magazine dedicated to the rumor
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 23, 2019- ON THIS DAY 50 YEARS AGO, “THE NORTHERN STAR” NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY RAN A STORY CLAIMING PAUL MCCARTNEY HAD BEEN KILLED IN A CAR CRASH IN 1966 AND HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A LOOK-A-LIKE. RADIO STATION WKNR IN DETROIT PICKED UP THE STORY AND IT WENT WORLDWIDE. BY LATE OCTOBER OF 1969 THE STORY WAS SO WIDELY BELIEVED MCCARTNEY CAME OUT OF SECLUSION AT HIS SCOTTISH FARM TO DENY THE STORY. WHEN MCCARTNEY WAS ASKED TO COMMENT BY A REPORTER VISITING IS FARM, MACCA REPLIED: “Do I look dead, I’m as fit as a fiddle.”
THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO DISCUSSING THE RUMOR
