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
Mary McCartney son with Aboud. Mary McCartney Mary Anna McCartney (born 28 August 1969) is an English photographer and vegetarian cookery writer. McCartney is the eldest biological child of musician and singer/songwriter Paul McCartney and photographer/musician Linda McCartney. McCartney was born in London on 28 August 1969 and named after her paternal grandmother, Mary McCartney. She is the first biological child of Paul McCartney of the Beatles and photographer Linda Eastman McCartney, and Linda's second child. McCartney has an older half-sister, Heather McCartney, who was born Heather Louise See on 31 December 1962 to Linda and Joseph Melville See Jr. and adopted