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On 31 October 1956, when Paul was only fourteen years old, his mother, Mary McCartney, died of breast cancer. Paul McCartney was born on Jto parents Mary McCartney and James McCartney. McCartney has been married to Nancy Shevall since 2011.

McCartney was married to Heather Mills from 2002 to 2008, from which they had one daughter together. The pair had three more children together, and remained married until Linda's death in 1998. McCartney married Linda Eastman in 1969 and became the adoptive father of her daughter Heather. In 1965, he, along with the other Beatles was awarded the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and he was knighted in 1997 for his services for music.Ī vegetarian himself, McCartney is also an activist promoting animal rights, a vegetarian life and music education. He has sold 25.5 million units according to the RIAA in America. He has been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice for work as the Beatles and as a solo artist and has won 21 Grammys. McCartney is considered one of the most important and successful songwriters to this date His Beatles song " Yesterday" is the most covered song in history with over 2,200 covers, and his Wings song " Mull of Kintyre" is one of the best selling singles in Britain. Later, he has pursued a solo career and has diversified in electronic pop and orchestrations. After the band broke up, he formed Wings with guitarist Denny Laine and his wife, Linda McCartney.

His partnership with Lennon, known as Lennon-McCartney, has had several successful and largely popular songs and remains the most successful songwriting partnership in history. He was a member of The Beatles, who, with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, achieved worldwide fame and several innovations in music. Paul James McCartney, MBE, is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer born on June 18, 1942.