Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney (88 page)

LIPA cost: author’s interview with Mark Featherstone-Witty, and his books.

What PM has and hasn’t done for Liverpool: Dave Holt and Spencer Leigh quoted from author’s interviews.

LIPA Inauguration: author’s interview with Mark Featherstone-Witty and his book
LIPA the First Ten Years
(PM quoted).

Chemotherapy:
Daily Mirror
(23 Oct. 1998).

LM tries to get PM nominated: Danny Fields to author.

PM on his and LM’s attempt to reverse the credit on ‘Yesterday’ for the
Anthology
:
Rolling Stone
(6 Dec. 2001).

Maureen Starkey dies:
The Beatles
(Davies [updated)]

LM’s will: the document, dated 4 July 1996, filed in the Surrogate Court of New York (File # 179-99).

Standing Stone
: author’s interview and correspondence with David Matthews and Tom Pickard (both quoted); also
Paul McCartney: Paintings
.

PM buys High Ranachan Farm: author’s interview with Alice and Duncan McLean (quoted).

James McCartney records ‘Heaven on a Sunday’ with parents:
Flaming Pie
liner notes; and PM’s interview with the
Sunday Express Boulevard
magazine (4 May 1997 [James McCartney quote]).

Knighthood: author’s interview with Featherstone-Witty (quoted).

PM revealed the watch inscription at LM’s London memorial, the
Sun
(9 June 1998).

Mary McCartney quoted from the
Daily Express
(12 March 1997).

Rushes
: author’s interview with Youth (quoted).

Conclusion of the Anita Cochrane story: newspaper coverage including mother and son’s interviews with the
Daily Mail
(31 May and 2 June 1997); author’s discussion with Philip Howarth; also interview with relative Ian Pillans.

LM treated by Larry Norton: Danny Fields interview.

Confrontation at Plaza Athénée: author’s interview with Linda Aiello (quoted). Cancer spreads: PM interview with
Daily Mail
(17 Oct. 1998).

McCartneys upset by the death of Tim Buckley: author’s interview with Danny Fields.

GH cancer:
All Things Must Pass
(Shapiro), and
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
(Talevski).

Associates die: author’s interviews;
The Beatles
(Davies [updated]) and
Knocking on Heaven’s Door
(Talevski).

PM’s appearance at 1997 Buddy Holly Week:
Club Sandwich
# 83.

Last-minute changes to
Standing Stone
: David Matthews quoted from author’s interview; PM on Kent Nagano from his interview with the
Independent on Sunday
(5 Oct. 1997).

Danny Fields’s last meeting with LM: author’s interview (also subsequent quotes).

Barbecue in Arizona: author’s interview with Beverly Wilk (quoted). Christmas at Blossom Farm: details that emerged during LM’s London memorial service,
Daily Mail
(9 June 1998); and author’s interview with Walter van Dijk (quoted).

LM quit smoking marijuana: PM to Chrissie Hynde in
USA Weekend
(30 Oct. 1998).

Final discussions with Carla Lane/ recalled dialogue: author’s interview.

Rescued puppies: the
Daily Mail
(4 Oct. 1997).

PM transfers property to Heather’s name: property records.

Final recording sessions:
Wide Prairie
liner notes.

LM’s last days and death: death certificate; author’s local enquiries in Arizona, press reports including PM’s interview with the
Daily Mail
(17 Oct. 1998).

PM’s last words to LM: his statement released at her death (21 April 1998); also
Beatles Unlimited
# 141.

26: RUN DEVIL RUN

LM’s funeral: Arizona death certificate and author’s local enquires.

Geoff Baker dissembles: press cuttings and author’s discussions with Baker.

Carla Lane and Geoff Dunbar quoted from author’s interviews.

In extremis
: PM on
Breakfast with Frost
(7 Dec. 1997, reprinted in
The Beatles Book
[Jan. 1998]), saying his wife’s illness made them ‘talk to God, or It, a little more often’.

London and New York memorials: press coverage and author’s interviews and correspondence with mourners including Carla Lane, Danny Fields, John McGeachy, Lord Puttnam, Eric Stewart and Pete Townshend (quoted on his speech).

Works with Nitin Sawhney: author’s interview with Sawhney (quoted).

Attends LIPA graduation: author’s interviews with Mark Featherstone-Witty and Joe Flannery (both quoted).

Heather McCartney’s signature missing: court documents. That she arrived in Tucson too late to say goodbye to her mother was reported in the
Sunday Times
(26 April 1998).

PM buys Amagansett property: author’s local enquiries; also Justice Bennett’s March 2008 High Court judgment in the McCartney divorce (hereafter referred to as the Bennett judgment).

James McCartney at sister Mary’s wedding: author’s interview with church warden Walter Piggott.

PM on ‘The Light Comes from Within’:
Wide Prairie
liner notes.

PM fires Reddington: author’s interview with Reddington (quoted).

Effect of LM’s death on Heather and James McCartney: author’s interviews including Beverly Wilk (Heather) and friends and neighbours in Sussex (James).

Heather McCartney launches household range: quoted from the
Daily Telegraph
(4 Feb. 1999) and her 1999 Atlanta press conference (
The Paul McCartney Encyclopaedia
).

Heather said she felt life wasn’t worth living: quoted in the
Sunday Times
(28 Nov. 1999).

Signatures on probate documents: LM’s will, Surrogate Court, New York, File # 179-99.

Arthur Donald born: birth certificate.

Danny Fields quoted from author’s interview (includes comment by Hynde to Fields).

German exhibition: author’s interview with Wolfgang Suttner. Also
Paul McCartney: Paintings.

Brian Sewell quoted from correspondence with the author.

PM meets Heather Mills (HM): her revised memoir,
A Single Step
, and coverage of the Pride of Britain Awards in
OK!
magazine (11 June 1999).

PM’s dialogue with Piers Morgan is quoted from his book,
The Insider
.

The Heather Mills Health Trust:
Out on a Limb
;
www.charity-commission.gov.uk
, and charity commission documentation; HM’s 17 Nov. 1999 interview with Pete Norman for
People
magazine in which she talks of ‘the/my charity’ prior to its registration. Thanks also to Sarah Nelson at the Charity Commission.

PM on animal noises:
Rolling Stone
(6 Dec. 2001).

HM’s background story: primarily based on her book
Out on a Limb
; also author’s interviews with Alfie Karmal (quoted), and the 2003 Channel 4 documentary
Heather Mills: The Real Mrs McCartney
, from which Charles Stapley is quoted.

HM is likened to Princess Diana:
OK!
(9 Feb. 1997); Paralympics:
Hello!
(22 July 1995): Nobel nomination: HM interview with Pete Norman, 1999; film of her life/ ministerial ambition:
Daily Mail
(17 Jan. 1998).

Garland for Linda: liner notes of the
Garland for Linda
CD, and author’s interviews and correspondence with David Matthews and Sir John Tavener.

PM’s developing relationship with HM is based primarily on the Bennett judgment (unless otherwise indicated).

Engagement to Terrill:
The
[
Daily
]
Mirror
(5 July 1999). HM jilts Terrill: various press reports including
News of the World
(7 Nov. 1999).

HM goes to Long Island with PM: Bennett judgment.

Hallowe’en tryst: described by HM in
A Single Step
.

Bonfire night:
News of the World
(7 Nov. 1999).

Fountain: author’s interview with Carla Lane.

Cavern show:
Live at the Cavern Club
DVD (MPL, 2000) and
The Cavern
(Leigh).

Christmas and New Year with PM:
A Single Step
(HM quote); and author’s interview with Mike Robbins (quoted).

Parrot Cay:
A Single Step
and Bennett judgment.

Mel See’s decline, death and burial: author’s interviews with Jonathan Kress, Beverly Wilk (quoted) and the Zeller family; Mel See’s will; and records of the Evergreen Mortuary and Cemetery, Tucson, AZ. Thanks also to Lt Deanna Coultas of the Pima County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona (quoted).

Veronica Languish is quoted from author’s interview.

Alfie Karmal tells his story:
Sunday People
(9 April 2000).

HM a ‘party girl’: Ros Ashley in the
Mail on Sunday
(23 April 2000).

Mike Robbins quoted from author’s interview.

Linda Aiello quoted from author’s interview.

Indian trip: Bennett judgment. Also thanks to Pete Norman.

Recording
Driving Rain
: liner notes.

‘Heather House’ and purchase of Angel’s Rest: Bennett judgment.

PM on working with Linda:
Wingspan
documentary (MPL, 2001).

Adrian Mitchell quoted from his introduction to
Blackbird Singing
(McCartney).

Working on
Ecce Cor Meum
: author’s interview with David Matthews and Anthony Smith (quoted).

Anthony Smith, Eric Stewart, Tony Bramwell and Mark Featherstone-Witty on HM: all quoted from author’s interviews.

Proposal and engagement: HM describes in
A Single Step
; also the Bennett judgment. Thanks to Pete Norman.

27: THAT DIFFICULT SECOND MARRIAGE

PM witnesses 9/11:
A Single Step
(Mills) and PM’s interview with
Rolling Stone
(3 May 2007).

‘Urgent charity commitments’ and HM to PM:
A Single Step
.

HM helped write ‘Freedom’:
Each One Believing
.

Concert for New York:
A Single Step
(Mills); footage of the show, and author’s interview with a VH-1 executive who did not wish to be named. Thanks also to Pete Townshend (quoted from correspondence with author).

Decline and death of GH: author’s interview with Neil Innes (quoted); GH’s death certificate;
A Single Step
(Mills).

First performance of
Ecce Cor Meum
: author’s interviews with David Matthews and Anthony Smith (quoted).

PM’s reaction to death of GH: videotape of his meeting with the press.

Financial generosity with HM: Bennett judgment.

HM’s ignorance of Beatles songs: PM to
Reader’s Digest
(Nov. 2001).

Tour routine:
Each One Believing
;
Back in the USA
DVD (PM and Wix quoted, and Brian Ray observation).

PM was reported saying Heather walked out of show rehearsals when he played ‘a song I wrote for Linda’:
Mail on Sunday
(5 Nov. 2006).

Defenestrated ring:
News of the World
(2 June 2002).

Golden Jubilee concert: television coverage.e,

PM marries HM: marriage certificate, press coverage, author’s correspondence with Sir John Leslie (quoted); and author’s interviews with guests Geoff Baker, Mike Robbins and Nitin Sawhney (last two quoted).

Details emerged about PM’s behaviour leading up to the wedding day: Bennett judgment.

Walker Art Gallery: author’s interview with Gillian Reynolds (quoted).

Heather Mills McCartney to Barbara Walters:
Sunday Express
(2 Oct. 2002). Also Walters on
the View
(25 April 2007).

LA row: quotes are from HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press in Oct. 2006 and widely reported.

HM to Larry King: BBC News online (1 Nov. 2002).

Kintyre memorial: author’s interview with Alastair Cousin (quoted). Thanks also to former town councillor George McMillan.

Song credits on
Back in the US
: liner notes.

RS quote: the
Sun
(12 Jan. 2008).

Concert for George: DVD of the show (Oops Publishing Ltd, 2003); and author’s interviews with Neil Innes and Ravi Shankar (quoted).

Ray Connolly review:
Daily Mail
(28 March 2003).

PM to
Daily Mirror
- ‘Heather said to me …’: edition of 7 April 2003.

Money given to HM and miscarriage: Bennett judgment.

Channel 4 documentary:
Heather Mills: The Real Mrs McCartney
(broadcast 7 May 2003).

Rome row: quotes are from HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press in Oct. 2006 and widely reported.

Astrid Kirchherr on HM: quoted from author’s interview.

Stella McCartney’s opposition to HM: author’s interviews and press reports.

Red Square show:
Each One Believing
(PM quoted).

Amagansett folk on Heather Mills: author’s interviews with Alda Lupo Stipanoe and a library worker who didn’t wish to be named (both quoted).

Long Island row: the quote is from HM’s response to PM’s divorce petition, leaked to the press in Oct. 2006 and widely reported.

Living at Woodlands Farm: author’s local interviews.

Construction of the pavilion and lodge/ Cabin: planning records and Bennett judgment.

Ketchup fight:
News of the World
(22 Oct. 2006).

David Blaine incident: author’s interviews with Geoff Baker and Kevin Wheal (both quoted); and coverage in the
Daily Mirror
and
Sun
(20 Sept. 2003).

Birth of Beatrice McCartney: birth certificate.

28: WHEN PAUL WAS SIXTY-FOUR