The Tragic Death Of Paul McCartney's First Wife

Despite the chemistry they had after that first meeting, Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman went a year without seeing one another again (via Ultimate Classic Rock). They pursued other romances but reunited in New York in May 1968. They remained together from there and married the following March.

Paul and Linda were essentially inseparable until she died in April 1998. She passed away after a three-year battle with breast cancer, which tragically was the same disease Paul's mother died from years earlier (via NME).

"I cried a lot. It was almost embarrassing except it seemed the only thing to do," Paul told the BBC of the first year after Linda's death. 

Linda and Paul had three children together, Mary, Stella, and James, and he adopted her daughter Heather. Paul now has a number of grandchildren as well. Arthur, the oldest who is a dead-ringer for Paul and is the son of Mary, was born a year after Linda's death. Sadly, that means that Linda never had the chance to experience being a grandmother.

While Paul had to bid farewell to Linda many years ago now, it's always been clear that she maintained a special place in his heart. Their love story seemed to be one for the ages, although it was one that ended far too soon.

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