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{{Short description|American photographer and musician (1941–1998)}}
{{For|the American librarian|Linda Eastman}}

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{{Infobox person
| image              = Linda McCartney 1976 (cropped).jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = McCartney in 1976
| birth_name         = Linda Louise Eastman
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1941|9|24}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1998|4|17|1941|9|24}}
| death_place        = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S.
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = {{flat list|
* Photographer
* musician
*vegetarian cook book author
* activist
}}
| years_active       = 1965–1998
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Joseph Melville See Jr.|1962|1965|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Paul McCartney]]|1969<!--Omission per template instructions-->}}}}
| children           = {{hlist
  | [[Heather McCartney|Heather]]
  | [[Mary McCartney|Mary]]
  | [[Stella McCartney|Stella]]
  | [[James McCartney|James]]
  }}
| father             = [[Lee Eastman]]
| relatives          = [[Rose Frisch]] (aunt)
| website            = {{URL|lindamccartney.com}}
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
  | instrument = {{flatlist|
*Keyboards
*vocals
}}
  | past_member_of  = {{flatlist|
*[[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]
*[[Paul McCartney Band]]
}}
  | associated_acts = {{flatlist|
*[[Paul McCartney]]
*[[Wings (band)|Wings]]
*[[Denny Laine]]
*[[Suzy and the Red Stripes]]
}}
}}
}}

'''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 [[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]] that also featured her husband, [[Paul McCartney]] of [[the Beatles]].

Beginning in the mid-1960s, Linda began a career as a photographer, landing with ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'', where she soon gained assignments to photograph various musicians and entertainers. By the late 1960s, she was a regular fixture at the [[Fillmore East]], a New York concert venue, where she became the unofficial house photographer capturing numerous performances at the legendary club, and was the first woman to have a photograph on the cover of the influential music magazine ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Her photographs were displayed in galleries and museums such as the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], and were collected in several books.

Linda had been learning to play keyboards from her husband, and after the 1970 [[breakup of the Beatles]], Paul and Linda recorded the album ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'' together, and they formed the band Wings in 1971. She continued to play alongside Paul following Wings' breakup in 1981 up until [[The New World Tour]] in 1993.

She was an animal rights activist. ''Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals,'' the second of her two [[vegetarian]] cookbooks, was nominated for a [[James Beard Foundation Award: 1990s|James Beard Award]] in 1996. She also founded the vegetarian [[Linda McCartney Foods]] company with her husband. 

In 1995, Linda was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. She died from the disease three years later, at the age of 56.

==Early years==
Linda McCartney was born Linda Louise Eastman in [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]], on September 24, 1941.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/artist/linda-mccartney |title=Linda McCartney |website=Biography.com |language=en-us |access-date=September 21, 2019 |archive-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505125453/https://www.biography.com/artist/linda-mccartney |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.lindamccartney.com/ | title=Linda McCartney – Official Website | access-date=February 21, 2019 | archive-date=May 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520235755/https://www.lindamccartney.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> She had one older brother named John, and two younger sisters named Laura and Louise Jr.<ref name="ObituaryLindaMcCartney"/><ref name="YoungLinda"/> Her mother, Louise Sara Eastman (née Lindner), was from a [[German-Jewish]] family.<ref name="forward"/><ref>{{cite book |author=Ze'ev Glicenstein |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9i1iAAAAMAAJ&q=Stella+Dryfoos |title=Roots and remembrance: explorations in Jewish genealogy |publisher=Ontario Genealogical Society |year=2006 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |isbn=9780777921609 |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417075046/https://books.google.com/books?id=9i1iAAAAMAAJ&q=Stella+Dryfoos |url-status=live }}</ref> Her maternal grandfather was Max J. Lindner, founder of the [[Sterling-Lindner Co.|Lindner Company]] clothing store in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. Her father, [[Lee Eastman]]<ref name="YoungLinda">{{cite web |url=http://geocities.com/helenwheels_99/pup.html |title=When I Was A Pup |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091022062105/http://geocities.com/helenwheels_99/pup.html |archive-date =October 22, 2009}}</ref> (born Leopold Vail Epstein), was the son of [[Belarusian-Jewish]] immigrants Louis and Stella (Shkolnick) Epstein from [[Gomel]].<ref name="belluck"/><ref name="ellis">''New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820–1957''</ref><ref name="forward">{{cite web | url=http://forward.com/culture/186536/secret-history-of-paul-mccartney-the-jewish-beatle/ | title=Secret History of Paul McCartney, the Jewish Beatle | publisher=The Forward | access-date=December 15, 2015 | first=Seth | last=Rogovoy | date=November 4, 2013 | archive-date=December 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222172853/http://forward.com/culture/186536/secret-history-of-paul-mccartney-the-jewish-beatle/ | url-status=live }}</ref> His sister [[Rose Frisch]] became a noted scientist who worked on women's fertility and population studies.<ref name="belluck">[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/science/rose-e-frisch-scientist-who-linked-body-fat-to-fertility-dies-at-96.html Pam Belluck, "Rose E. Frisch, Scientist Who Linked Body Fat to Fertility, Dies at 96"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221150831/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/science/rose-e-frisch-scientist-who-linked-body-fat-to-fertility-dies-at-96.html |date=December 21, 2019 }}, ''The New York Times'', February 11, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2018</ref> Her father practiced entertainment law in New York and counted among his famous clients [[Harold Arlen]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]], and [[Mark Rothko]].<ref name=Sounes>Sounes, Howard. ''Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney'', Doubleday (2010) pp. 172–175</ref> At Eastman's request, Lawrence wrote the song "[[Linda (1946 song)|Linda]]" when she was one year old.<ref name=Sounes/> It was recorded by [[Buddy Clark]] in 1947 and went to No. 2 on the Billboard Best Sellers chart,<ref name="YoungLinda"/> and was recorded again in 1963 by duo [[Jan and Dean]].<ref name=Sounes/>

Eastman graduated from [[Scarsdale High School]] in 1959.<ref name="LindaSanFranciscoMuseum">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/lindabio.html |title=Linda McCartney |publisher=The Virtual Museum of San Francisco |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604023547/http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/lindabio.html |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> She then attended [[Vermont College of Fine Arts|Vermont College]] in [[Montpelier, Vermont]], where she received an [[Associate of Arts]] in 1961.<ref>Norwich University, [http://library2.norwich.edu/archivalexcerpts/?p=719 Mining for Old: Linda McCartney at Vermont College] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812052833/http://library2.norwich.edu/archivalexcerpts/?p=719 |date=August 12, 2014 }}, August 10, 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://academics.norwich.edu/library/linda-mccartneys-wedding-announcement-2/ |title=Linda McCartney's Wedding Announcement: 1969 Vermont College Alumni Newsletter |date=June 17, 2014 |website=Norwich University Archive: Mining for Old |publisher=Norwich University |quote=VC Alum Marries Beatle: Linda Eastman, the New York girl who married Beatle Paul McCartney recently, was a 1961 Vermont College graduate. |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303121029/http://academics.norwich.edu/library/linda-mccartneys-wedding-announcement-2/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> Her brother John, who studied law like their father, later became the attorney and manager of her husband [[Paul McCartney]].<ref name="TheBeatlesinScotland">{{cite web |url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/11/02/the-beatles-in-scotland-paul-mccartney-s-story-78057-20862290/ |title=The Beatles in Scotland: Paul McCartney's story |work=Sunday Mail |date=November 2, 2008 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114014422/http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/11/02/the-beatles-in-scotland-paul-mccartney-s-story-78057-20862290/ |archive-date=January 14, 2009}}</ref> She preferred nature and animals while growing up and enjoyed going horseback riding as a child.<ref name="Sounes" /> After graduating from Vermont College, she attended the [[University of Arizona]] and majored in fine arts<ref name="LindaSanFranciscoMuseum"/> while taking up [[nature photography]] as a hobby.<ref name="Sounes" /> While she was studying there, her mother was killed in the 1962 crash of [[American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)|American Airlines Flight 1]] in [[Jamaica Bay|Jamaica Bay, New York]].<ref name="LindnerAirCrash">{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620301-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |year=1996 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709023814/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620301-0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="McCartneysLunch">{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Slater |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/29/foodanddrink.features4 |title=When the McCartneys came for lunch |work=The Guardian |date=April 29, 2007 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |location=London |archive-date=February 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216224032/http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2068978,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She then left the University of Arizona without graduating, and married Joseph Melville See Jr. (in June 1962). Their daughter Heather was born in December 1962. They divorced in 1965, and Linda resumed using her maiden name.

==Career==
===Photography===
Linda became a receptionist and editorial assistant for ''[[Town & Country (magazine)|Town & Country]]'' magazine.<ref name=Sounes/> In 1965, she became romantically involved with photographer David Dalton. She studied how he worked during photo shoots, how he set up shots and managed lighting and composition. When she began her own shoots, such as with music groups, he said he was "astonished" at how easily she could take control of unruly or uncooperative musicians.<ref name=Carlin>Carlin, Peter Ames. ''Paul McCartney: A Life'', Simon & Schuster (2009) pp. 169–170</ref> He said that shooting rock groups was "a bloody pain in the neck. But with the lovely Linda, all this changed&nbsp;... Now their eyes were pinned on her."<ref name="FieldsBiogChapter1"/>

Dalton was also impressed by the intelligence of Eastman's daughter. "Linda and I would get high and Heather would say the most amazing things&nbsp;... I'd think, 'This is [[André Breton]] at six years old!{{'"}} He added that he found Linda's relationship with Heather a "very charming aspect of her life with this wonderful child."<ref name=Carlin/>

When the magazine received an invitation to photograph [[the Rolling Stones]] during a record promotion party on a yacht, Eastman immediately volunteered to represent the publication.<ref name="FieldsBiogChapter1">{{cite web |first=Danny |last=Fields |url=http://www.wingspan.ru/bookseng/linda/01.html |title=Linda McCartney 'The Biography' Chapter 1 |publisher=Wingspan Russia |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119064450/http://www.wingspan.ru/bookseng/linda/01.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The photo shoot marked a turning point in her life:

{{blockquote|I was the only photographer they allowed on the yacht. I just kept clicking away with the camera, and they enjoyed it and I enjoyed it, and suddenly I found that taking pictures was a great way to live and a great way to work.<ref name=Sounes/>}}

Eastman's father wanted her to undertake formal training with a professional photographer. "Well, I never had the patience for that," she said. "I had to trust my feelings."<ref name=Sounes/> But she had studied the photography of horses at college in [[Arizona]] under [[Hazel Larsen Archer]] and became an avid nature hobbyist, using a [[Leica camera]].<ref name=Sounes/> A few months after her Rolling Stones shoot, she was allowed backstage at [[Shea Stadium]], where the [[Beatles]] performed.<ref name=Sandford>[[Christopher Sandford (biographer)|Sandford, Christopher]]. ''McCartney'', Random House (2005) p. 140</ref>

Eastman had gained some experience in celebrity photography and became an unofficial house photographer at [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]]'s [[Fillmore East]] concert hall. Among the artists she photographed there were [[Todd Rundgren]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Grace Slick]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[the Who]], [[the Doors]], [[the Animals]], [[John Lennon]], and [[Neil Young]]. Her photo of Young, taken in 1967, was used on the cover of ''[[Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968]]'' in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neil Young Archives |url=https://neilyoungarchives.com/album?id=A_062&tab=credits |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=neilyoungarchives.com}}</ref>

She photographed Clapton for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine and became the first woman to have a photograph on the cover (May 11, 1968). After she married McCartney, her photo of the two of them appeared on the cover of ''Rolling Stone'' on January 31, 1974, making her the only person to appear on the magazine's cover who was also the photographer. Her photographs were later exhibited in more than 50 galleries internationally, and at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London. A collection of photographs from that time, ''[[Linda McCartney's Sixties|Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era]]'', was published in 1992.<ref name="SixtiesPortraitBook">{{cite book |last=McCartney |first=Linda |title=Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era |publisher=Bulfinch Press Book |location=Boston |year=1992 |isbn=0-8212-1959-6}}</ref> She also took the photograph for the cover of Paul McCartney and [[Michael Jackson]]'s single "[[The Girl Is Mine]]."{{sfn|Halstead|2007|p=119}}

===Music===
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{{main|Paul McCartney and Wings}}

[[File:Paul and Linda McCartney.jpg|thumb|right|Paul and Linda McCartney at the Academy Awards at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion April 2, 1974]]
After the Beatles broke up in 1970, Paul taught Linda to play keyboards and recorded an album with her, ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'', as a duo. The couple formed the band [[Wings (band)|Wings]].<ref name="McCartneyWingsIt">{{cite web |first=Ray |last=Bonici |url=http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |title=Paul McCartney Wings it alone |work=Music Express |location=Canada |issue=56 (GG70470) |year=1982 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013831/http://beatles.ncf.ca/mpl.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They garnered several [[Grammy Awards]], becoming one of the most successful British bands of the 1970s, but had to endure gibes about Linda's singing.<ref name="GermaineGreerPopBitch">{{cite news |first=Germaine |last=Greer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/germaine-greer-pop-bitch-479025.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Germaine Greer: Pop bitch |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 21, 2006|access-date=June 9, 2011 | location=London}}</ref>

In 1977 the reggae-inspired single "[[Seaside Woman]]" was released by an obscure band called Suzy and the Red Stripes on [[Epic Records]] in the United States. Suzy and the Red Stripes were Wings, with Linda (who wrote the song) on lead vocals.<ref name="SuzyRedStripes">{{cite web |first=Graham |last=Calkin |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |title=Seaside Woman b/w B-Side To Seaside |publisher=Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=November 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104101320/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_ams7461.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The song, recorded by Wings in 1972, was written in response to allegations from Paul's publisher that Linda's co-writing credits were inauthentic and that she was not a real songwriter. In 1971 [[Northern Songs]] and Maclen Music filed a lawsuit alleging that Paul McCartney had violated an exclusive rights agreement by collaborating with Linda on the song "Another Day," which had the effect of transferring a 50% share of the publishing royalties to his own [[MPL Communications|McCartney Music]] company.<ref>{{cite news | title = McCartney and Wife Sued on 'Another Day' Recording | newspaper = The New York Times | date = July 23, 1971 | url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.pdf | access-date = June 15, 2018 | archive-date = May 22, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200522183658/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1971/07/23/79680369.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false | url-status = live }}</ref> The lawsuit was "amicably settled," according to an [[Associated Television|ATV]] spokesman, in June 1972.<ref name="southall">Brian Southall and Rupert Perry, ''Northern Songs: The True Story of The Beatles' Song Publishing Empire'' (2007).</ref>

The McCartneys shared an Oscar nomination for the song "[[Live and Let Die (song)|Live and Let Die]]"; they were photographed together at the event in April 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|title=Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney|website=Getty Images|date=May 13, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=December 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223144213/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/paul-mccartney-and-linda-mccartney-news-photo/81072169|url-status=live}}</ref> Linda's album ''[[Wide Prairie]]'', which included "Seaside Woman," was released posthumously in 1998.<ref name="ReleaseOfAlbum">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |title=Linda's lone effort to be released |work=BBC News |date=September 3, 1998 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413212710/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/163837.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with eight other British composers, Paul contributed to the choral album ''[[A Garland for Linda]]'', and he dedicated his classical album ''[[Ecce Cor Meum]]'' (1999) to Linda.<ref name="GarlandForLindaBBC">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|title=A Garland for Linda|work=BBC News|date=May 17, 1999|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413213631/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/345875.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Vegetarian cookbooks and company===
{{main|Linda McCartney Foods}}

Linda and Paul decided to become vegetarians in 1975.<ref name=dateveg>{{cite web
|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paul-mccartney-recalls-emotional-cooking-routine-with-late-wife-linda-40574400.html
|title=Paul McCartney recalls 'emotional' cooking routine with late wife Linda
|last=Roper
|first=Kerri-Ann
|access-date=December 4, 2021
|date=June 23, 2021
|work=[[Irish Independent]]
|archive-date=December 10, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210174611/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/paul-mccartney-recalls-emotional-cooking-routine-with-late-wife-linda-40574400.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> This shift led to the creation of cookbooks and a company. In 1989, she released her first vegetarian cookbook, ''Linda McCartney's Home Cooking'' (she credits author [[Peter Cox (author)|Peter Cox]] "for all of his help and research" on the copyright page).<ref name="McCartneysLunch"/><ref name="ObituaryLindaMcCartney">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/20/arts/linda-mccartney-photographer-of-rock-stars-dies-at-56.html |title=Linda McCartney, Photographer of Rock Stars, Dies at 56 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 20, 1998 |access-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203210005/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/20/arts/linda-mccartney-photographer-of-rock-stars-dies-at-56.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NewHomeCooking">{{cite book |author1=McCartney, Linda|title=Linda McCartney's New Home Cooking |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=1989 |isbn=0-7475-0224-2 }}</ref> Next in 1991, Linda started her own company called [[Linda McCartney Foods]], that served frozen vegetarian meals.<ref name="McCartneysLunch"/> In 1999, the [[H. J. Heinz Company]] acquired the company,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=February 14, 2000|title=Ad Age's World Wire|journal=Advertising Age|volume=71| issue = 7|pages=66|via=EBSCOHost}}</ref> and in 2007, the [[Hain Celestial Group]] bought it.<ref>
*[http://www.hain-celestial.com/ "A Healthy Way of Life"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511202144/http://www.hain-celestial.com/ |date=May 11, 2016 }}, Hain Celestial Group, accessed February 1, 2011.
*[http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/linda-mccartney-food-line-boosts-hain-celestial-1.2446677 "Linda McCartney food line boosts Hain Celestial"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012143257/http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/linda-mccartney-food-line-boosts-hain-celestial-1.2446677 |date=October 12, 2012 }}, ''Newsday'', November 10, 2010.
*That it was owned by Heinz: Nigel Slater, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/29/foodanddrink.features4 "When the McCartneys came for lunch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704053338/http://shopping.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2068978,00.html |date=July 4, 2008 }}, ''The Observer'', April 29, 2007.</ref>

Her second vegetarian cookbook, ''Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals'', was published in 1995,<ref name="linkit">{{cite book |last=McCartney |first=Linda|title=Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meat-Less Meals |publisher=Bulfinch |year=1995 |isbn=978-0821221235 }}</ref> and was nominated for a [[James Beard Foundation#Awards|James Beard Foundation]] Award in the Vegetarian Books category in 1996.<ref name=jbnom>{{cite web
|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=McCartney
|title=Awards Search James Beard Foundation
|access-date=December 3, 2021
|work=James Beard Foundation
|archive-date=December 3, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203214139/https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=McCartney
|url-status=live
}}</ref> A few decades later, Paul, Stella, and Mary McCartney updated her previous cookbooks and released them as the 2021 cookbook, ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 [[Plant-based diet|Plant-Based]] Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul,''<ref name=familykitchen>{{cite web
|url=https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/cookbook-linda-mccartney-plant-based-recipes/
|title=McCartney family launches vegan cookbook filled with Linda McCartney's recipes
|access-date=December 3, 2021
|date=March 29, 2021
|work=Vegan Food and Living
|archive-date=December 3, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203172030/https://www.veganfoodandliving.com/news/cookbook-linda-mccartney-plant-based-recipes/
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref name=familykitchen2>{{cite web
|url=https://people.com/food/paul-mccartney-family-release-cookbook-filled-wife-linda-recipes/
|title=Paul McCartney and Family Will Release a Cookbook Filled with His Late Wife Linda's Recipes
|last=Slater
|first=Georgia
|access-date=December 4, 2021
|date=March 26, 2021
|work=People
|archive-date=December 4, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204231734/https://people.com/food/paul-mccartney-family-release-cookbook-filled-wife-linda-recipes/
|url-status=live
}}</ref> which was nominated for an IVFF award in 2021.<ref name=IVFFcookbookcontest>{{cite web
|url=https://theivff.com/cookbook-winners-nominees
|title=International Vegan Film Festival Cookbook Contest
|last=
|first=
|date= 2021
|work=The International Vegan Film Festival
}}</ref>

==Personal life==
===Marriages===
====Melville See Jr. (1962–1965)====
Eastman's first marriage was to Joseph Melville See Jr.,<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Melville See Jr. '60 |url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/joseph-melville-see-jr-%E2%80%9960 |website=Princeton Alumni Weekly |access-date=November 22, 2020 |language=en |date=January 21, 2016 |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017005751/https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/joseph-melville-see-jr-%E2%80%9960 |url-status=live }}</ref> whom she met in college. He gained a geology degree from Princeton and pursued graduate studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Eastman followed him there, where she enrolled at the university to study art history. While she was there her mother was killed in the 1 March 1962 crash of [[American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)|American Airlines Flight 1]] over Jamaica Bay, New York.

She married See on June 18, 1962, and their daughter [[Heather McCartney|Heather Louise]] was born on December 31, 1962. The couple had dissimilar lifestyles, became increasingly unhappy, and divorced in June 1965. He was an academic who spent much of his time studying and doing research, while she preferred a home life. She loved the wide open spaces in Arizona and enjoyed riding horses through the desert landscape. The settings, with [[saguaro cacti]], reminded her of scenery from western films, which inspired her to take up photography as a hobby.<ref name=Sounes/>

====Paul McCartney (1969–1998)====
{{see also|Paul McCartney|Heather McCartney|Mary McCartney|Stella McCartney|James McCartney}}
On May 15, 1967, while on a photo assignment in London, Eastman met Paul McCartney at [[the Bag O'Nails]] club, where [[Georgie Fame]] was performing. They met again four days later at the launch party for ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' at [[Brian Epstein]]'s house. When her assignment was completed, she flew back to New York City.<ref name=Miles>Miles, Barry. ''Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now'', [[Vintage (publisher)|Vintage]]-[[Random House]] (1997)</ref>{{rp|432}}

They got together again the following May in New York, while McCartney and John Lennon were there to inaugurate [[Apple Records]].{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=761}} A few months after he returned to London, McCartney invited Eastman to spend some time with him there. When she arrived, they went to his home, where they spent the evening. "He must have been really happy that night," said one of the fans who often loitered outside his home. "He sat on the windowsill with his acoustic guitar and sang '[[Blackbird (Beatles song)|Blackbird]]' to us from his upstairs room."<ref name=Norman>Norman, Philip. ''Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation'', Simon and Schuster (2005) e-book</ref>

McCartney was attracted to Eastman for a number of reasons, which he explained later: "I liked her as a woman; she was good-looking with a good figure, so physically I was attracted to her."<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|471}} McCartney also liked her sense of independence:

{{blockquote|"Her mental attitude was quite rebellious&nbsp;... [growing up] she was the kind of kid who would hang out in the kitchen with the black maids" to learn cooking. She disliked socializing. They both liked natural surroundings, he said, and they shared a love of nature, which became one of their most important emotional links.<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|471}} He knew that because of her "very free spirit", she was considered a rebel and a black sheep by her family for avoiding excelling in education, unlike her father and brother. "She was an artist," Paul said, "and was not cut out to be an academic."{{attribution needed|reason=clarify whether this is a quotation from the source or a collation of quotations with editorial paraphrasing. If the latter, paraphrasing should not be inside the block|date=April 2023}}<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|471}}}}

Linda's daughter, Heather, created another strong bond between them, since he had always liked and wanted children of his own. When McCartney first met Heather, who was nearly six, he insisted that she and Linda move to London to live with him. After they did, he devoted time to Heather, playing with her, reading her stories, and drawing cartoons with her. He sang her to sleep at bedtime.<ref name=Norman/>

[[File:Linda McCartney and husband Paul 1976.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Linda McCartney performing in 1976 with [[Paul McCartney and Wings]]]]
Biographer [[Philip Norman (author)|Philip Norman]] observed that Linda had some personality aspects which Paul admired. She seemed less concerned with clothing or her public appearance, preferring to dress casually, even in semi-formal settings. She typically held his arm when they were together, often "gazing up at him in awe," and seeming to idolize him.<ref name=Norman/> Paul's friends said that he began to be less formal, whether shaving less often or just wearing simpler clothes. "He could go on the bus down to Apple," said his maid, "and no one would recognize him."<ref name=Norman/>

Linda's relaxed attitude about everyday things began to affect him in other ways. He recalls once feeling guilty because he was exhausted from work and, having trained himself to never appear tired, apologized to her. She simply replied, "it's allowed," which amazed him. "I remember thinking, Fucking hell! That was a mind-blower. I'd never been with anyone who thought like that&nbsp;... it was patently clear that it was allowed to be tired."<ref name=Norman/>

They were married in a small civil ceremony at [[Marylebone Town Hall]] on March 12, 1969.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Razaq|first1=Rashid|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/celebrity-wedding-venue-popular-with-sir-paul-mccartney-and-liam-gallagher-reopens-after-60m-a3653566.html|title=Celebrity wedding venue popular with Sir Paul McCartney and Liam Gallagher reopens after £60m renovation|date=October 9, 2017|work=Evening Standard|access-date=May 16, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116073600/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/celebrity-wedding-venue-popular-with-sir-paul-mccartney-and-liam-gallagher-reopens-after-60m-a3653566.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="OnThisDayBBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/newsid_3607000/3607215.stm |title=1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman |work=BBC News|access-date=June 9, 2011 |date=March 12, 1969 |archive-date=March 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319044715/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/12/newsid_3607000/3607215.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sequel">{{cite news |title=Sequel: All Together Now. Thirty years later, the surviving Beatles get back to where they once belonged |work=People |date=February 14, 1994}}</ref> British fans reacted negatively, partly because his marriage ended McCartney's status as the last unattached Beatle.<ref name=Weber/>{{rp|51}} John Lennon married [[Yoko Ono]] a week later, and both women were perceived by fans as reasons for the group's breakup.<ref name=Weber/>{{rp|50}} Lennon at one point publicly criticized the way the press treated Linda: "She got the same kind of insults, hatred, absolute garbage thrown at her for no reason whatsoever other than she fell in love with Paul McCartney."<ref name=Weber/>{{rp|52}}

In late 1969, Paul fell into a deep depression due to the Beatles' pending breakup after John Lennon's departure.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/8-things-we-learned-from-the-new-paul-mccartney-biography/ |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> |title=8 things we learned from the new Paul McCartney biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216234049/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/8-things-we-learned-from-the-new-paul-mccartney-biography/ |archive-date=February 16, 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=27 May 2016}}</ref> He spent days in bed and drank excessively, wondering what to do with his life.<ref name=bible/> McCartney later said that Linda helped him pull out of that crisis by praising his work as a songwriter and persuading him to continue writing and recording.<ref name=Weber>Weber, Erin Torkelson (2016). ''The Beatles and the Historians: An Analysis of Writings About the Fab Four''. McFarland & Co.</ref>{{rp|131}}

After a few troubled months, Paul McCartney wrote "[[Maybe I'm Amazed]]" in Linda's honour. He explained during an interview that the song was written "for me and Linda," and that with the Beatles breaking up,

{{blockquote|"that was my feeling: Maybe I'm amazed at what's going on ... Maybe I'm a man and maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me; Baby won't you help me understand ... Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time, hung me on the line, Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you." He added that "every love song I write is for Linda."<ref name=bible>[http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-mccartney/songs/maybe-im-amazed/ "Maybe I'm Amazed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402163348/http://www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-mccartney/songs/maybe-im-amazed/ |date=April 2, 2012 }}, ''The Beatles Bible''</ref><ref>Heatley, Michael; Hopkinson, Frank (2010). ''The Girl in the Song: The Real Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics''. Pavilion.</ref>{{attribution needed|reason=clarify whether this is a quotation from the source or a collation of quotations with editorial paraphrasing. If the latter, paraphrasing should not be inside the block|date=April 2023}}}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|bgcolor = Cornsilk|quote=His marriage to Linda, viewed as such a disastrous misstep at the time, became by far the happiest and most durable in pop. Despite the immensity of his fame and wealth, the couple managed to lead a relatively normal domestic life and prevent their children from becoming the usual pampered, neglected, screwed-up rock-biz brats. If the public never quite warmed to Linda, thanks mainly to her militant vegetarianism and animal-rights activism, she was acknowledged to have been the right one for him, just as Yoko had been for John.|source= —Biographer [[Philip Norman (author)|Philip Norman]]<ref>Norman, Philip (2016). ''Paul McCartney: A Life''. New York: Little, Brown and Co. (2016). p. 10.</ref>}}

During their 29-year marriage, the McCartneys had four children: she brought her daughter Heather (whom Paul later formally adopted) from her first marriage, and together the couple had [[Mary McCartney|Mary]] (b. August 28, 1969), [[Stella McCartney|Stella]] (b. September 13, 1971), and [[James McCartney|James]] (b. September 12, 1977).

They sometimes went to his farmhouse retreat in the west of [[Scotland]] which he had originally purchased to "escape [[Beatlemania]]."<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|470}} They both liked and needed time away from the city, and were equally attracted to natural surroundings, writes biographer [[Barry Miles]]. "We'd just enjoy sitting out in nature," Paul said.<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|470}} The song "[[Two of Us (Beatles song)|Two of Us]]" on ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let it Be]]'' was written by Paul during one of their country drives. "This song was about that: doing nothing, trying to get lost&nbsp;... [and] the wonderfully free attitude we were able to have."<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|470}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll20GbMEKIo|title=Paul McCartney – Two Of Us (Live)|date=October 17, 2008|access-date=December 23, 2019|via=YouTube|archive-date=May 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508021024/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll20GbMEKIo&feature=related|url-status=dead}}.</ref>

Linda recalled the setting:

{{blockquote|Scotland was like nothing I'd ever lived in. It was the most beautiful land you have ever seen, way at the end of nowhere. To me it was the first feeling I'd ever had of civilization dropped away ... so different from all the hotels and limousines and the music business, so it was quite a relief.<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|522}}}}

McCartney began writing more of his songs away from the studio. "I found that I was enjoying working alone," he said.<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|571}} He wrote the song "[[The Lovely Linda]]" for his debut solo album while they were staying in Scotland.<ref name=Miles/>{{rp|571}} In 1971, they recorded the album [[Ram (album)|''Ram'']].

She became Lady McCartney when her husband was knighted in 1997. Her brother, entertainment lawyer John Eastman, had represented McCartney since the Beatles' breakup, until his death in 2022.<ref name="LindasBrotherJohn">{{cite web |first=Brigham T |last=Barnes |url=http://www.law.nyu.edu/newscalendars/2004_2005/roundtable/eastman.html |title=Entertainment lawyer John Eastman ('64) discussed 'doing something different' |publisher=New York School of Law |date=September 30, 2004|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114023139/http://www.law.nyu.edu/newscalendars/2004_2005/roundtable/eastman.html|archive-date=November 14, 2004}}</ref>

===Lifestyle===
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====Animal rights activist====
A strong advocate of animal rights, Linda lent her support to many organizations, such as [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA), the [[Campaign to Protect Rural England|Council for the Protection of Rural England]], and [[Friends of the Earth]]. She was also a patron of the [[League Against Cruel Sports]].<ref name="McCartneysLunch"/> She narrated a TV advertisement for PETA in which she said: "Have you ever seen a fish gasping for breath when you take it out of the water? They're saying, 'Thanks a lot for killing me. It feels great, you know.' No! It hurts!"<ref name="FishFeelPain">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19990909&id=USwiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1193,5116144|title=Activists Target Fish Menus|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|date=September 9, 1999|access-date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306171922/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19990909&id=USwiAAAAIBAJ&pg=1193,5116144|url-status=live}}</ref> After her death, PETA created the Linda McCartney Memorial Award.<ref name="MemAward">{{cite web |url=http://www.peta2.com/outthere/o-morrissey_accept.asp |title=News |publisher=[[PETA]] |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505205112/http://www.peta2.com/OUTTHERE/o-morrissey_accept.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Marijuana====
In 1984, McCartney was arrested in [[Barbados]] for [[Possession (law)|possession]] of [[marijuana]]; her husband had been arrested in 1975 in [[Los Angeles]] on the same charge.<ref name="PoBustShocker">{{cite web |first=Harry |last=Wasserman |url=http://www.taima.org/en/hemplib3.htm#mccartney |title=Paul's Pot-Bust Shocker Makes Him A Jailhouse Rocker |work=High Times |date=July 6, 1980 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927152218/http://www.taima.org/en/hemplib3.htm#mccartney |url-status=live }}</ref> After flying to [[Heathrow Airport]], she was arrested on charges of possession. She later said that, while [[hard drugs]] were "disgusting," marijuana was "pretty lightweight."<ref name="ArrestedCNN">{{cite magazine |url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954120,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071118134003/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954120,00.html |archive-date= November 18, 2007 |title=Arrested: Paul McCartney |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=January 30, 1984 |access-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref><ref name="McCartneyOnDrugs">{{cite web |url=http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/01/03/paul-mccartney-on-drugs/ |title=Paul McCartney on Drugs |work=10 Zen Monkeys |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629054208/http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/01/03/paul-mccartney-on-drugs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Diagnosis and death==
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McCartney was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]] in 1995, and her condition worsened when the cancer [[metastasis|metastasized]] to her [[Liver cancer|liver]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Saffian |first=Sarah |title=Untimely deaths haunt extended Beatles family |work=US Weekly |page=37 |date=December 17, 2001}}</ref> Paul was aware of the prognosis and later said, "The doctors had told me privately that we'd caught it too late, that she'll have about 18 months. And that was what she had."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/27/paul-mccartney-yoko-ono-beatles-david-frost|title=Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles|website=The Guardian|date=October 27, 2012|access-date=October 10, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102031451/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/27/paul-mccartney-yoko-ono-beatles-david-frost|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-29-la-et-ms-yoko-ono-break-up-beatles-paul-mccartney-says-20121029-story.html|title=Yoko Ono didn't break up the Beatles, Paul McCartney says|date=October 29, 2012|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 10, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031937/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2012-oct-29-la-et-ms-yoko-ono-break-up-beatles-paul-mccartney-says-20121029-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She died from the disease at the age of 56 on April 17, 1998, at the McCartney family ranch in [[Tucson, Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-22 |title=Camera in hand, Linda McCartney revealed life well beyond the Beatles |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/04/22/linda-mccartney-paul-beatle-photos/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Associated |date=2022-10-20 |title=University of Arizona to exhibit Linda McCartney photographs |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/article_72c1a5d6-50b0-11ed-9c9f-8fc5d5964452.html |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Arizona Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Her family was with her when she died.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Alex|last=Tresniowski|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-pauls-lovely-linda-vol-49-no-17/|title=Paul's Lovely Linda|website=People|access-date=December 23, 2019|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803050650/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-pauls-lovely-linda-vol-49-no-17/|url-status=live}}</ref>

McCartney was cremated in Tucson, and her ashes were scattered at the McCartney family's English farm in [[Sussex]].<ref name="SuicideClaims">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/82362.stm|title=Linda McCartney suicide claims dismissed|publisher=BBC|date=April 23, 1998|access-date=June 9, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413205752/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/82362.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul later suggested that fans remember her by donating to breast cancer research charities that did not support [[animal testing]], "or the best tribute: go [[Vegetarian|veggie]]." A memorial service was held at [[St. Martin-in-the-Fields]] in London, which was attended by [[George Harrison]], [[Ringo Starr]], [[Billy Joel]], [[Elton John]], [[David Gilmour]], [[Peter Gabriel]], and other celebrities among a congregation of 700.<ref name="CNNLM">{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/1998-06-08/entertainment/9806_08_mccartney.memorial.update_1_linda-mccartney-animal-rights-activist-breast-cancer?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119214226/http://articles.cnn.com/1998-06-08/entertainment/9806_08_mccartney.memorial.update_1_linda-mccartney-animal-rights-activist-breast-cancer?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-date=January 19, 2013|title=Linda McCartney farewell celebrates her passions|date=June 8, 1998|work=CNN|location=London|access-date=April 17, 2012}}</ref> A memorial service was also held at [[Riverside Church]] in [[Manhattan]] two months after her death.<ref name="NYTLM">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/23/nyregion/paul-children-and-a-horse-gather-at-memorial-to-linda-mccartney.html|title=Paul. Children and a Horse Gather at Memorial to Linda McCartney|work=[[The New York Times]]|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|date=June 23, 1998|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=April 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422050107/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/23/nyregion/paul-children-and-a-horse-gather-at-memorial-to-linda-mccartney.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Paul said at her funeral, "She was my girlfriend. I lost my girlfriend."<ref>[http://www.thecobrasnose.com/xxmusic/macca.html "Broken Hearted Jubilee"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421065456/http://www.thecobrasnose.com/xxmusic/macca.html |date=April 21, 2017 }}, ''The Cobra Nose'', Vol. 30</ref>

McCartney left all of her property to Paul, including royalties from books and records and rights to her photos.<ref name="FortuneForPaul">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/676911.stm |title=Linda leaves fortune to Paul |work=BBC News |date=March 14, 2000 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413215309/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/676911.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LindasLastWill">{{cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/people/wills/McCartney.html |title=The Will of Linda McCartney |publisher=Courtroom Television Network |date=July 4, 1996 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109212634/http://www.courttv.com/people/wills/McCartney.html |archive-date=January 9, 2009 }}</ref> He pledged to continue her line of vegetarian food and to keep it free from [[genetically modified organism|GMOs]].<ref name="GMFoodPledge">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/365947.stm |title=Sir Paul's GM foods pledge |work=BBC News |date=June 1999 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=September 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930091201/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/365947.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Tributes and dedications===
[[File:Linda McCartney Memorial Garden - geograph.org.uk - 83695.jpg|right|thumb|The Linda McCartney Memorial Garden and bronze statue in [[Kintyre]], Scotland]]
In June 1998, the artist [[Brian Clarke]] exhibited ''The Glass Wall (Dedicated to Linda McCartney)'', a 1,012 square foot artwork in stained glass, at the [[Tony Shafrazi|Tony Shafrazi Gallery]] in New York. Created by Clarke between 1997–98, a period in which he and McCartney exhibited their collaborations in photography and stained glass together at the Swiss National Museum of Glass Arts in Romont,<ref name=BrianLindaCollaborations>{{Cite book|last1=Trümpler|first1=Stefan|date=1997|title=Brian Clarke – Linda McCartney: Collaborations|publisher=Benteli|first2=Linda |last2=McCartney |first3=Brian |last3=Clarke |isbn=3-7165-1086-6|location=Berne|oclc=46638314}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lister |first1=David |title=Glass act: Linda turns Paul into an art revival |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/glass-act-linda-turns-paul-into-an-art-revival-1146474.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/glass-act-linda-turns-paul-into-an-art-revival-1146474.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2019 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 23, 1998}}</ref> the artwork—which takes as its motif the fleur-de-lys or lily, cited as Linda's favourite flower—was renamed in tribute to her after her death. The exhibition, of the same name, ran until September 1998, after which ''The Glass Wall'' was acquired by the [[Corning Museum of Glass]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Glass Wall|url=https://www.cmog.org/artwork/glass-wall|access-date=February 23, 2022|website=CMOG Collection Search|publisher=Corning Museum of Glass|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123143926/https://www.cmog.org/artwork/glass-wall|url-status=live}}</ref> and installed as part of its permanent collection in [[Steuben, New York|Steuben]].
After her death, the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival]] premiered ''Wide Prairie'', a six-minute cartoon fantasy film McCartney made with director Oscar Grillo.<ref name="AnimatedFilmGrillo">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/133448.stm |title=Linda McCartney's last film set for premiere |work=BBC News |date=August 16, 1998 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=February 25, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030225044855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/133448.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CartoonFilm">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/154741.stm |title=Linda's last film premières to packed house |publisher=BBC News |date=August 20, 1998 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805211348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/154741.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 1999, Paul McCartney performed at the "[[Concert for Linda]]" tribute at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], organized by two of their friends, [[Chrissie Hynde]] and [[Carla Lane]].<ref>[[Elvis Costello|Costello, Elvis]] (2015). ''Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink''. Penguin. ch. 5.</ref> Among the artists who performed, besides Paul, were [[George Michael]], [[the Pretenders]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], and [[Neil Finn]].<ref name="AlbertHallConcert">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/316419.stm |title=Paul McCartney leads Linda tribute |work=BBC News |date=April 11, 1999 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005191936/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/316419.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Paul closed the concert by dedicating the event to Linda, whom he called his "beautiful baby," and their children.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYyaV2IR9Q "Paul McCartney's "Concert for Linda{{'"}}]. YouTube. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229030830/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYyaV2IR9Q&gl=US&hl=en |date=December 29, 2013 }}, April 10, 1999</ref>

On 19 July 1999, just a few yards from [[Calderstones House]] in [[Liverpool]], Paul officially opened the Linda McCartney Children's Play Area in [[Calderstones Park]], unveiling a plaque at the entrance and planting a Cypress Oak tree (Quercus fastigiata) nearby overlooking the play area.

In January 2000, Paul made donations in excess of $2,000,000 for cancer research at the [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]] in New York and the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, where Linda received treatment. The donations, through the Garland Appeal, were made on the condition that no animals would be used for testing.<ref name="MoneyCancerResearch">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/591591.stm |title=Sir Paul's $2m cancer donation |work=BBC News |date=January 5, 2000 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413212549/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/591591.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2000, The Linda McCartney Centre, a cancer clinic, opened at [[Royal Liverpool University Hospital|The Royal Liverpool University Hospital]]. In November 2002, the Linda McCartney Kintyre Memorial Trust opened a memorial garden in [[Campbeltown]] near where the family's Scottish farmhouse was located, with a bronze statue of her created by sculptor Jane Robbins, Paul's cousin.<ref name="TheBeatlesinScotland" /><ref name="Kintyre">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2384099.stm |title=Scots tribute to Linda McCartney |work=BBC News |date=November 1, 2002 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119211813/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2384099.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Representation in media==
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[[Elizabeth Mitchell]] and [[Gary Bakewell]] played the McCartneys in the 2000 TV film ''[[The Linda McCartney Story]]''.<ref name="TheLindaMcCartneyStoryFilm">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-linda-mccartney-story/|title=The Linda McCartney Story|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|year=2000|access-date=April 9, 2012|archive-date=December 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210235630/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-linda-mccartney-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was portrayed by Catherine Strauss in the 1985 TV film ''[[John and Yoko: A Love Story]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Womack |first1=Kenneth |title=The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four |date=2017 |publisher=Greenwood |location=Santa Barbara, Calif. |isbn=9781440844263 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wXHEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22john+and+yoko+a+love+story%22+%22catherine+strauss%22+linda&pg=PT233 |access-date=2023-11-12}}</ref> The McCartneys guest-starred as themselves in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' 1995 episode "[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season7/page5.shtml |title=Lisa the Vegetarian |access-date=November 30, 2008 |last1=Martyn |first1=Warren |last2=Wood |first2=Adrian |year=2000 |publisher=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309230714/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season7/page5.shtml|archive-date=March 9, 2005}}</ref>

She appears in the 2021 [[Peter Jackson]] documentary ''[[The Beatles: Get Back]]''.<ref name=getback>{{cite web
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|access-date=December 3, 2021
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|first=Christine
|date=November 25, 2021
|work=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]
|archive-date=December 3, 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203222513/https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-yoko-linda-get-back-and-shifting-perceptions-of-the-women-of-the-beatles-171822
|url-status=live
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On October 31, 2025 it was announced that [[Saoirse Ronan]] will be portraying McCartney in ''[[The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event]]'' directed by [[Sam Mendes]], due to be released in April 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2025-10-31 |title=Mia McKenna-Bruce, Saoirse Ronan, Anna Sawai & Aimee Lou Wood Confirmed For ‘The Beatles — A Four-Film Cinematic Event’ |url=https://deadline.com/2025/10/the-beatles-movies-cast-anna-sawai-aimee-lou-wood-more-1236603433/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Wings discography}}

===Albums===
* ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'' (1971) (with Paul McCartney)
* ''[[Wide Prairie]]'' (1998)

===Solo singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"|<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small>
! scope="col"| Album
|-
| 1998
| "Wide Prairie"
|style="text-align: center;" | 74
| rowspan="2"|''Wide Prairie''
|-
| 1999
| "The Light Comes from Within"
|style="text-align: center;" | 56
|}

===Session work===
* [[Paul McCartney]] – ''[[McCartney (album)|McCartney]]'' (1970)
* [[Denny Laine]] – ''[[Holly Days]]'' (1977)
* Denny Laine – ''[[Japanese Tears]]'' (1980)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[McCartney II]]'' (1980)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]'' (1982)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Pipes of Peace]]'' (1983)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'' (1984)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Press to Play]]'' (1986)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' (1989)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Off the Ground]]'' (1993)
* Paul McCartney – ''[[Flaming Pie]]'' (1997)

==See also==
* [[List of animal rights advocates]]
*[[List of vegetarians]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
*McCartney, ''Linda. Linda McCartney's Home Cooking: Quick, Easy, And Economical Vegetarian Dishes for Today''. (Arcade, 1990) {{ISBN|978-1559700979}}
*McCartney, Linda. ''Linda's Kitchen: Simple And Inspiring Recipes For Meatless Meals''. (Arcade, 1995) {{ISBN|978-0821221235}}
*McCartney, Linda (with Paul, Mary, and Stella McCartney). ''Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen: Over 90 Plant-Based Recipes to Save the Planet and Nourish the Soul.'' (Voracious/Little, Brown, and Co., 2021) {{ISBN|978-0-316-49798-5}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Fields |first=Danny |author-link=Danny Fields |title=Linda McCartney |publisher=[[Time Warner]] (Paperbacks) |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7515-2985-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Halstead |first=Craig |title=Michael Jackson: For the Record |year=2007 |publisher=Authors OnLine |isbn=978-0-7552-0267-6 }}
* {{cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |author-link=Barry Miles |title=Many Years From Now |publisher=[[Vintage (publisher)|Vintage]]-[[Random House]] |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7493-8658-0|title-link=Many Years From Now }}
* {{cite book |last=Spitz |first=Bob |author-link=Bob Spitz |title=The Beatles – The Biography |url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesbiography00spit |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-316-80352-6}}

==External links==
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*{{Official website|https:www.lindamccartney.com/}}
*{{IMDb name|0565371}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsQ0oaK_y5U Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen - In Conversation with Paul, Mary and Stella (Paul McCartney Official Channel)] - Interview, Oct 6, 2021

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