THE BEATLES 1969 PEOPLE 11
PAUL MARRIES LINDA TO THE SOUND OF BELLS—AND BREAKING HEARTS
On March 12, 1969, McCartney wed American photographer Linda Eastman, with Linda’s daughter Heather, 6, among the
witnesses. “It rained, and this was appropriate,” the Guardian reported. “The pavements outside Marylebone register office would
have been wet in any case with the tears of fans thrown by the sudden reality of having failed to become Mrs. McCartney.”