Sir Paul McCartney Says He Was ‘So Happy’ To Reunite With John Lennon Before His Death

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Paul McCartney has told John Lennon’s son Sean that he was “so happy” to have reconciled with his Beatles bandmate before his death.McCartney and Lennon fell out when the Beatles split in 1970 but had mended fences before John was tragically shot and killed in December 1980. And speaking to Sean for BBC Radio 2’s John Lennon at 80 series, Paul smiled: “I always say to people, one of the great things for me was that after all The Beatles rubbish and all the arguing and the business, you know, business differences really … that even after all of that, I’m so happy that I got it back together with your dad.”It really, really would have been a heartache to me if we hadn’t have reunited.

Paul McCartney has spoken of his relief of managing to reconcile with John Lennon before his Beatles bandmate was shot dead in 1980.Speaking to Lennon’s son Sean for a new BBC Radio 2 documentary to mark what would have been the late singer’s 80th birthday, McCartney recalled how the pair fell out when the Beatles split in 1970.Despite their feud, they are believed to have reconciled before John was shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York in December 1980.McCartney told Sean: “I always say to people, one of the great things for me was that after all The Beatles rubbish and all the arguing and the business, you know, business differences really… that even after all of that, I’m so happy that I got it back together with your dad.“It really,

Sir Paul McCartney has said it would have been a “heartache” if he had not reunited with John Lennon before his death.

Radio Times in honour of the 40th anniversary of his death, he writes: “‘After all the arguing, I’m so happy I got it back with your dad,’ he tells Sean.“‘It really would have been a heartache to me if we hadn’t reunited.’”He also spoke to Sean about a picture taken by his first wife Linda of the duo writing songs together during the 60s.Paul said of the image: “‘That picture gave me hope.

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