Linda McCartney – singer and photographer
Linda McCartney was an American singer, author of books and photographer; Paul McCartney’s wife and member of the Wings.
Linda Louise Eastman was born on September 24, 1941 in Scarsdale, New York. The girl was the second child into the family of American Jews, Lee and Louise Eastman. She has an older brother and two younger sisters. Her father, a native of Russia whose real name was Leopold Vail Epstein, changed his last name after coming to the US. He was a successful business attorney.
In 1960, the girl graduated from Scarsdale High School and became a student at the University of Arizona (Faculty of Fine Arts). Her first place of work was the reception of Town & Country magazine. Very soon she was the only amateur photographer on the yacht SS Sea Panther, where The Rolling Stones traveled. Soon, Linda received the position of a full-time photographer at the Fillmore East Concert Hall.
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