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 In 1966, Paul McCartney died in a car crash, and has since been replaced by a lookalike in all his public appearances.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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Revealing he was left adrift and close to quitting music amid rumours that he had died in a car crash. the 83-year-old musician has recounted the emotional fallout from the band’s split and the ...

Paul McCartney is the subject of perhaps the most famous hoax in music history: Supposedly, the Beatle died back in the 1960s and was replaced by an imposter. McCartney has heard all about this, of ...

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had started three years prior began appearing more prominently in American media: that Paul McCartney was dead and had been replaced by a very convincing lookalike.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

Pinpointing the exact origin of a conspiracy theory, particularly one that circulated the entire globe, is like trying to pick a needle out of a haystack, and the infamous “Paul is dead” conspiracy ...

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 ...