Paul McCartney shares memories of reconciling with John Lennon before his death
nme.comPaul McCartney has spoken about his relief that he was able to mend his broken friendship with John Lennon before he was killed.Tensions were high between the two Beatles after Lennon left the band in 1969 and they became embroiled in legal disputes over the group’s back catalogue.Throughout the ‘70s, they maintained a strained relationship.
However, McCartney has revealed they were able to become closer again before Lennon was shot dead in 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside his home in New York City, aged 40.Speaking on his new 12-part podcast series McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, he said, “In the end, it was something I was very glad of, when he got murdered, that I’d had some really good times with him before that happened.”“It would have been the worst thing in the world had he just been killed and we still had a bad relationship.
That would have been a big guilt trip for me. Luckily, we were friendly, we talked about how to bake bread.”“You’ve got to remember, I sued him in court, I sued his friends from Liverpool, life-long friends, in court.
There’s a lot of getting over that has to be done.”McCartney has in the past spoken about a phone conversation he had with Lennon, just weeks before his death.
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