![]() The impending marriage of one of the most enduring figures in British cultural life sparked Britain's fevered tabloid headline writers to try to come up with new puns on Sunday based on the Beatles' memorable song titles. ![]() The case offered a rare glimpse into the magnitude of McCartney's fortune, which includes songwriting royalties from a raft of classic tunes, many co-written with the late John Lennon, who would have turned 71 Sunday.Ĭourt papers filed by McCartney at the time indicated he had a net worth of approximately $800 million, including a valuable collection of art works including paintings by Picasso and Renoir along with luxury real estate holdings and sound music investments going well beyond his own works. The British public, enamoured of the sunny Sir Paul since his early Beatle days, also sided with the singer. Mills publicly accused McCartney of cruelty and sought a massive $250 million divorce settlement, but the judge sided with McCartney, calling her claims exorbitant. But the marriage collapsed fairly quickly and ended with a bitter divorce in 2008. They married in 2002 at a gala affair at an Irish castle, and soon after had a daughter. Model Heather Mills then entered the picture. Her life was cut short by breast cancer in 1998, leaving McCartney adrift. Linda played and sang in his successful post-Beatles band Wings - even though critics thought she added little to the ensemble - and used her marriage to a Beatle to promote vegetarianism and other causes that were also backed by McCartney. While many rock and roll marriages from that era broke down, the McCartneys enjoyed a long, happy marriage for many years, raising four children and spending virtually every night together except when McCartney was briefly jailed in Japan on marijuana charges. The marriage of the Beatle known as "the cute one" caused young women and girls to burst into tears outside the registry office, and broke the hearts of uncounted fans throughout the world. ![]() McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman at the height of the hippie era, when the Beatles were at the apex of their global fame. She is a vice-president of a New Jersey-based trucking company owned by her father. Shevell was married for more than 20 years to lawyer Bruce Blakeman and serves on the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ((Luke MacGregor/Reuters))ĭrummer Ringo Starr, the only other surviving member of the band, was also in attendance. ![]() The only other surviving Beatle, Ringo Starr, and his wife Barbara attended the nuptials. ![]()
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