Personal relationships of Paul McCartney "gave me the strength and courage to work again", after the break-up of the Beatles. McCartney adopted her daughter from her first marriage, Heather, and had three children together: Mary, Stella, and James McCartney. McCartney taught Linda to play keyboards, and permanently included her in the line-up of Wings. Linda died of breast cancer at age 56 in Tucson, Arizona, on 17 April 1998; McCartney denied rumours that her death was an assisted suicide. Along with eight other British composers, he contributed to the choral album "A Garland for Linda", and dedicated his classical album, "Ecce Cor Meum", to his
Linda (given name) Linda (given name) Linda is a female given name, of German origin, but widespread in the English-speaking world since the end of the nineteenth century. The German name "Linde" was originally an abbreviated form of older names such as "Dietlinde" and "Sieglinde". In the form "Linda" it was used by the writer Jean Paul for a leading character in his four-volume novel "Titan", published 1800–1803, and it became popular in German-speaking countries thereafter. The name-element "Linde" is possibly derived from the same root as the linden tree, with reference to a shield made of that wood, but may have become