‘O, Untimely Death!’ - an examination into the ‘Paul McCartney is Dead’ Conspiracy Theory Part 2 Paul McCartney, September 1966 Hunter Davies We have gained access to a complete collection of the official Beatles magazine, “The Beatles Monthly Book.” And we must admit that it truly is a goldmine. The first thing we found was a fascinating interview with Paul McCartney from summer 1964, resurfaced in the November 2002 issue of the magazine, which reveals a telling statement: "If anything happened to one of us, we wouldn't go on... We DEFINITELY WON'T PERFORM as three Beatles." According to the BBC documentary "The Brian Epstein Story" (available on BBC iPlayer) , on the 27th of September, 1966, Brian Epstein was hospitalised following a suicide attempt. This event seems particularly curious given that this was supposed to be the peak of Epstein's career as of yet. Multiple sources claim he said the 1966 tours were the Beatles' mos
‘Oh, untimely death...’ - A Look at the "Paul is Dead" Rumours (Part 1) After well-known psychic Jeane Dixon foretold that the Beatles would die in an aeroplane crash after a concert , tons of unfounded rumours that one of the band's members had passed away started circulating. So, because of its seeming absurdity, the report that Paul McCartney had died never made the headlines when it first began to circulate in London in September 1966 . However, this rumour wasn’t taken as lightly by people in the Beatles’ own inner circle. Tony Barrow , the former press officer for the Beatles, also recalled in his book “John, Paul, George, Ringo and Me” (ReadHowYouWant, 2005) a curious story: “In the first week of September [1966], while John went to work on his solo movie project, the other three Beatles took a short break. George took Pattie to India where h