He wasn't a 'catch' - just your run of the mill narcissist. Women fell for it. by Anonymous reply 42 06/16/2016 Responding to "Don't know why anyone would think those hairy bird legs and no ass at all were attractive. You people must be blind." I don't think she had bird legs. I thought they were nice and if you check out some pics, she had a nice ass too. PM got the best pick of the litter 'cause he was able to with his fame and wealth. The fact he chose her speaks volumes of her desirability.

That being her looks , personality and that she was the right person to be a mother to the kids he wanted to have. by Anonymous reply 43 06/16/2016 A lot of people just aren't photogenic. Linda was probably one of these folks. I'm certain she was much better looking in person. by Anonymous reply 45 06/16/2016 Linda had to be better looking in person. Why would so many rock stars want to have whopi with her. by Anonymous reply 46 08/28/2016 You could say she had a belly full of dicks in the late 60's. I read that she was on birth control during the 2 year love fest 66-68. That means she have sex bareback with these rocks stars and Warren Betty. She must of been having a lot of carnal pleasure. by Anonymous reply 47 10/28/2016 She was a photographer/groupie. Whatever was going on when the got together, they had a very successful marriage.

by Anonymous Yes they did because they got it out of their system by Anonymous reply 49 11/09/2016 From what I read, Julian was allowed his pick of John's guitars after John's death. He didn't have to buy any. by Anonymous reply 50 11/09/2016 In an interview once, Paul stated he and Linda met in a bar. So that's different from a groupie situation. Groupies hung around the concerts of rock groups, hoping to be picked up. by Anonymous reply 51 11/09/2016 [quote]In an interview once, Paul stated he and Linda met in a bar. So that's different from a groupie situation. Groupies hung around the concerts of rock groups, hoping to be picked up. NO, not a bar, a nightclub where Georgie Fame was performing, in London. Georgie Fame (the guy in the middle) was a BIG pop star in England in the 60s. She was hanging out with The Animals who she'd met and photographed in New York.

by Anonymous 11/09/2016 They all went on to another club together. She met Paul again when she went to photograph The Beatles at the launch party for Sgt. Pepper - where she made a beeline for him (see pic >>>) by Anonymous reply 53 11/09/2016 She said this was the only worthwhile photo she took of The Beatles at The Sgt. Pepper launch party. by Anonymous Imagine being a guest at the Sgt Pepper launch party, how cool! by Anonymous reply 55 11/09/2016 She looked plain because she never wore makeup or dressed up. There are earlier pics of her with makeup and she is stunning. She has great bone structure and a nice body. by Anonymous reply 56 11/10/2016 Her boobs hung to her forearms. She was completely sycophantic to Paul as he was reeling from his breakup from longtime girlfriend Jane Asher and John was totally into Yoko and the Beatles were heading towards breakup as well.

by Anonymous reply 57 11/10/2016 At the time, there was a vogue for "the natural look", and some young women wore no makeup and didn't shave anything and the young men of the time STILL found them attractive! She wasn't unattractive, but she doesn't fit the overly made-up and surgeried modern ideal of beauty. Hell, some of you haven't seen a white girl without makeup since your mommas were young. by Anonymous [quote]She looked plain because she never wore makeup or dressed up. Right and she was very fair and needed make-up. The guy who worked at Apple, Peter Brown, was gay and knew her because she hung out with a group of gay guys that he knew in New York (always had gay friends, did Linda) and he was the one who got her the pass for The Sgt. Pepper party. He said she TOTALLY transformed her scruffy self for the Sgt. Pepper party, as you can see from the pic with her at Paul's feet @R53. Why not? She knew what she wanted.

by Anonymous reply 59 11/10/2016 R52 - fine, but I specifically remember Paul using the word "bar" in the interview that I saw. The word "bar" stuck in my head. Paul and Linda were interviewed together for some major American news show. by Anonymous reply 60 11/10/2016 Peter Brown wrote a very good, very gossipy insiders book about The Beatles in the early 80s. It was a little too mean spirited for (my) comfort, but if the subject interests you, you should get it. by Anonymous reply 61 11/10/2016 [quote]She looked plain because she never wore makeup or dressed up. There are earlier pics of her with makeup and she is stunning. She has great bone structure and a nice body. She was a good looking girl and looked good as she got older. Later in life she seemed to discover the magic of make-up and presented herself in a much slicker way when she sold herself as a writer of cookbooks.

by Anonymous reply 62 11/10/2016 I have never come across any photo where she was any sort of great "beauty", yet she was never unattractive either. This was all before my time, but with many of my Gen X friends obsessed with The Beatles and in some cases Wings - I have seen tons and tons of her in still photos and some film loops. She wasn't embarrassing by any means - always thinish and OK face. I think that those qualities alone were sufficient for that era of Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton - both being far more striking and with far more of an "it" factor than Linda BTW. by Anonymous reply 63 11/10/2016 I used to see them around in London when I was a kiddie. I lived near them and my best friend used to live in a house opposite them. There were always fans hanging around in front, climbing on the walls. Sometimes they even broke in and stole stuff - hence the song 'They came in through the bathroom window'. by Anonymous reply 64 11/10/2016 R57 nailed it.

"She was completely sycophantic to Paul as he was reeling from his breakup from longtime girlfriend Jane Asher..." Jane Asher was a gifted actress, a high profile former child star. She was very cute and photogenic, from an upper class British family (lived on Wimpole St.) and a polished show business professional. She met Paul when she interviewed the Beatles. Paul actually moved into her parents' home in 1963 and lived there until they moved into his home in St John's Wood in 1966. They were engaged in 1967. In 1968 she came home from an acting assignment earlier than expected and found him in bed with a hanger-on fan. She left that day and they broke up shortly thereafter. She said that incident at their home wasn't the only reason for the breakup. Paul was a pussy hound and using a lot of drugs. When Jane broke it off Paul understood he'd fucked up. He lost her and took a bit of a hit from her fans and his own fans who really liked and admired Jane. Linda was clearly a rebound for his wounded heart and needy ego. She was a willing opportunist.

The bigger reason for the breakup with Jane was that Paul wanted her to give up her career once they married, which she refused to do. Jane had everything that Linda didn't - a high profile career, a big fan base, style, looks, a lot of presence, and an I'm my own person attitude. Linda paled in comparison and a lot of his fans had a wtf reaction when he married Linda out of the blue. Like R57 said, she was completely sycophantic to Paul, who needs 24/7 attention and is a big control freak. Apparently it all worked out very well for both of them for many years. Good for them. by Anonymous reply 65 11/10/2016 [quote]Jane Asher was a gifted actress, a high profile former child star. She was very cute and photogenic She's continued to be high profile actress/personality in England ever since, (actually, not much in recent years). French & Saunders had a long running joke about 'lovely, wonderful' Jane on their sketch show, years ago.

She's a BAD actress and an awful, sour woman (personality-wise think, Julia Roberts with an English accent, but not quite as bad as her) . She's a 'lucky bitch' - who people who aren't too sharp, like R65, fall for. A few years ago I saw her in a film from the 60s called Deep End and her similarities in looks to Heather Mills was astounding - but not so obvious in still photos. by Anonymous reply 66 11/10/2016 What ever they had, they seemed to have an incredible love and been somehow very much meant for each other. Paul wrote the song "There Must Have Been Magic"--- it is one of those obscure album tracks that may not be all that well known, but the underlying melancholy in the chord structure and in Paul's voice in the recording make it, for me, a very touching and somewhat haunting song. The night that we met If I hadn't stopped you I'd always regret A few minutes later You'd have been out that door And I'd have been lonely Forever more Forever more Oh what made us do it? Under what holy spell?

Nature's mother knew it Only too well She reached out her fingers To point at the sky Leaving me helpless Not knowing why And this is the hour That they turn out the light Nothing but memories Burning so bright Burning so bright Oh what made us do it? Under what holy spell? Nature's mother knew it Only too well There must have been magic The night that we met If I hadn't stopped you I'd always regret There must have been magic There must have been magic There must have been magic by Anonymous reply 67 11/10/2016 The happiest celebrity marriages seem to be when a male celebrity marries a non-celebrity who wants to be a full-time wife, and who is willing to devote herself body and soul to keeping him happy. Paul and Linda had such a marriage, and it worked for both of them as long as they both lived. Matt Damon found himself a wife like that, and Brad Pitt should have. by Anonymous BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman 1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman Paul McCartney has married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Marylebone Register Office to catch a glimpse of the couple as they arrived with Miss Eastman's six-year-old daughter, Heather, from a previous marriage. A dozen policemen were on hand to fend off enthusiastic teenagers, many of whom were distraught that the last remaining bachelor Beatle was tying the knot. The couple entered the building via a side-door to the disappointment of many of the crowds. Miss Eastman, 27, was wearing a daffodil yellow coat over a fawn dress, while 26-year-old Mr McCartney was sporting a matching yellow tie. Best man arrives late The ceremony was delayed because the best man, Mr McCartney's brother Mike McGear of the Scaffold pop group, arrived late. He had been travelling from Birmingham where he had been performing the night before when his train became delayed. After the ceremony the newly-weds were ushered through the crowds into a waiting car and driven away to their local parish church where the marriage was blessed. The couple met two years ago when Miss Eastman, a professional photographer, was taking photographs of the Beatles in America. Linda Eastman was born in 1941 in New York and was educated at the prestigious Scarsdale High School.

After leaving school, she trained as a photographer and throughout the 1960s has photographed many famous names, including Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Who, Bob Dylan and Otis Redding. Paul McCartney was born in 1942 in Liverpool and had written his first song, I Lost My Little Girl, by the age of 14. The Beatles were formed in 1960 and by 1963 Beatlemania had gripped the country. The couple plan to spend their honeymoon visiting relatives in America. Linda McCartney - Linda McCartney's Story Before and With Paul McCartney and Family Tweet LINDA McCARTNEY When Linda McCartney married Paul, she also married his fame and the resentment of thousands of weepy, love sick girls. Linda was again in the unwanted spotlight during the Wings years, and this time the media had even more fodder for the fireï¿½she was an amateur singer and musician, and perhaps hardly even that. Itï¿½s only in recent years that she has been acknowledged for being an excellent photographer, artist, animal rights activist, businesswoman and cook, all in her own right.

Linda Eastman was born on September 24, 1941 to an upper middle class family, and raised in Scarsdale, New York. Oddly enough, Yoko Ono also lived in Scarsdale, sometime after she had first moved to New York, but only for a short time. Lindaï¿½s father was an entertainment lawyer. Linda seemed to have a happy enough childhood; high school classmates remember her as a spirited, smiley girl. Her mother died in a plane crash when she was nineteen, and she retreated to Vermont, then Arizona for a college education. At the University of Arizona she majored in art history and picked up a predilection for photography. While in Arizona she also picked up a husband, the father of her daughter Heather. Lindaï¿½s first rushed marriage is often described as something Linda entered into under the influence of grief, after her mother died. After college she moved back to New York, and got a job as a receptionist at Town and Country magazine. Lindaï¿½s big photography break was a chance opportunity to photograph the Rolling Stones on a yacht. She grabbed her camera, snapped her pictures and suddenly her pictures were in high demand.

Linda was naturally a good photographer. She watched people with eager eyes, and took the photo when it was the right moment. Her pictures created a scene or established a character, and were often considered beautiful, sometimes moody and gritty. Lindaï¿½s photography skills made her a member of the music scene. She captured The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, and eventually the Beatles. She became a Rolling Stone magazine photographer. Linda is said to have had many amorous relationships with the musicians she photographed. Most notorious, was her relationship with Jimi Hendrix. In the first interview Paul gave after Linda had passed away, he was asked about his past rendezvous in relation to Lindaï¿½s rendezvous. Paul thought that Linda and him had about the same experience, though is doubtful that Linda could have ever caught up to Paul. She met Paul for the first time in England at a music club called The Bag Oï¿½ Nails. Paul noticed her almost immediately. That same year she took the famous Sergeant Pepper pictures, the ones with Paul and John shaking hands in an overly exaggerated way.

The first picture of Paul and Linda together was snapped during this photo shoot. A "dirty weekend," as Linda referred to it, was next, and also included discussions of books, philosophies, passions. It wasnï¿½t long before Paul was completely smitten. He asked Linda and Heather to live with him in London, and Linda accepted. Sometime during their courtship Linda told a friend that she wasnï¿½t quite sure about Paul, she thought she didnï¿½t really have a chance at a serious relationship with such a playboy and celebrity. But Paul always knew Linda was specialï¿½she always returned to his thoughts. In 1969, Paul and Linda married and George and Patti Boyd were arrested for possession of marijuana the same day. John and Yoko married within two weeks of Paul and Linda. During the infamous Beatles money disputes, Paul wanted Lindaï¿½s father to handle their money. The other three Beatles were decidedly against involving family members, and any other people close to them. It is also rumored that the rest of the Beatles didnï¿½t necessarily trust Linda and her intentions. Same went for Yoko when she first appeared on the scene (and oftentimes after too).

When Paul and Linda married, Linda was about four or five months pregnant with their first daughter Mary. Mary was born around the time of the Beatles breakup, and Paul has said that was the first time he ever saw magic. When Paulï¿½s first solo album came out, he decided that he would be the first to announce the breakup. Almost half of this album is about, or dedicated to, Linda ("La La La, La La La, the Lovely Linda). Distraught and stricken over the breakup, Paul hid away with Linda at his remote farm in Scotland for a while. Their second daughter Stella was born within two years of Mary, and along with her birth, and a hard labor for Linda, came Wings. Paul wanted to be with Linda and the family, and Linda wanted to be with Paul and the family, so Linda joined the band. Her voice and musical talents were derided, but she did eventually improve on the piano. Her voice was inconsistent, but sweet, and sometimes even nearly beautiful. Amidst all this, Linda and Paul decided to become vegetarians. One day, they looked out the window at the lambs they were raising, and the lamb on their plates, and decided to give up meat.

Linda and Paul became big animal rights activists. Linda also enjoyed cooking, and she wanted to share her food with others, so she wrote a cook book and started a frozen food line. She made millions, and Paul often joked that her frozen food line was taking in more money than the Beatles ever did. Wings had several different members, and lasted until about 1980, when Paul was busted for marijuana in Japan. His ten day stay in the prison would be the longest that Paul and Linda had ever been, and ever was, separated. Paul is often quoted as saying that in their 29 year marriage, they were only separated one nightï¿½excluding the prison incident. Of course, this was not the only time that Linda and Paul had been caught in possession of marijuana. In the early ï¿½70s the McCartneyï¿½s earned an Academy Award nomination for the theme of the James Bond Film, "Live and Let Die." In the late ï¿½70s they had their last child, a boy named James. From there, Linda continued to have hearty meals and lots of family time. And she always took pictures.

Over the years she acquired many pictures, which eventually turned into a retrospective ï¿½60s photo book. In December of 1995, Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. In 1996 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PETA for her animal-rights work. By 1997, she was in remission, but it wasnï¿½t long before the cancer came back, and headed towards her liver. She died on April 19, 1998 in her Arizona home, with her family by her side. Paul pledged to carry on with his late wifeï¿½s animal rights and vegetarian campaigns. He has stuck to his word, though he is now a bit more vocal about land mines because this is his secondï¿½s wife passion. Today people remember Linda as a loving person, photographer, mother and wife. Sometimes, they even drop and ignore her last name. Rachael Stillman © beatlesnumber9 In December 1996, Paul and Linda McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

In his acceptance speech, Paul said, "Even though compassion may be an old idea, it's nice to think that nowadays more and more people are looking for a kinder way of living." You can learn more about PETA by clicking on their logo. Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era PURCHASE: Linda McCartney's Sixties : Portrait of an Era In 1966 Linda Eastman, a secretary at a society magazine based in Manhattan, intercepted an invitation to join a boat party for the Rolling Stones. Figuring that no one else at Town and Country wanted to mingle with a bunch of wild long hairs, she took her camera to a yacht moored in the Hudson River. Her good fortune continued when she became the only photographer allowed on board. Eastman's Rolling Stones scoop led to a gig as Rolling Stone magazine's first staff photographer. Impressed by her portrait of Brian Jones, the Stones' enigmatic, tragic genius, Beatles manager Brian Epstein invited her to a 1967 press party for the album ''Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.'' There Eastman met Paul McCartney for the first time, launching a romance that led to marriage, children, a band called Wings, campaigns for animal rights and vegetarianism and a career as a photographer of cultural movers and earthquakers. Beatles, Stones and Doors star in '' Linda McCartney's Sixties : Portrait of an Era ,'' an exhibition of 51 photos that will run from May 29 to Aug. 21 at the Allentown Art Museum. Allentown is the first Pennsylvania site for the only McCartney retrospective to tour museums in her native U.S. since she died in 1998. Organized by the Estate of Linda McCartney with the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., the exhibit chronicles a period of communal charisma. McCartney photographed the Who in quirky clothes and poses behind the Fillmore East, the funky, fabled Manhattan hall where she served as house photographer. She shot the Youngbloods in trees and the Grateful Dead as a playful tribe on the stoop of a Victorian house they shared in Haight Ashbury. McCartney's photographic role models were Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, who specialized in portraits that looked formal but felt informal.

She relaxed her subjects by shooting naturally, without flash, and spontaneously. This casual attitude enabled her to infiltrate inner circles; indeed, she considered herself ''a band member whose chosen instrument was the camera.'' Armed with intimacy, McCartney witnessed the catastrophe of success. She captured Janis Joplin as a hurricane onstage, a shy victim offstage. One of her images of the Beatles, taken during the making of their final album, ''Abbey Road,'' illustrates the growing gulf between a onetime band of brothers. It's titled ''Four Strangers.'' The show contains one of McCartney's most endearing, enduring shots of her husband, Paul, holding their first child, Mary, inside his jacket. Non-rockers include soul diva Aretha Franklin; among the non-musicians is actor Michael J. Pollard, a goofy sidekick in the film ''Bonnie and Clyde.'' Three platinum prints demonstrate McCartney's passion for quieter scenes outside of the '60s. ''Stallion and Standing Stone'' hung in her last gallery exhibition, which opened shortly after her death from cancer at age 56. McCartney was highly honored during her lifetime. In 1987 Women in Photography named her its top U.S.

representative. In 1995 Bulfinch Press published ''Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era,'' one of five books of her photography. The Victoria & Albert Museum exhibited her images of popular culture, and the National Portrait Gallery in London acquired her pictures of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. ''Linda McCartney's Sixties'' bookends last year's Allentown Art Museum exhibit of Allen Ginsberg's photos of William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady and other Beats, those literary rock 'n' rollers. David Brigham, the museum's executive director, says it was chosen for its broad appeal. He calls it a sort of sequel to the museum's recent display of inventive, historic clothes and jewelry designed by Mary McFadden, who began dressing fashionable people around the time McCartney began photographing fashionable people. More than 350,000 have viewed the McCartney exhibit since it opened in March 1999. The next year Brigham shared the show's success as a director/curator at the Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum. ''Linda McCartney's generation alone doesn't own this music and these images,'' says Brigham. ''Every subsequent generation claims this work as their own.

What makes it so compelling is that it's all about youth culture.'' Linda McCartney, the late wife of Beatles singer Paul McCartney, was raised in Scarsdale, N.Y. as the daughter of Louise Lindner and prominent entertainment lawyer Lee Eastman. Her family was not open about their religious affiliation, although her grandfather, Max Joseph Lindner, owner of a famous women's clothing shop in Cleveland, was active in the city's Reform temple. Linda attended Scarsdale High School and afterwards became a celebrity photographer, and snapped shots of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. During her photographing of the Beatles in 1967 she became romantically involved with Paul McCartney, and they married in 1969. Linda was a staunch vegetarian and contributed to the popularity of vegetarianism in Britain, including her own food products in the 1990s. When the Beatles split up, she started a singing career in Paul's new band, Wings, but she is better known for her career as a photographer. She and Paul McCartney had three children: Mary, Stella and James. Another daughter Heather is from a previous marriage.

Linda and Paul McCartney On September 24, 1941, Linda Louise Eastman was born. Her parents were Lee Eastman, who was an attorney, and Louise Eastman. Linda was raised in New York at Murray Hill. The first school she attended was Fox Meadow School. The High School which she attended was Scarsdale High School; in 1959, she graduated. Not long after, she went to the Sarah Lawrence School in Bronxville, New York. Yoko Ono was also a student there at a previous time. "All my teen years were spent with an ear to the radio," Linda said. She oftentimes attended shows at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn. 'They'd have twenty acts on, twenty-four hours a day. Alan Freed was the MC, but sometimes they'd get Fabian or Bobby Darin to MC. I remember seeing Chuck Berry sing "School Days" for the first time,' she said. She eventually traveled to Arizona, where she attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, which, at the Tucson Art Centre, she took a small course in photography.

She said, ï¿½Arizona opened up my eyes to the wonder of light and color.ï¿½ During the time that Linda was attending the University, her mother was killed in a plane crash. She was so badly affected and grieved by her motherï¿½s death, that she sought solace and comfort in the arms of a man named Melvin, who was a geophysicist student. She married him, and soon, a little girl named Heather was born to them. However, the marriage between Melvin and Linda was not to last long. Linda said, "When he [Melvin] graduated, he wanted to go to Africa. I said, 'Look, if I don't get on with you here, I'm not going to Africa with you. I won't get on with you there."' In reference of her marriage to Melvin, Linda stated, "My mother died in a plane crash, and I got married. It was a mistake." Linda and Mel's divorce was reported to have been agreeable. Linda moved back to New York after her divorce from Melvin, and soon became a receptionist for Town and Country magazine.

However, her successful career in photography began one day when she spotted the Rolling Stones on a yacht on the Hudson River. She soon became an avid and well-known photographer, as a result of her unique photographs of the popular bands. During her photography career, she dated rock stars such as Jimi Hendrix, Steve Winwood, Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Neil Young, and Eric Burdon. She had also dated Warren Beatty. Soon she was to meet the love of her life, Paul McCartney. Linda eventually became a photographer at the popular rock venue, the Fillmore East, and, shortly after, she photographed other admired musicians such as The Beatles, The Doors, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Otis Redding, Simon and Garfunkel, and The Beach Boys. In Austria, in 1965, during the filming of Help! she first photographed the Beatles. However, she did not meet them until 1967, in London, during the time when she was photographing the bands Traffic and the Animals.

One evening while she was in London, Chas Chandler, ex bass player of the animals, took her to a club called Bag Oï¿½ Nails, where she was first introduced to Paul McCartney. Later on, she met Paul again, when he arrived in New York for press conferences, and to promote Apple. During one of the press conferences, Linda gave Paul her phone number, and some days later, he contacted her and they arranged to meet at Nat Weissï¿½s flat. Paul eventually returned once again to London, though, a month later, he went to Los Angeles, where he had another opportunity to meet up with Linda. During this time, they spent a week together. After their time spent together, Linda went back to New York for a while, then, months later, was invited by Paul to London. Linda recalled, "I came over and we lived together for a while, neither of us talked about marriage, we just loved each other and lived together.

We liked each other a lot, so being conventional people, one day I thought: okay, let's get married, we love each other, let's make it definite." On March 12, 1969, at 9:45 am, Paul married Linda. Mike McCartney, Paul's brother, was supposed to be the best man for their wedding, however, he was an hour late as a result of a train delay from Liverpool. When he arrived, he was saddened by his late arrival and said, "Forgive me, it wasn't my fault. Have you been done?" Mal Evans and Peter Brown were witnesses to the wedding, and little Heather was bridesmaid. However, none of the Beatles were in attendance for the wedding, as the group was in the midst of separation. The news of Paul's and Linda's marriage quickly spread throughout the countryside, and on the morning of their wedding, the media and several fans gathered outside Paul's Cavendish Avenue house. The wedding reception was held at the Ritz hotel, Piccadilly. That same evening, Paul went back to the studios to complete the production of the Jackie Lomax single.

In 1970, soon after the split up of the Beatles, Paulï¿½s debut Album ï¿½McCartneyï¿½ of which the song ï¿½Lovely Lindaï¿½ was the initial track, was released. John Lennon and George Harrison also released solo albums within a year. Family life was of great importance to Linda and Paul, and during their marriage, they raised four children: Mary who was born in 1969, Stella, who was born in 1971, James Louis, who was born in 1977, and Heather. The children were raised on a farm on Scotland and rural houses in remote settings in Southern England, as the McCartneys preferred a quiet, peaceful, low key setting for their children. Paul taught Linda to play synthesizer, percussion, and the keyboards, and they eventually released the album ï¿½Ram.ï¿½ Soon, Paul formed a new band called ï¿½Wings,ï¿½ of which his wife was a member, a co-songwriter, and player; Denny Laine was guitarist.

The band released a best selling single ï¿½Mull of Kin Tyre,ï¿½ and a popular album ï¿½Band on the Run.ï¿½ In addition to the song "Lovely Linda," Paul also wrote the song "Maybe I'm Amazed" for her. Also, Paul and Linda wrote the theme ï¿½Live and Let Dieï¿½ for the James Bond film, and they were nominated for a best-song Academy award. During one of their tours, in 1989-1990, they played for three million people, in 102 shows throughout the world, in thirteen countries. Linda continued to tour with Paul, and in 1997, for Paulï¿½s Grammy-nominated album ï¿½Flaming Pie,ï¿½ she sang the backup vocals. ï¿½Wide Prairie,ï¿½ produced by Paul McCartney, was Lindaï¿½s first solo album. She also wrote the songs on the album, and played a variety of keyboards, and Paul sang back-up vocals, played some instruments, and their son James played lead guitar.

In addition to music, Linda also wrote books, and appeared in the music video ï¿½Say Say Say,ï¿½ which became a number one video in 1983. She also appeared on a British television series entitled ï¿½Bread.ï¿½ ï¿½Give my Regards to Broad Street,ï¿½ a 20th Century Fox film, which Paul McCartney produced, and starred, also gave Linda the opportunity to once again appear in a film. Exhibitions of Lindaï¿½s photography are displayed in numerous galleries throughout the world, and her work is featured in several books, including ï¿½Sunprints,ï¿½ ï¿½Roadworks,ï¿½ and ï¿½Sixties.ï¿½ Lindaï¿½s idea of ready-made vegetarian meals was also a success; in 1991, the meals were on the shelves at popular supermarkets, and as many as five million of the popular meals had been purchased within that same year. To this day, her vegetarian meals are well-loved in the UK, and are displayed on the menu at Londonï¿½s Hard Rock Cafe.

A book entitled ï¿½Linda McCartney's Home Cooking,ï¿½ was published in 1989, and it became the best-selling vegetarian cookbook in the UK, as well as a best seller in the United States. Other books which were soon published included ï¿½Linda McCartney On Tourï¿½ and ï¿½Linda's Kitchen.ï¿½ Linda was also involved in campaigns for animals rights, for animals such as the endangered Lynx, and she was involved in an anti-fur lobby in the UK. She also supported such organizations as ï¿½The People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals.ï¿½ In addition, she worked for such programs as ï¿½Friends Of The Earthï¿½ and ï¿½The Council For The Protection of Rural England,ï¿½ in order to help protect the worldï¿½s environment. In 1995, it was announced that Linda McCartney had breast cancer.

In an interview, in reference to his wifeï¿½s brave fight against cancer, Paul stated that his wife was "the most positive person on earth.ï¿½ When he was asked about the lasting of their marriage, he said, "I guess it's because we just adore each other." Paul was knighted in 1997, and Linda became Lady Linda McCartney. Linda continued to undergo treatments, and in 1998, in spite of those treatments that she had undergone for the cancer, it had spread to her liver, and she died at the family ranch in Tucson, Arizona, on April 17th, 1998. Paul and the children were present at her side during her death. "The blessing was that the end came quickly and she didn't suffer," Paul said. Later, Paul McCartney stated, "As a mother, she was the best. We always said that all we wanted for the kids was that they would grow up to have good hearts, and they have." ~WE GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS~ All donations go toward web site expenses and are greatly appreciated!

You are visitor number Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman Marriage Profile Marriage Words and Terms Glossary - Definitions of Marriage Words and Terms Paul and Linda McCartney in 1995. Photo: Brenda Chase / Getty Images Paul and Linda's marriage was considered one of the entertainment industry's most successful long-term marriage. Here is information about how Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman met, their wedding, children, quotes, and more. News Updates: 4/07/08: As the 10th anniversary of Linda Eastman's death approached, Paul McCartney shared thoughts and memories about his first wife. Source: "Sir Paul McCartney on Linda." TimesonLine.co.uk. 4/06/08. Born: Sir Paul McCartney aka James Paul McCartney: June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Linda Eastman: September 24, 1941 in New York City, New York. Died: Linda: April 17, 1998 in Tucson, Arizona. Linda died at age 56 from breast cancer. Linda's cremation took place in Arizona. One of the memorial services for Linda was in Saint Martin-in-the-Fields.

continue reading below our video 5 Ways You Can Tell It is Love Paul scattered her ashes both at their home in East Sussex, England and at their family ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Paul: "She didn’t know she was dying. I’m not actually sure she ever knew she was dying. You have a decision to make as a family as to whether you tell someone and the doctors leave it to you, the immediate family. I talked it over with the doctor and he said: 'I don’t think she would want to know. She is such a strong, forward-thinking lady and such a positive girl that I don’t think it would do any good.' She was fighting right up to the end." Source: "Sir Paul McCartney on Linda." TimesonLine.co.uk. 4/06/08. Paul's last moments with Linda: "So it suddenly came to me at the moment when she was just about to die. I have no idea why, I just thought, 'I've just got to say this.' It was as if I was guided and I said, 'You're up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion; it's a fine spring day, we're riding through the woods.

The bluebells are all out, and the sky is clear blue.' And she just drifted off. So, a terrible tragedy. But I don't think it could have happened in a better way in a better place." Source: Chrissie Hynde. "Tears and Laughter." USAWeekend.com. Oct. 30-Nov.1, 1998. How Paul and Linda Met: Linda and Paul met on May 15, 1967 at the Bag o'Nails in London. Paul claims he was attracted by Linda's smile. She went back to New York City, and they didn't meet again until a year later. Paul: "Across a crowded room, as they say, our eyes met and the violins started playing ... There was an immediate attraction between us. As she was leaving -- she was with the group the Animals, whom she’d been photographing –- I saw an obvious opportunity. I said: “My name’s Paul. What’s yours?” I think she probably recognized me. It was so corny, but I told the kids later that, had it not been for that moment, none of them would be here.

Later that night, we went on together to another club, the Speakeasy. It was our first date and I remember I heard Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade of Pale for the first time. It became our song." Source: "Sir Paul McCartney on Linda." TimesonLine.co.uk. 4/06/08. Linda: "It was at the Apple press conference that my relationship with Paul was rekindled. I managed to slip him my phone number. he range me up later that day and told me they were leaving that evening but he'd like it if I was able to travel out to the airport with him and John." Source: Linda McCartney. Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era. pg. 146. Wedding Date: Paul and Linda were married on March 12, 1969 in a civil ceremony at the Marylebone Register Office in London. Their marriage was blessed at St. John's Wood Church near London, England with Paul's brother Michael McCartney aka Mike McGear as best man. Linda wore a fawn beige dress with a pale daffodil yellow coat. Paul wore a gray suit with a yellow tie.

Honeymoon: Paul and Linda honeymooned in the U.S. They took Linda's daughter Heather with them on their honeymoon. Children: Paul and Linda raised four children together. Heather Louise See McCartney: Born in 1962 in Tucson, Arizona. In 1969 Paul adopted Heather after his marriage to Linda. Heather is a pottery designer. Heather's birth father is Joseph Melville See Jr. Mary Anna McCartney Donald: Born in 1969 in London, England. Mary Anna is a photographer and producer. Mary Anna married Alistair Donald on September 26, 1998. The couple separated in April, 2005. She has two sons, Arthur Alistair Donald who was born in 1999 and Elliot Donald who was born in 2002. Stella Nina McCartney Willis: Born in 1971 in London, England. Stella is a fashion and costume designer. Stella designed Madonna's wedding dress. Stella married publisher Alasdhair Willis on August 30, 2003 in Scotland. Stella and Alasdhair have four children.

James Louis McCartney: Born in 1977. James is a musician. Occupations: Paul: Bass guitar player for The Beatles, composer, singer, and musician. Linda: Photographer, composer, actress, producer, writer, musician, member of Wings, and animal rights activist. Linda and Paul preferred to live far from city life. Ranch in Tucson Arizona Farm in East Sussex, England Farm in Campbeltown , Scotland Other Marriages: Linda: Linda's first marriage was to Joseph Melville See Jr , a geologist, who she met at the University of Arizona. They married on June 18, 1962, had a daughter together, separated in 1964, and later divorced in June 1965. Joseph See committed suicide in 2000. Paul: Paul's second marriage was to Heather Mills . They married on June 11, 2002 and were divorced on March 17, 2008. They have one child, Beatrice Milly McCartney born in 2003. Paul's third marriage is to Nancy Shevell . They married on October 9, 2011.

Quotes About Paul and Linda McCartney's Marriage: Paul: "Every love song I write is for Linda." Source: "Linda Louise Eastman McCartney." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 5: 1997-1999. Charles Scribner's Sons. 2002. Prev Paul's Lovely Linda Paul's Lovely Linda Pinterest There were 36 phone messages waiting for freelance music writer Danny Fields when he returned to his Manhattan apartment April 19 after a weekend trip. Reporters were calling about the death of his close friend Linda McCartney, who had died two days earlier at age 56 from breast cancer that had spread to her liver. Devastated by what he heard, Fields reached for the phone. “I called Paul right away,” says Fields. “I said, ‘Oh, Paul,’ and his voice cracked for 10 seconds. We both started to cry. But then I couldn’t stop, and he was consoling me. He said, ‘Wasn’t she great? Wasn’t she beautiful?

Wasn’t she smart and together and wonderful and loving?’ ” Praising his wife was an occupational as well as an emotional habit for McCartney, 55, who wrote dozens of love songs to her during their 29-year marriage. Indeed, his was the last voice she heard as she lay dying, surrounded by her four children—Heather, 35, Mary, 27, Stella, 26, and James, 20. While press reports gave Santa Barbara, Calif., as her place of death, McCartney is now believed to have died in Tucson, at the family’s 150-acre ranch. An official in the Santa Barbara County coroner’s office said, “There has been no death certificate filed,” and a source close to the family told PEOPLE that Linda in fact died in Tucson. In either case, “the kids and I were there when she crossed over,” said McCartney in a statement. “They each were able to tell her how much they loved her. Finally I said to her, ‘You’re up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion.

It’s a fine spring day…and the sky is clear blue.’ I had barely got to the end of the sentence when she closed her eyes and gently slipped away.” Her death was “totally unexpected,” says McCartney’s spokesman Geoff Baker. In fact, Linda, who was first diagnosed with her illness in 1995, spent her last days on vacation with Paul, going for horseback rides. “They were having a lovely time,” says TV writer Carla Lane, Linda’s longtime friend. “She wasn’t hanging around being ill—it was quick.” Many believed that Linda McCartney, the willowy, blond photographer who dashed the hopes of countless teens by marrying the last unattached Beatle in 1969, had battled her cancer into remission. Edward Sexton, a friend of the couple’s, had lunch with them on March 11 in Paris after they attended the fashion show of their daughter Stella, chief designer for Chloe. “Linda seemed buoyant,” says Sexton. “She had lost weight but she looked very healthy.” But it was also in March that McCartney discovered that her cancer had spread. It was a type of cancer that “can progress quickly,” says Dr. Linnea Chap, a Los Angeles oncologist.

Some 44,000 women in the United States die each year from complications of breast cancer. (In fact, Paul’s mother also died of the disease when he was 14.) After Linda’s death her remains were cremated and, with only close family present, scattered on the lush grounds of the family’s farmhouse in Sussex, England. “The poor man,” says Sexton. “Paul loved Linda more than life.” As celebrities’ marriages went, theirs was an anomaly—a limelit couple who couldn’t bear to be apart even after three decades. “The only 11 days we ever did not spend the night together,” Paul told PEOPLE in 1993, “was when I got put in jail in Japan for pot. That’s quite amazing.” Says their close friend, stained-glass artist Brian Clarke: “Paul and Linda were like teenage lovers, holding hands, giggling. They were fascinated with one another.” A passionate vegetarian who crafted two bestselling cookbooks and developed a successful line of meatless frozen foods, Linda McCartney was also a talented photographer whose work has been collected in five books and shown at countless galleries.

At Paul’s urging she also sang and played keyboard in his post-Beatles musical projects while helping to keep their four children—three from her marriage to Paul and her eldest, Heather, from a previous marriage—away from the media’s glare. “We used to chat about our children on the phone,” Yoko Ono, John Lennon’s widow, told PEOPLE. “Linda was always loyal to her husband and very protective of her children.” Beyond that, she never stopped being her husband’s best friend. “Even though we have our ups and downs, we really do like being together,” Paul told PEOPLE in 1993. “My Love,” “No More Lonely Nights,” “The Lovely Linda”—one of the world’s best songwriters could not stop putting his feelings into music. “Any love song I write,” Paul said last year, “is written for Linda.” And while she changed in the public’s eye—from an eccentric hippie who inexplicably held a Beatle in thrall, to Paul’s charitable, well-respected soulmate—Linda never strayed from her values. “She was happiest throwing a bale of hay over a fence,” says Danny Fields.

Paul’s estimated worth was $860 million, yet Linda told PEOPLE in 1993, “I don’t need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.” It was not an answer many children learned growing up in privileged Scarsdale, a posh suburb in New York’s Westchester County. The second of four children, she was raised by her Harvard-educated father, Lee Eastman, a well-known entertainment lawyer, and her mother, Louise, a department store heiress. An indifferent student in high school, Linda attended the University of Arizona, and it was there that she came into her own, largely through her interest in photography. When she was 19, her mother died in a plane crash; Linda flew back for the funeral but didn’t stick around long. “Instead of staying back East and helping my family,” she told Vanity Fair, “I just escaped.” Back in Arizona she married a fellow student, Joseph Melville See, in 1962 (they had daughter Heather and divorced after three years). “Linda stood out,” says See, 60, a retired geologist who lives in Tucson.

“I idolized her presence, her being.” Linda’s next stop was New York City, where she landed a job as a receptionist for Town & Country magazine. It was there in 1966 that she seized her moment; coming across an invitation to a press party for the Rolling Stones, she grabbed her camera and kick-started a lucrative career as a photographer of rock stars, several of whom she reportedly dated before ever meeting McCartney. “She was a real rock and roller,” says Fields, recalling Linda’s shooting Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin and other seminal acts. “And with all that going on, she maintained a household suitable to raise a child.” In 1967, Linda went to London to take photographs of the Beatles and was introduced to Paul at a London nightclub. Two days later, at a party, the pair clicked. “A lot of the girls I had met were just girls,” Paul revealed to Vanity Fair. “She was a real woman.” Paul stayed with Linda in New York in 1968 and even babysat Heather when Linda went out on errands. Later that year, Linda accompanied Paul to England.

“Every now and then I would get a one-word postcard: ‘Wow!’ ” says Fields. Yet Linda repeatedly told McCartney she had no intention of remarrying. “I wanted to be me and not have men tell me what I should be,” she said to PEOPLE in 1993. But four months pregnant in March 1969, Linda changed her tune, and the couple married at London’s Marylebone Register Office. A year later, Paul shocked the world by announcing that the Beatles were disbanding. “He was heartbroken, just devastated,” says rock critic Anthony DeCurtis. “Linda gave him the confidence that there was life after being a Beatle.” She also paid dearly for marrying a teen idol. “They would get back home, and there was graffiti—American Slut Go Home,” says Fields. “She had to deal with the hatred of fans. That was a difficult time for her.” Things only got worse when Paul talked her into touring with Wings, the enormously successful band he put together in 1972 and took on and off the road until 1981.

“I’m only there because we like being together,” Linda said of her musical partnership with Paul, but her unpolished vocals invited derision. She thought of quitting “a hundred thousand times, but I’m still here,” she later recalled. “I don’t like being told what to do.” Since the ’70s the McCartneys pursued a shaggy, iconoclastic lifestyle, raising their children in the remote countryside of Sussex and educating them in the free public school there. Besides Paul’s run-in with Tokyo authorities, Linda had her own scrapes with the law: She was arrested for marijuana possession three times, once in 1975 and twice in 1984. “I think hard drugs are disgusting,” she told PEOPLE in 1993. “But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight.” She was no less outspoken about her life’s passions—protecting animal rights and promoting vegetarianism. “When she looked into the eyes of a sheep, a rat or a dog, she could see a sensitive creature inside,” says Dan Mathews, an executive with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. A vegetarian for nearly 25 years, Linda campaigned tirelessly to save animals from stoves and medical experiments.

In 1989 she published Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking, a best-selling collection of vegetarian recipes. Two years later she launched McVege, a line of vegetarian products that has grown into England’s most successful, with sales of more than $56 million in 1997. But everything abruptly changed one day in December 1995. At a routine checkup at London’s Princess Grace Hospital, doctors discovered a malignant tumor in her breast; she had it removed that month and soon began chemotherapy. Linda didn’t attend Paul’s knighting ceremony on March 11, 1997, but four months later her hair had grown back, and she seemed on the road to recovery. Then in March 1998, tests revealed that the cancer had spread to her liver. Not long after that, the McCartneys packed up for a long vacation in the U.S. “I think Linda just wanted a holiday,” says Brian Clarke. “I don’t think she thought of herself as someone who was about to die. That was not her style.” The day before she left Sussex, Linda took a walk with Clarke. “She seemed a little weak and needed to sit down now and then,” he says.

“But she kept looking around and saying, ‘Aren’t we lucky? Look at all this beauty. Just think, that tree will be there long after we’ve gone.’ ” Two days after Linda died, her first husband, Joseph See, got a call from their tearful daughter Heather. “She said, ‘Mommy has passed away in the arms of Daddy,’ ” says a distraught See. Brian Clarke, who strolled with Paul as he fed the horses on his Sussex estate the Monday after Linda’s passing, says Paul is “feeling what most people feel when this happens: loneliness, fear, just trying to keep your head up.” McCartney has been greatly consoled by his son James, a fledgling musician who played guitar on his father’s last album, Flaming Pie. “He’s been a tremendous help,” says Clarke. “James has inherited much of his mother’s strength.” Linda McCartney leaves other legacies: At the time of her death, she was working on a new cookbook, a new photography book and a new line of food, all of which are expected to be brought to completion over the next year or two.

And for the past six months, potted flowers ordered by Linda have been faithfully arriving at the local clinic in Rye, a small town four miles from their Sussex farm. For his part, Paul is planning a tribute album featuring songs he and Linda recorded together. “He’s being very spiritual about her death,” says Carla Lane, who spoke with Paul shortly after Linda died. “He feels she is still around.” But behind the bravery, says Lane, there is profound sorrow. “She was his life. I just hope he can cope when it really hits him.” Alex Tresniowski Vicki Cahan in Tucson, Simon Perry and Nina Biddle in London, Joanna Blonska in Sussex, Elizabeth Leonard and John Hannah in Los Angeles and Julia Campbell and Joseph V. Tirella in New York City Show Full Article Quotes About the Marriage of Linda Eastman and Paul McCartney Quotes About the Marriage of Linda Eastman and Paul McCartney Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? The long-term successful marriage of Paul and Linda McCartney is reflected in their statements about one another. Here are quotes about their marriage.

Paul: "Every love song I write is for Linda." Source: "Linda Louise Eastman McCartney." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Volume 5: 1997-1999. Charles Scribner's Sons. 2002. Paul on spending every night with Linda (not counting their time apart when Paul was in jail in Japan): "I always think of Linda still as my girlfriend. That's how we started out in the '60s, just as friends. Whenever I was working late somewhere, I just never fancied it. I thought: Well, I could stay overnight in this posh hotel, or I could go home to Linda. And it was always the brighter of the two options: Yeah, go home to Linda. It was just I liked being with her, quite frankly. continue reading below our video 5 Ways You Can Tell It is Love I think that's the most difficult thing about losing her, just how much I enjoyed being with her." Source: Chrissie Hynde. "Tears and Laughter." USAWeekend.com. Oct. 30-Nov.1, 1998. Linda: "I wasn't looking for another marriage.

I had been married before. He is a nice man -- a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention." Source: TV.com Chrissie Hynde about Linda: "Unlike other girlfriends who might take the opportunity while the old guy's out of the house to really lay in, I always felt like Linda never broke rank. She would never say anything to me that she would not have said to you [Paul] if you weren't there." Source: Chrissie Hynde. "Tears and Laughter." USAWeekend.com. Oct. 30-Nov.1, 1998. Paul on coping with his grief: "She [Linda] was a really funny lady, very witty. A delicious sense of humour. She was happy. So I use that now. I balance every sad moment with a happy moment. That kind of helps day to day. It helps me get through." Source: Chrissie Hynde. "Tears and Laughter." USAWeekend.com. Oct. 30-Nov.1, 1998. Linda: "We spend so much time together, because that's how we like it.

I never used to go on girl's nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either." Source: BrainyQuote.com Paul: "When we went for a drive, Linda always wanted to get lost. I had an in-built panic about being lost. I always want to know where London is. I don’t want to get to, say, Staines and not know my way back. We would go down to the most obscure places, have a great time, find a little tearoom or a riverbank. She taught me little things like that, to relax and be down to earth. It was very valuable to me then, a great part of the healing process after the Beatles broke up ... Linda was a very natural woman. She loved the fresh air and the freedom and the privacy of the countryside ... She was just a great person to hang out with: very funny, very smart and very talented. " Source: "Sir Paul McCartney on Linda." TimesonLine.co.uk. 4/06/08.

Question: What was Linda McCartney's surname before she married Paul?
Answer: Eastman