For the Month of April...Happy Birthday to 3-Arthur Donald (14), Fond Farewell to 17-Linda McCartney

Linda's final days...

"I just remember it being a fun, positive day. I was doing publicity shots for her new vegetarian cookbook and Mum, who seemed to be in remission right until the end, was changing outfits & making suggestions. We were enjoying working together. Neither of us placed the sort of interpretations on the shots that people would later make."-Mary

"I thought of her like a diamond, a big orange diamond. And if you look at all the facts of the diamond ...with every facet you look at, she was greater."-Paul (after her death 1998)

"We knew it was coming, but we tried to pretend we didn't know it was coming."-Paul (on her final days)

"So it suddenly came to me at the moment when she was just about to die. I have no idea why, I just thought, "I've just got to say this." It was as if I was guided & I said, "You're up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion; it's a fine spring day, we're riding through the woods. The bluebells are all out, & the sky is clear blue." And she just drifted off. So, a terrible tragedy. But I don't think it could have happened in a better way in a better place."-Paul (1998)

"Somedays I don't, I don't believe that you are mine."-Paul (Flaming Pie 1997)
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Hello & welcome to The Official Linda McCartney Wide Prairie Yahoo Group. Linda was an inspirational woman to many people all around the world. She was not only noted for being the wife of a Beatle but was also a wonderful photographer, a loving mother, a musician, a vegetarian, a vocal animal rights activist, & much more. But that all came to an end on April 17th 1998 when she lost her 2-year battle with Breast Cancer. But her legacy lives on by many and will always be remembered as a true human being & the love of Paul's life forever.

All discussions about Linda, Paul, & the family are welcome. Help keep her memory alive!