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PARENTS TO BE
Above: The McCartneys a week before the Aug. 28, 1969, birth of daughter
Mary. “Linda was very down-to-earth,” said Paul in 2008. “She taught me to
relax. Her priorities were private rather than public. She didn’t go on television
to ingratiate herself. She was just very funny, very smart and very talented.”CHANTING AND CHARTING
Left: In summer 1969 Harrison produced the single “The Hare Krishna
Mantra,” which he performed with members of London’s Radha-Krishna
Temple. It became a hit, and the group appeared on BBC’s Top of the
Pops four times. “It’s really the same sort of thing as meditation,” he said.