Editing Linda McCartney (section)

==Personal life==
===Marriages===
====Melville See Jr. (1962–1965)====
Eastman's first marriage was to Joseph Melville See Jr. (April 19, 1938 – March 19, 2000),<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>