When The Beatles took the music scene - and the world - by storm in the 1960s, they gained an army of loyal fans, global stardom and heartthrob status.
Being thrust into the limelight can come with bizarre twists, though, as the Liverpudlian band learned in the 1960s as a conspiracy theory emerged that claimed to know the truth about Paul McCartney.
Paul, who is alive and now 77, was said by many to have died - and been replaced by bandmates John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison with an imposter.
Despite the severity of the rumour, Paul revealed some years later the reason he let it continue. The "Paul is dead" craze began with a DJ across the pond, Russ Gibb, who was told by a mystery caller to put on the Beatles' White Album,
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