Linda McCartney was an American photographer and animal rights activist. Although perhaps best known for her marriage to Sir Paul McCartney, of The Beatles. It is often stated that Linda McCartney is related to the Eastman Kodak dynasty this is a myth and Linda had no connection with the family, as she herself explained in an interview, although, coincidentally, she began her professional career as a photographer. she was the author of several vegetarian cookbooks, a business entrepreneur, and professional photographer whose book Linda McCartney's Sixties contains many of her seminal rock-artist photographs from that era. Linda McCartney grew up in the wealthy Scarsdale area of Westchester County, New York and graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1959. She met her second husband, Paul McCartney, while photographing bands in London for a book titled Rock and Other Four Letter Words in 1967. They met at a night club called the Bag o'Nails in May of 1967, when she arrived to photograph The Beatles, and they married on 12 March 1969, eight days before John Lennon married Yoko Ono. Linda was already pregnant with daughter Mary McCartney at the time of their marriage. She and her husband raised four children: Heather Louise (from her previous marriage, whom Paul adopted), Mary Anna, Stella Nina, and James Louis. Paul McCartney recently revealed that his wife made an uncredited vocal contribution to the Beatles song "Let It Be" during the band's recording of the album of the same name in early 1969 After the breakup of the Beatles in 1970, Paul began teaching her to play keyboards, and included her in the lineup for his new band, Wings. Wings garnered several Grammy Awards for their music, and became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s. Some argue her musical talent improved through the years, even writing and recording her own music. Her album Wide Prairie was released posthumously in 1998. When breast cancer claimed her life in 1998, her widower suggested that fans remember her by donating to breast-cancer research charities that do not support animal-testing, "or the best tribute — go veggie". Linda McCartney died on 17 April 1998 on the McCartney family ranch in Tucson, Arizona. Her husband and four children were at her bedside, and they each took a turn in saying goodbye.In 2000, The Linda McCartney Centre, a cancer clinic, opened at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Also that year, Paul McCartney collaborated with John Tavener on A Garland for Linda, a classical music album dedicated to her memory.