Paul McCartney’s Wives: All About His Love Nancy Shevell & Past Marriages
Paul McCartney said that watching the upcoming documentary Man on the Run was “like drowning,” but having his life play out onscreen did offer a highlight: seeing footage of his late wife, Linda.
The Prime Video movie charts McCartney’s journey post-Beatles split, when he formed a new band called Wings. After marrying McCartney, Linda Eastman became Wings’ keyboardist. Man on the Run, which premieres on February 27, covers the former couple’s life at home, too. It incorporates videos taken by Linda, who died of breast cancer.
“I think all the stuff with the kids and Linda is lovely to see,” the 83-year-old said at a screening, per Us Weekly. “I mean, obviously, the Linda stuff was very emotional. She looks so beautiful. She’s so cool.”
Linda was McCartney’s first wife, but not his last. In advance of the documentary, Swooon has broken down the singer’s past and current marriages below.
Who is Paul McCartney’s wife?
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McCartney is married to Nancy Shevell, a 66-year-old former businesswoman. New Jersey-born Shevell worked in the transportation industry like her father, who owned a conglomerate called New England Motor Freight Inc. She served as the company’s vice president until it went bankrupt in 2019. She also worked as board member of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority until she resigned a year after marrying McCartney. She also has dealt with breast cancer a founded a cancer resource center in the Hamptons.
When did Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell get together?
Though they met years earlier, McCartney and Shevell’s relationship reportedly began during summer of 2007. According to ABC News, they started seeing each other a few months after McCartney’s separation from his second wife and Shevell’s from her husband. Her divorce wasn’t finalized until December 2008. McCartney and Shevell’s wedding took place in October 2011.
How did Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell meet?
They met two decades before marrying. They both had homes in the Hamptons. Then, Shevell was married to lawyer Bruce Blakeman. They share a son, Arlen. McCartney and Shevell’s families were friendly.
Who was Paul McCartney’s first wife?
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Linda was a New York-born photographer, musician, cookbook author, and businesswoman. She took photos of rock stars like the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, and Mick Jagger, some of which were compiled in the 1992 book Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era.
According to The Guardian, she wrote in a letter, “I quit my job at Town & Country magazine to become a freelance photographer – I’m doing very well – sell mainly to teen magazines ’cause most of my subjects are rock’n’roll groups – it’s so groovy – have photographed many English groups … The Stones were my favourite, went out with Mick Jagger, he’s really a terrific person, much to my surprise.”
Her 1989 cookbook, Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking, was a success, as was her line of frozen vegetarian meals, which still exists today. In 1995, Linda died at 56, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. “I think I cried for about a year on and off,” McCartney told BBC of Linda’s death. “You expect to see them walk in, this person you love, because you are so used to them. I cried a lot. It was almost embarrassing except it seemed the only thing to do.”
When did Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman get together?
McCartney and Eastman first met in May 1967, at the height of the former’s fame. The singer ran into Linda at a London nightclub.
Linda’s friend, Miki Antony, told the Observer, “She stayed with me when she first came to London … [She said] ‘Guess who I dated last night? … It was Paul McCartney, and we had this lovely evening.’ She said Paul really liked white rabbits, and the next day she … bought a white rabbit and sent it to him. That night, she told me, he rang her up and said, ‘Thank you so much for the white rabbit, would you like to come out for dinner again?’ That’s how I knew they’d started dating. The rest is history.”
They married in March 1969. “We were crazy,” McCartney told Many Years From Now author Barry Miles. “We had a big argument the night before we got married, and it was nearly called off. We were very up and down, quite funky compared to the eventual image of ‘Twenty-five years of married bliss! Aren’t they lucky for people in showbiz?’ But we are. You get this picture of us swanning along in a little rowboat, managing to avoid the white water, but we were right in the middle of that white water, man, so it’s even more miraculous that we made it. But we did.”
Did Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman have kids?
McCartney first adopted Linda’s daughter from a previous marriage, Heather. They welcomed three more children: Mary, Stella, and James.
Who was Paul McCartney’s second wife?
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A native of England, Heather Mills is a former model, activist, and businesswoman. She once owned a modeling agency called ExSell Management, and she started working in charity when the Croatian War started, per Hello Magazine. She opened a refugee crisis centre in Yugoslavia.
In August 1993, back in London to raise funds, Mills was hit by a police motorcycle and had to amputate the lower half of her left leg. After, she ran the Heather Mills Health Trust from 2000 to 2004, sending prosthetic limbs to amputees. Her most recent venture is the vegan-friendly and cruelty-free makeup brand Be At On.
When did Paul McCartney and Heather Mills get together?
The singer met Mills, who is 25 years his junior, in May 1999 at the Pride of Britain Awards in London, per The Standard. They started dating a few months afterward, tying the knot in 2002.
Why did Paul McCartney and Heather Mills get divorced?
The exes separated in 2006, initially claiming that their split was amicable. Things took a turn when McCartney cited “unreasonable behavior,” which Mills fought in court. The preceding legal battle, which ended in 2008, was messy. According to The Telegraph, Mills told the court that she acted as McCartney’s “psychologist” as he grieved his first wife, and she “single-handedly saved him” by restoring his confidence.
Did Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have kids?
The two share a daughter, Beatrice, who was born in 2002. “I love every second of it and I’m not exhausted at all,” McCartney told The Telegraph in 2009. “I genuinely love it. It’s a thrill bringing up a young kid, it’s such an education. I am a different dad now, but it’s good.”
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, February 27, Prime Video
