Why do people still think Paul McCartney died in 1966? In 1966, Paul McCartney died in a car crash, and has since been replaced by a lookalike in all his public appearances. Almost 70 years ago, this ...

The musician was famously the subject of a rumor that claimed he'd died in 1966 and was replaced in the Beatles with a look-alike, a topic he discusses in his new book Paul McCartney said he was "dead ...

For Paul McCartney, life began to come apart in the fall of 1969. John Lennon quit the Beatles that September. The following month, rumors that he’d died in a 1966 car crash and been secretly replaced ...

In 1969, a dreadful rumor that had started three years prior began appearing more prominently in American media: that Paul McCartney was dead and had been replaced by a very convincing lookalike. The ...

His new oral history book Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is out on Nov. 4 Paul McCartney knows the “Paul is dead” conspiracy theory was never more than just a rumor — but the silly urban legend ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Paul McCartney waits backstage at Ahoy, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, prior to a performance with ...