Linda McCartney Muse Of Paul Mccartney

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Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman, formerly See, September 24 1941 April 17 1998) was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman, heiress to the Lindner Department Store fortune.

She married Paul McCartney of The Beatles on March 12, 1969, and was a member of Wings. The McCartneys had four children together: Heather Louise (from her previous marriage, whom Paul McCartney adopted in 1969), Mary Anna, Stella Nina, and James Louis. Linda became Lady McCartney when her husband was knighted in 1997.

McCartney wrote several vegetarian cookbooks, became a business entrepreneur (starting the Linda McCartney Foods company) and was a professional photographer, publishing Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era. McCartney was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995, and died at the age of 56 on April 17, 1998 in Tucson, Arizona, where the McCartneys had a ranch. She left her entire estate to her husband through what is known as a Qualified Domestic Trust Fund, which allows deferral of estate taxes due on her assets until after her husband's death.

McCartney started work as a receptionist for the Town & Country magazine, and was the only unofficial photographer on board the SS Sea Panther yacht on the Hudson River who was allowed to take photographs of The Rolling Stones during a record promotion party. Although she had previously only studied the photography of horses in Arizona at an arts centre with a teacher, Hazel Archer, she was later asked to be the house photographer at the Fillmore East concert hall, and supposedly became a popular groupie. She photographed artists such as Aretha Franklin, Grace Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Doors,The Animals, and Neil Young (Linda photographed Young in 1967 — the picture was used for the front cover of Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (2008).[13][14] She photographed Clapton for Rolling Stone magazine, becoming the first woman to have a photo featured on the front cover (11 May 1968). She and McCartney also appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone on January 31 1974, making her the only person both to have taken a photo, and to have been photographed, for the front cover of the magazine.[4] Her photographs were later exhibited in more than 50 galleries internationally, as well as at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A collection of photographs from that time, Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era, was published in 1993.

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[krissyjeshi]

Gorgeous Woman

[dytakeda]

Really one of the great love stories of our time.

[Salete226]

The love of Paul and Linda is one, true, pure, wonderful! A great example!

[flakbac]

she was a whore for visiting british musicians 1 of the best blow jobs this side of the pond

[SharonCobb]

she's smiling in almost every photo, even in the ones where here hair is so short from chemo treatments and weeks away from death. Even sick, she remained positive and gracious and putting out great energy. she's so beautiful--from the inside to the outside.

[velvetQueen699999]

I had the pleasure of meeting a family friend of the McCartneys a few years ago and he was kind enough to share some stories with me. He told me that Linda was a very kind and gracious person compared to Paul who has a massive ego! I can't blame him, people (including myself) have worshiped him for decades.

[kinskifreak2011]

I admire her so much!! Their love story inspires me more than I could ever explain <3

[ifallelsefailsRUN]

this is beautiful <3

[DougCameraMan]

A nice tribute! Gone too young; you know it seems like she had a good life and did a lot in her 56 years.... probably more so than most people do in 80.

[codeorangeXC]

Stupid breast cancer took his love away, no matter how many women he is with none can ever take the place of Linda she was a beautiful woman, a good mother, an amazing wife, and she was just flat out all around wonderful! RIP Linda