March 2000 Macca News

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Selected headlines from March 2000:


'I thought I'd be dead by now'
By David Thomas, Independent
2 March, 2000
He's the good guy of pop who's had his share of bad times. Does Paul McCartney have
any more to say? Plenty, he tells David Thomas


McCartney Takes Wing
By Bill Hutchinson, New York Daily News
9 March, 2000
Former Beatle Paul McCartney can still "Twist and Shout." The 57-year-old rocker was spotted
in the wee hours Tuesday dancing on the bar at Hogs & Heifers in the Meatpacking District.


Let Him Be
By C. Bottomley, VH1.com (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
9 March, 2000
What does a rock genius do after a hard day's night inducting his pal James Taylor into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If he's Paul McCartney, he goes to a New York roadhouse known
as the Hogs & Heifers, renowned for its country music jukebox and its forthcoming barmaids,
and, according to the New York Daily News, dances on the bar.


Linda leaves £138m to Paul
Tom Rhodes and Don Hunter, Sunday Times
12 March, 2000
Linda McCartney has left her entire fortune to her husband, Sir Paul, it was revealed last night.


Linda left all her £138m to Sir Paul
By Nicole Martin, Electronic Telegraph
13 March, 2000
Linda McCartney , who died from breast cancer two years ago, left her entire fortune to her
husband, the former Beatle Sir Paul, it was revealed yesterday.


His Love Doe$ It Good
By Bill Hoffmann, NYPost
13 March, 2000
She loved him, yeah, yeah, yeah -- so much that Linda McCartney left her entire fortune of
more than $230 million to her famed Beatle husband, Paul.


Linda McCartney leaves everything to Sir Paul
Press Association
14 March, 2000
Linda McCartney left her entire fortune to her ex-Beatle husband Sir Paul McCartney in a trust
that makes her estate virtually exempt from taxes, her will filed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court
shows.


Sir Paul McCartney in new relationship
ITN
15 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed he and model Heather Mills are "an item".


photo combo
Associated Press
15 March, 2000
This photo combo shows a January 27, 2000, file photo of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney
and a November 14, 1999, file photo of ex-model Heather Mills.


Photo
Associated Press
15 March, 2000
This November 23,1999 file photo shows former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney with former model
Heather Mills, right, her sister Fiona, second left, and Heather's personal assistant Helen Smith.


The beauty who taught Paul how to find love again
By James O'Brien, The Express
16 March, 2000
He feared that he would never love again after losing his cherished wife Linda to breast
cancer in 1998, but Sir Paul McCartney confirmed yesterday that he has embarked upon
a new relationship with disabled former model Heather Mills.


McCartney admits love for model
By Rick Hewett, Daily Mail
16 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney's friendship with Heather Mills has turned into a romance.


Macca and the model
By Suzanne Leigh, Western Daily Press News
17 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney has confirmed he and model Heather Mills are “an item”.


McCartney Tops Britpop's Rich List
Press Association
17 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney has piled on around £50 million to his fortune in a year, according to
a new survey of the wealthiest figures in the music world.


McCartney Mending Family Ties
By Neal Travis, New York Post
17 March, 2000
It seems that 58-year-old Paul McCartney, who admits he's in love again, is tidying up other
areas of his emotional life as well.


Will she still feed him when he's 64?
By Earl McRae, Ottawa Sun
17 March, 2000
I was sitting watching David Letterman and thinking, geez, he looks and sounds worse
than before the operation, and then my mind wandered to Prime Minister Bonaparte who's
running again and will win because Canadians are dopes, but it was Paul McCartney and
his new girlfriend that got me thinking the most.


Support of McCartney-Mills won't secure peace
By Rachel Donnelly, The Irish Times
18 March, 2000
Paul McCartney has found love with a new companion who has bravely endured adversity.


The Woman In McCartney's Life
By Peter Fearon, New York Post
19 March, 2000
It has been a long and winding road for the new love in Paul McCartney's life -- runaway bride
Heather Mills.


Macca's So Lucky Say Heather's Yesterday Men
Sunday Mirror
19 March, 2000
They are the men she left behind...two former fiances who had planned to spend their lives
with Heather Mills.


Heather's broken my heart but I wish her well with Sir Paul
By John Chapman, The Express
19 March, 2000
The jilted fiance of disabled model Heather Mills has told friends he is "devastated" by her
relationship with Sir Paul McCartney.


Life is just one long whirlwind romance
The Sunday Times
19 March, 2000
So Sir Paul McCartney, 57, and the disabled model Heather Mills, 32, are "an item", as the
former Beatle tersely conceded last week.


Linda Would Approve Of My New Love
By Dominic Mohan, The Sun (Thanks to Miriam Novotna)
20 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney says his late wife Linda would give her blessing to his new affair with
brave Heather Mills.


Carole Malone Column: This Is The Wrong Ending To Paul's Great
Love Story
Sunday Mirror
21 March, 2000
Forgive me for not cracking open a bottle of bubbly and toasting Sir Paul McCartney's
blossoming relationship with model girl Heather Mills.


Linda McCartney's first husband kills himself
Press Association
21 March, 2000
Linda McCartney's first husband, Joseph Melville See, has died after shooting himself in
Tucson, Arizona.


Art expert Mel See a suicide; Linda McCartney's first spouse
By Carol Ann Alaimo, The Arizona Daily Star
21 March, 2000
In life, Tucsonan Joseph Melville See Jr. toiled in obscurity, filming indigenous people of
Mexico.


Move, move me do
By Nigel Pauley, MegaStar (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
22 March, 2000
Model Heather Mills is moving even closer to lover Sir Paul McCartney. . . after forking out
£250,000 on a seaside home.


Paul, His Wild Child — & Babies?
New York Daily News (Thanks to Miriam Novotna)
22 March, 2000
Paul McCartney's new romance with former model Heather Mills seems to be progressing at
a brisk clip.


McCartney Company Takes MP3.com To Court
By Carolyn Horwitz, Billboard (Thanks to Miriam Novotna)
23 March, 2000
The Paul McCartney-owned publishing company MPL Communications Inc. and Peer
International Corp. have filed suit against MP3.com, claiming that the online company's
My.MP3.com service violates copyrights.


The Will of Linda McCartney
CourtTV Online (Thanks to Miriam Novotna)
On her death in April 1998, Paul McCartney's wife, a crusader for animal rights and
vegetarianism, left her substantial fortune to the former Beatle.


McCartney Sues mp3.com For Infringement
By Allyson Lieberman, New York Post
24 March, 2000
Paul McCartney may sing about the "Band On The Run" -- but he's going to court to make
sure his bands are safe at home.


Paul McCartney Finds Love Again
People
24 March, 2000
The ambience was cozy, the mood low-key as guests arrived at the fashionably converted
barn in Hampshire, England, on Jan. 29 to celebrate British model Heather Mills's 32nd
birthday.


Sir Paul McCartney And Heather Mills
Hello! (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin) (click here to view the cover)
28 March, 2000
Two years after the death of his beloved wife Linda he begins to find happiness with the
brave model and charity campaigner


Was Linda's ex murdered?
By Kathy Moran And Ivor Key, The Express
28 March, 2000
Detectives investigating the death of Linda McCartney's former husband believe he may
have been murdered.


Give the disabled a chance in life, pleads Heather
By Simone Rosamond, The Express (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
28 March, 2000
Sir Paul McCartney's new love Heather Mills yesterday appealed for bosses to give
disabled people the chance to prove their worth.


Was Jo Jo Murdered?
The Mirror
29 March, 2000
Linda McCartney's first husband Joseph "Jo Jo" See may have been murdered.


Paul McCartney's New Love Says Too Early to Marry
Reuters
29 March, 2000
Former model Heather Mills said on Thursday it was too early to say whether she and
ex-Beatle Paul McCartney would get married.


Heather: I May Marry Macca
By Adam Lee-Potter, The Sun
30 March, 2000
Former model Heather Mills yesterday hinted she may MARRY Beatles legend Sir Paul
McCartney.


Heather drops hints about marriage to Macca
Press Association
30 March, 2000
Former model Heather Mills has hinted she may marry Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney.


McCartney Upset by Abuse of Cattle
Associated Press
30 March, 2000
Paul McCartney says he was deeply upset by the abuse of Indian cattle in the international
leather and meat trades.


McCartney urges PM to improve cattle transportation
The Times of India
31 March, 2000
Popular Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney has appealed to Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee to fight corruption and illegal practices that prevail during the transport and
slaughter of cows in India.


Indian minister echoes ex-Beatle on abuse of cows
Reuters
31 March, 2000
An Indian minister on Friday welcomed a move by pop legend and ex-Beatle Paul
McCartney seeking the protection of the country's millions of cows from unbridled
slaughter for leather and beef exports.


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Linda McCartney's First Husband Commits Suicide

03/22/2000 4:00 PM, LAUNCH
Craig Rosen

(3/22/00, 4 p.m. ET) - Linda McCartney's first husband, Joseph Melville See Jr., reportedly committed suicide at his home in Tucson, Arizona. See, a 62-year-old geologist and anthropologist, apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and his body was discovered in his home on Sunday (March 19), reports Reuters.

See married Linda Eastman in the '60s, and the couple had one daughter, Heather, who is now 37. There was no ill will between the couple when they divorced and Linda married the Beatles's Paul McCartney.

See was rumored to be the "Jo Jo" mentioned in the Beatles's hit, "Get Back," which includes the lyric: "Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass."

Friends close to See report that he had been "very depressed and disoriented lately," but also believe his suicide had nothing to do with his former wife's death two years ago.

-- Sue Falco, New York

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In March of 2000, details of Linda's will were made public. She left her entire estate to Sir Paul and their children; no money was left directly to the charities she had championed.

Meanwhile, Sir Paul admitted to the press that he was in love with former model Heather Mills. McCartney & Mills had worked together on a charity CD single. McCartney and Mills said their relationship was in its infancy and begged the press to leave them alone.

More tragedy struck the McCartney family in early 2000 when Linda's first husband shot himself to death at his home in Tucson. Joseph Melville See, Jr. had reportedly suffered from severe depression since Linda's death. He was the father of Heather, whom Paul adopted when he married Linda in 1969. See, who was rumored to be the Jo Jo character in the Beatles' tune Get Back, was 62.

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TWIST OF FATE: By a perverse quirk of fate, the very week that Paul McCartney went public with his new love, the late Linda McCartney's first husband, Joseph Melville See, died of an apparent suicide. According to reports, See, who was said to be the inspiration for the Jo-Jo character in the Macca-penned, 1969 Beatles classic Get Back, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. See and Linda McCartney - then Linda Eastman - divorced in the mid-'60s. She married Macca in 1969.
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