Editing Linda McCartney (section)

==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]]. Her family was with her when she died.<ref>{{Cite web|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>