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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 that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles.
The Concert for Linda was a benefit tribute to Linda McCartney, wife of Paul McCartney. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 10 April 1999. [ 1 ] Linda McCartney died after a long battle with cancer nearly a year earlier, when she was 56.
Linda McCartney (then Linda Eastman) was one of Roxon's closest female friends and she did much to further Eastman's career [citation needed], but the friendship ended abruptly in 1969 when Eastman moved to London, married Paul McCartney and cut all ties with her former friends, a move which wounded Roxon deeply. [citation needed]
McCartney taught Linda to play keyboards, and permanently included her in the line-up of Wings. [64] Linda died of breast cancer at age 56 in Tucson, Arizona on 17 April 1998; [65] McCartney denied rumours that her death was an assisted suicide.
In 1998, after Linda McCartney's death, Paul McCartney rearranged the song for string quartet to be played at memorial concerts for his late wife. [1] [3] [11] The Brodsky Quartet performed the song at memorial services in London, and the Loma Mar Quartet performed the song at memorial services in New York.
McCartney also released acclaimed solo work attributed to himself (1970’s McCartney) or in tandem with Linda (1971’s Ram) before Wings dissolved in 1980. Linda McCartney died of cancer in 1998 ...
Following Linda's death in 1998, "My Love" was among the songs McCartney chose for the musical program at the two memorial services held in her memory, in London and New York City. [97] McCartney was highly public in his expression of grief [ 98 ] and organised the services with what biographer Howard Sounes describes as "the same ...
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