Linda McCartney

American photographer, musician and animal rights activist

Photo by: Kurt Schollenberger, Comet Photo AG Zürich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:September 24, 1941

Died:April 17, 1998

Age at death:56

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Breast Cancer

Zodiac Sign:Libra

Born in:Manhattan, United States

Languages:English

Photographer Recording Artist Musician Artist Singer Film Director Keyboardist Composer Songwriter

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Photo credits (3)

Linda McCartney:
Photo by: Kurt Schollenberger, Comet Photo AG Zürich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Paul McCartney:
Photo by: Raph_PH · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stella McCartney:
Photo by: Foreign and Commonwealth Office · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Links

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Famous For

Bands

WingsSuzy and the Red StripesPaul & Linda McCartney

Movies & TV

The CoolerGive My Regards to Broad StreetRockshowWonderful Christmastime

Books

Linda McCartney's Sixties

Songs & Albums

Uncle Albert/Admiral HalseyToo Many PeopleThe Back Seat of My CarEat at HomeHeart of the Country

Awards

Ellis Island Medal of Honor

Linda McCartney

American photographer, musician and animal rights activist

Biography

Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) 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. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Linda began a career as a photographer, landing with Town & Country, where she soon gained assignments to photograph various musicians and entertainers. By the late 1960s, she was a regular fixture at the Fillmore East, a New York concert venue, where she became the unofficial house photographer capturing numerous performances at the legendary club, and was the first woman to have a photograph on the cover of the influential music magazine Rolling Stone. Her photographs were displayed in galleries and museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, and were collected in several books. Linda had been learning to play keyboards from her husband, and after the 1970 breakup of the Beatles, Paul and Linda recorded the album Ram together. They formed the band Wings in 1971. She continued to play alongside Paul following Wings' breakup in 1981 until The New World Tour in 1993. She was an animal rights activist. Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals, the second of her two vegetarian cookbooks, was nominated for a James Beard Award in 1996. She also founded the vegetarian Linda McCartney Foods company with her husband.

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Photos

Linda McCartney

Visit of Paul McCartney, British Musician, to Brussels

Linda McCartney and husband Paul performing with Wings, 1976

Photo of Paul and Linda McCartney with Bhaskar Menon, president of Capitol Records. The photo was taken at the Los Angeles Forum Club during the 1976 Wings Over America tour.

Linda McCartney at the Los Angeles Forum Club during the 1976 Wings Over America tour

Displayed photos of Paul McCartney and band The Beatles.

This photo was taken of Paul and Linda McCartney, presumably days after the Beatles had broken up. This photograph is in the public domain as it was released by Apple Records without a copyright tag.

I took this Picture of Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney at the 1973 Academy Awards (which were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles) when Paul was nominated for "Live & Let Die." Paul & Linda walked up to the podium and Army Archerd started asking him questions on live TV. Paul then turned his head and stared directly at me, totally ignoring the interviewer, and giving me an eerie feeling - was he actually looking at me? I pulled the viewfinder of the camera away from my eye, I had no more film, having just taken this last frame of Paul & Linda, but he continued his penetrating stare. I was getting nervous, here was my idol, staring at me! Army valiantly kept asking questions of Paul, who continued his unblinking stare, keeping perfectly silent. Finally Linda would answer the question. This went on for five or six questions. Finally, Army dejectedly said "Well, thanks Paul" to which Paul suddenly turned to Army shaking his hand saying "Thank You, Army, great questions, you're the best, always love talking to you." Then he and Linda walked over near me and deliberatly turned their backs to me just as they got close, sidestepping in front of me. I guess Paul was feeling playful and decided to give a young man a thrill, it worked!

Photograph of Linda and Paul McCartney with family and Wings members arriving to Finland on a boat (Aallotar) from Sweden. Linda is seen carrying Stella.