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Linda McCartney
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings, which she had formed with her husband Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
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entertainment · American photographer and musician (1941–1998) · singer · photographer · keyboardist · recording artist · songwriter · film director · artist · composer · musician · also Linda McCartney, Linda Eastman McCartney, Linda Louise McCartney, Linda Eastman, McCartney, Linda, 1941-1998, McCartney
Born 24 September 1941 · Died 17 April 1998 · Q228899
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2026· 3 entries
Public attention spiked: 14,705 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.1× the usual 2,905, with 0 article edits.
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The Cheat Sheet: Linda McCartney Faced Painful Ridicule Over Her Role in Wings, Said Daughter Stella
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2025· 3 entries
UPI: 'Beatles' 4-film event casts Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney, more
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It was announced that Saoirse Ronan will be portraying McCartney in The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event directed by Sam Mendes, due to be released in April 2028
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Rolling Stone: Multi-Film Beatles Biopic Has Found Its Linda McCartney in Saoirse Ronan
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2000· 1 entry
The Linda McCartney Centre, a cancer clinic, opened at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “The Beatles Celebration”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Wide Prairie”.
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Died 1998-04-17.
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At the McCartney family ranch in Tanque Verde, near Tucson, Arizona
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1995· 2 entries
And her condition worsened when the cancer metastasized to her liver
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And was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award in the Vegetarian Books category in 1996
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1991· 1 entry
Linda started her own company called Linda McCartney Foods, that served frozen vegetarian meals
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1989· 1 entry
Released her first vegetarian cookbook, Linda McCartney's Home Cooking (she credits author Peter Cox "for all of his help and research" on the copyright page)
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1986· 1 entry
Released ep “Paul McCartney's Rupert and the Frog Song”.
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1984· 1 entry
McCartney was arrested in Barbados for possession of marijuana; her husband had been arrested in 1975 in Los Angeles on the same charge
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1977· 1 entry
The reggae-inspired single "Seaside Woman" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on Epic Records in the United States
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1974· 1 entry
Making her the only person to appear on the magazine's cover who was also the photographer
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1972· 1 entry
Was written in response to allegations from Paul's publisher that Linda's co-writing credits were inauthentic and that she was not a real songwriter
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1971· 2 entries
Released album “RAM”.
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Northern Songs and Maclen Music filed a lawsuit alleging that Paul McCartney had violated an exclusive rights agreement by collaborating with Linda on the song "Another Day," which had the effect of transferring a 50% sh
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1970· 1 entry
Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, Ram, as a duo
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1967· 2 entries
While on a photo assignment in London, Eastman met Paul McCartney at the Bag O'Nails club, where Georgie Fame was performing
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Was used on the cover of Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 in 2008
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1965· 1 entry
Became romantically involved with photographer David Dalton
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1962· 1 entry
And their daughter Heather Louise was born on December 31, 1962
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-09-24.
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