paul mc cartney dead?

[donegal]

Was just looking at some web sites about Paul mc Cartney, it said he was killed in a car crash in 1966 and replaced by some man named 'billy shears' . i dont believe it at all but does anyone out there believe it?  

[littleoldme]

Nope.

The whole "Paul McCartney is dead" thing really took off thanks to wild conspiracies dreamed up by people spending far too long studying the Abbey Road LP cover. Paul is barefoot on this, apparently a sign that he was dead (actually, it was a hot day and he had removed his shoes to cool off). Part of the numberplate on the VW in the background reads '28 IF' - taken to refer to the fact that Mccartney would then have been 28 years old, IF he had lived. Just people ingesting too many 60s substances if you ask me. As for Billy Shears, as far as I know he was just a fictitious character name-checked on the Sgt Pepper album at the end of the title track (just before Ringo ploughs in to With a Little Help From My Friends).

[milly143]

There is a whole website dedicated to conspiracy theories about Paul Mc being dead (cant remember what is it). Although I don't believe it for the simple fact that it would have been proven by lots of people by now, it is really interesting to read all the things they have come up with.

[Ray the DJ]

Billy Shears is a character in the Lennon - McCartney song 'Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
The line in the song says: 'So, may I introduce to you, the one and only Billy Shears'.

[Scobalob]

I stumbled across the conspiracy website mentioned by milly143 about two weeks ago.  I don't honestly believe what they have to say but it does make a convincing argument if you want to believe it.