Linda McCartney
Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; formerly See; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American musician, photographer, animal rights activist, entrepreneur and publisher who was married to Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Prior to marrying Paul, she was a professional photographer of celebrities and contemporary musicians, with her work published in music industry magazines. Her photos were also published in the book Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era, in 1992.
Linda married McCartney in 1969 at St John's Wood Church in London. Her daughter, Heather Louise, from her first marriage to Melville See, was adopted by her new husband. Together, the McCartneys had three other children.
In 1971, after they married and following the break-up of the Beatles the previous year, Paul and Linda McCartney recorded the album Ram. Shortly afterwards, they formed the band Wings. She continued to be part of her husband's touring band following Wings' break-up in 1981 up until The New World Tour in 1993.
She was an animal rights activist and wrote and published several vegetarian cookbooks, and founded the Linda McCartney Foods company with her husband.
In 1995 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and died from the disease in 1998 at the age of 56.
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| Full name at birth | Linda Louise Eastman
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| Claim to fame | former Wife of Paul McCartney
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| Date of birth | 24 September 1941
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| Place of birth | New York City, New York, USA
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| Date of death | 17 April 1998
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| Age | 56 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Tucson, Arizona, USA
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| Cause of death | Breast cancer
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| Occupation | Photographer, musician, activist, entrepreneur
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| Pets | Martha (Dog - owned by Paul McCartney. also belonged to her)
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| Net worth | $10,000,000 USD
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| High school | Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York (1960)
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| University | MA Fine Arts, University of Arizona, USA
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- 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.
- A dedicated vegetarian who founded her own successful range of frozen veggie food in the early 1990s.
- A top photographer whose pictures of rock stars in the 1960s led to her meeting her future husband, Paul McCartney (Sir Paul from 1997).
- Her oldest daughter Heather McCartney was adopted by her second husband Paul McCartney in 1969.
- Her line of vegetarian foods made her independently wealthy, in the years before her death.
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