Linda McCartney Statue

[DoubleD62]

Has anyone else heard this? Today on the radio I heard on the news that Macca is putting up a statue of Linda, holding a lamb, on his Scottish farm. The statue has been sculpted but is not installed. He's intending it as a memorial to Linda, and it's infuriated Heather Mills. I have no other information on this except the above from the news.

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[Rellevart]

Yeah, they mentioned it in the Chicago Sun-Times today too. IF it's true that it's making Heather mad, I think she needs to relax. It's not like her "rival" can come back and take him away from her. People don't just erase their past when they come into a new relationship.

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[angelgodiva]

I hadn't heard it, but I don't blame her for being upset if it is true; it's one thing to put a statue in a park or something, and quite another to erect one in your own backyard, so to speak.
I was cutting coupons last night from the Sunday paper and saw one for Linda McCartney's frozen entrees--off the subject, I know. Just a side note.
Seriously, Paul is usually so diplomatic, I can't imagine him being insensitive enough to do this.

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[Magill]

Heather needs to lighten up and to broaden her scope on things. The man was married to Linda nearly 30 years, until cancer took her away. Not divorce papers, but an illness. Heather needs to realize their history and the eternal love they shared together. And to respect that longevity and hope that their marriage can hold up as well. She also needs to not be so selfish..IF this story is actually true. This is just like the story I had heard before when Heather demanded Macca to "get rid of" his wedding band from Linda.
How insensitive...INDEED! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry1.gif

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[HMVNipper]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Heather needs to lighten up and to broaden her scope on things. The man was married to Linda nearly 30 years, until cancer took her away. Not divorce papers, but an illness. Heather needs to realize their history and the eternal love they shared together. And to respect that longevity and hope that their marriage can hold up as well. She also needs to not be so selfish..IF this story is actually true. This is just like the story I had heard before when Heather demanded Macca to "get rid of" his wedding band from Linda.
How insensitive...INDEED! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry1.gif

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I totally agree with you, Magill...Heather has to lighten up. But of course, we don't KNOW for sure that these reports are true. The one thing that I am concerned about is that these kinds of things regarding Heather keep cropping up again and again and again -- she didn't want him to keep his wedding ring from his previous marriage, she doesn't like the idea of a statue of Linda...there's a pattern here, if these things are indeed so.

Frankly, I saw nothing wrong with the idea of Paul wearing his old wedding rings on his right hand -- until he remarried, he was wearing BOTH his and Linda's rings on his left hand, and when a person is widowed and had as lovely a marriage as Paul and Linda did, it is not uncommon for the widowed spouse to continue to wear the old rings on the right hand as a memorial to their dead love, even if they remarry. If Heather is so insecure in her position as "Lady McCartney" (a title Linda pretty much shunned, btw), she's got to relax a bit and realize that poor Linda is dead and isn't gonna come back and steal Paul away...and to deprrive him of the right to miss her and mourn her, or to try to take away his memories, is just down right cruel and self-centered.

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[This Message Has Been Edited By HMVNipper On August 02, 2002 09:20 AM]

[girlmacca]

The statue has not been a secret and should not be a surprise to Heather. I and several other fans have been asking about the hold up on the memorial statue for months ( long before the wedding). We knew the statue was being held in a warehouse while Paul prepared for his wedding. If we all knew how come Heather did not know? If she really did say this and said she was upset she has got to be either lying or in a dream world. Others knew abt this already.Linda was the most important part of Paul's life. She is not an ex wife, the poor woman died for heaven's sake. Linda deserves this tribute and so much more.

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[angelgodiva]

Gee, sorry, guys, i understand that they were married for a long time and that their love was really transcendant, and I don't see anything wrong with Paul's putting up a statue; it's a lovely gesture and tribute, and well-deserved. I just thought that IF it bothers the new wife so much (and I honestly think it would bother me to see it every day, if I was her) to have it right in the yard, then maybe putting it up somewhere else might not be such a bad idea.
Of course, Linda's not coming back to "take" Paul away, but IF it hurts Heather, I don't think it needs to be so in her face, you know? Besides, this thing about her being all pissed off might just be a rumour, so there's not much sense in getting all tied up about it. I didn't mean to offend anyone, hope you'll accept my apology if I did. A thousand pardons, I was most outspoken, and over something which may, after all, be less than accurate. Peace?


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[Rellevart]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By angelgodiva:
I didn't mean to offend anyone, hope you'll accept my apology if I did. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


I don't think anybody was offended, angel. I know I wasn't. I just had a different opinion on it! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif


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Finally Linda get's some recognition!

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[Magill]

Not offended at all by your post Angel. I'm just getting fed up with these Heather antics. Whether it is fact or fiction. I think putting it in their yard..I'm guessing it's a rather vast one at that..would be a fitting tribute. Perhaps in the vicinty of the stable, because of her love of her horses. Just a suggestion, Macca. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif Wouldn't be so obvious for the new jealous wife.

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[FiendishThingie]

I'm wondering if the press is just making all this up to make Heather out to be the bad guy? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thinker.gif

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[jtal909]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By angelgodiva:
I didn't mean to offend anyone, hope you'll accept my apology if I did. A thousand pardons, I was most outspoken, and over something which may, after all, be less than accurate. Peace?

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[MaccaGirl]

I can see where it might be irritating for Heather, but she does (if the story is true) need to realise that Linda is part of Paul's life no matter what she does. Heather wasn't even born when Paul and Linda met, but anyway, I think it's great that something is happening to the statue, I've heard about it before, and that it was gonna be put in Cambeltown (sp?), but at least it's going somewhere.

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[EasternBird]

I got this story from another Beatles list. They said it was from the Globe, and it's dated 8/6/02. (How is that possible? Is the Globe a weekly? It couldn't be June 8, because they weren't even married yet!) Anyway, you should probably take this with a generous helping of salt. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink1.gif

McCartney Bride's fury at his bronze tribute to late wife Linda

The honeymoon is over. Paul McCartney's bride Heather is seething over his plan to honor late wife Linda with a life-size statue, reveal insiders. "Heather told him, 'Get over her!'" says a source.

In the couple's first fight since their June 11 wedding, Heather flew into a rage when she learned about the memorial. McCartney has told pals he wants to place a bronze figure of Linda, who died of breast cancer in 1998, on their palatial Scottish estate, Mull of Kintyre, overlooking the sea. McCartney once wrote a hit song about the place.

He even commissioned his cousin Jane Robbins to fashion the piece. But the 60-year-old Beatle, who promised Heather, 34, when they wed that he'd stop living in the past, neglected to tell her of his plans.

"Now even though they are man and wife, the ghost of Linda still haunts her," reveals a friend of the newlyweds.

Although McCartney's spokesman says Heather is "in no way displeased with the statue", sources reveal she's livid.

"Heather was kept totally in the dark about this," says the friend. "She's furious. On the eve of their wedding, Paul promised her he'd move on and put the past behind him."

The statue issue has trapped McCartney between a rock and a hard place. He began planning it long before Heather came into his life. The source adds that McCartney also never made those plans public.

"In the lead up to the wedding, he especially kept a tight lid on it because he didn't want to appear insensitive to Heather," the source explains.

Ironically, Heather, who has reportedly been feuding with her stepdaughters Mary, 35, and 33-year-old Stella, also had a big blowout with McCartney just days before their wedding while in a hotel room at the Turnberry Isle Resort and Club in south Florida.

Heather asked him to remove the gold ring that Linda had given him. McCartney was so furious, he hurled her $25,000 engagement ring out the window.

Later, to make up with her, he launched a search for the ring and after they finally tied the knot, McCartney was thrilled and was thinking about starting a new family with Heather. He told pals that "a baby Beatle" would be the "icing on the cake."

But Heather sees the statue as Linda's ghost coming between her and her new hubby.

"I think she wants Paul to concentrate on her - his present and future - rather than the past," notes an insider. "Many women would feel the same."

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[This Message Has Been Edited By EasternBird On August 02, 2002 09:26 PM]

[shyGirl]

I agree with what everyone has said. Linda was a very important part of his life and for Heather (if it's true) to ask him to put all of that behind him is just insensitive.

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[HMVNipper]

Oh my goodness, Angel, I don't think anyone was upset by your post, not at ALL! I think the strong reactions were to the story itself, not to you! These stories about Heather getting her knickers in a twist over Linda are not new, and whether for good or ill, the new "Lady McCartney" provokes intense emotion on the part of Paul's fans! And your opinion is most definitely valid -- you make some good points!

I agree with Magill, I get the impression that the property is vast up in Scotland. Unless Paul wants to make this statue the centerpiece of a fountain immediately behind the house, visible from the back windows, he could probably put it up someplace where it wouldn't bother Heather that much, and it would still allow him to memorialize another woman he loved very much -- remember, too, Linda's the DEAD wife, not the EX wife, there's a bit of a difference, it's not like Paul's pining for a woman who walked out on him when he still loved her or anything like that. Heather wouldn't even be in the picture if Linda was alive! Maybe that's why it bugs her so much.

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[HMVNipper]

The Globe is indeed a weekly tabloid, a la the National Enquirer. If it's in the latest issue, that's dated with next week's date. But anyway, I'd take this with a healthy grain of salt if it's from them.

However, if the story is true, Heather needs to lighten up.

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[Magill]

If she really does feel like this towards Linda's memory, and IF all these rumors are true, it's no wonder to me that Paul's kids dislike her so much. The press sure does paint her as a reeeal B****, don't they?

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[girlmacca]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By angelgodiva:
Gee, sorry, guys, i understand that they were married for a long time and that their love was really transcendant, and I don't see anything wrong with Paul's putting up a statue; it's a lovely gesture and tribute, and well-deserved. I just thought that IF it bothers the new wife so much (and I honestly think it would bother me to see it every day, if I was her) to have it right in the yard, then maybe putting it up somewhere else might not be such a bad idea.
Of course, Linda's not coming back to "take" Paul away, but IF it hurts Heather, I don't think it needs to be so in her face, you know? Besides, this thing about her being all pissed off might just be a rumour, so there's not much sense in getting all tied up about it. I didn't mean to offend anyone, hope you'll accept my apology if I did. A thousand pardons, I was most outspoken, and over something which may, after all, be less than accurate. Peace?

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She will not see the statue in her yard everyday. Paul and Heather are living in England. The statue will be facing the sea up in Scotland. I really doubt Heather would live on a rural farm such as that one. Seeing the way she is, she wants the better life, she not even close to being a country farm girl.


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[PaulisMine]

*shrugs* I don't see anything wrong with the statue. We don't say anything when Yoko unveils a statue of John, or when Pricilla markets the hell out of Elvis... and both women have dated other men since their husbands died. I guess I don't see any difference.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
This is just like the story I had heard before when Heather demanded Macca to "get rid of" his wedding band from Linda.
How insensitive...INDEED! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/angry1.gif

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Oh Man! Thats terable! My grandfather still wears his ring from my Grandmother and my step-grandmother still wears hers (Both there spouses died).

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By FiendishThingie:
I'm wondering if the press is just making all this up to make Heather out to be the bad guy? http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thinker.gif

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My thoughts exactly.



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[lover that never was]

I have no doubt that the press is probably out to make Heather the bad guy. However, let's face it she doesn't exactly portray herself is a very favorable light. She always seems angry when I see her in interviews and in pictures. It's sad to me that he went from such a pure love to this relationship which seemed (and still does) like just a way to stave off lonliness.

I can't say in all honesty that I would be thrilled about living in someone like Linda's shadow but that is a choice you make when you date someone who has been married for so long. If she wanted a man without a past then she should have chose someone her own age. Just my thought on that. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif

I think the statue is a beautiful tribute. Heather needs to realize that they did have children and Linda was their mother...Linda can't be erased. I would be happy that my husband loved someone as much as he loved Linda because I would hope that he could love me that way as well....

Could be one reason why I am still single for thoughts like that as well. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif

AND...I wasn't offended by Angel's comments. I am glad everyone feels like they can say what they mean here. It's a plus to not feel censored.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By lover that never was:
If she wanted a man without a past then she should have chose someone her own age. Just my thought on that. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/wink3.gif
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True. Even if she didn't know much about the Beatles, when she began dating Paul, she found out how long he had been married and how much he had loved his wife. If she didn't think she could deal with that, she should have not married him.
As for the statue, as long as she doesn't have to stare at it every day, I don't think she should object to it. If the location of the statue bothers her, I don't think she would be out of place if she suggested that it be moved.


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[angelgodiva]

That IS true; someone younger wouldn't be carrying all that history, but then he wouldn't be Paul, either.
Know what kind of bothered me? Heather said that the #1 reason she loves Paul so much is because he is okay with her devotion to her CAUSE. I agree that it's a good and noble cause, but wouldn't it be better to have something about Paul as a PERSON be the #1 reason for loving him, and not his attitude about how devoted HEATHER is about HER cause? Something just seems a bit out of whack about that, to me anyroad--did this irk anyone else? I obviously don't dislike the girl, never having met her, but I just hope Paul REALLY LOOKED before leaping. Just a feeling...

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[Magill]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By lover that never was:
I have no doubt that the press is probably out to make Heather the bad guy. However, let's face it she doesn't exactly portray herself is a very favorable light. She always seems angry when I see her in interviews and in pictures. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You know..I've wondered what she was like before her accident. She strikes me as someone mad at the world for her own misfortune. A little like Captain Dan in Forest Gump. She has to realize that sh** happens to EVERYONE and just mellow out!



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[HMVNipper]

Heather's body language is always weird -- don't know if anyone saw the picture of her and Paul meeting the Queen, but she was (a) wearing an extremely frumpy dress and (b) had her arms crossed across her chest and (c) had the most sour expression on her face. My husband commented that people have lost their heads in the past for looking at their Queen like that! http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/laugh2.gif But there have also been pictures of the two of them where she's just plain looking annoyed or upset or something, and VERY few where she (and they) look comfortable and happy. Surely she knew this would happen when she married a man as famous as Paul...if she hates the idea of having her picture taken with him so much, then she oughta stop going out and about with him to all those high-profile functions, 'cause the papparazzi are gonna be out in force!

I've also noticed many times that she doesn't exactly act like she respects Paul very much...I've seen too many interviews or video clips in which she's interrupting him, correcting him, finishing his sentences...it's like she thinks he's an idiot or something! Just annoys me -- she has a very supercilious attitude that turns me off.

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i think it's a little too morbid. a painting in the fireplace it's lovely, but a freaking statue for pigeons to poop on linda's sweet face?

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[Magill]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By AmandaLennon:
but a freaking statue for pigeons to poop on linda's sweet face?

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Oh cripes, Amanda! Thanks for the visual on that! YEESH!!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/crosseyed3.gif



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[MaccaGirl]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Magill:
Oh cripes, Amanda! Thanks for the visual on that! YEESH!!http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/crosseyed3.gif

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Hee hee.

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