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— ■BIon roe(Thanks goes to the.Iowa State Daily for permission to reprint this article in its entirety. --Fd.)• • ^ . • ' • , • # | • # ^ p m ^ • *'*•• •There are approximately four people in the ■ world who could spark a rumor so powered with in-\^X \Xllt;Jll ftrigue that the entire rock populous would be entranced by, its mystery and eerie qualities that j of believability. The four are Beatles John L George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and (the late?) PaulThe rumor is that Paul McCartney is;T;S *** ‘ • .*■ : v . - .. , ••• • ■ - ‘ ;indeed dead and has been buried for years. .|; ;Tne rumor has grown to such proportions that Ap -pie Records;'the Beatles’ recording company,• • •• * * • * ^ • • ' 1 r ^ , • | • .» • I , * 1Beatle Paul himself have publicly denied any deathsin the Beatle family. These denials have done littlej• • *to slow, the rumor, much less ston it;^ i a. vmuch evidence and too manyThe re is toocluesto dismiss the story as mere toe jam football.Like all rumors, it is hard to determine exactly ,where this one-was started. An Ohio Wesleyan;student, John Cummer^ wrote a thesis on the Beatlesand inadvertently uncovered a number of cluespointing to the death of McCartney.Fred LaBour, a University of Michigan student,story Oct. 14 in the studentwrote a copynnewspaper charging that McCartney died three yearsago.r. , •urnr19, of Peoria, 111. , wrote a simi--I,' *:«.»,m• •\ ‘in a ten-month period of musical inactivity , ing this time’they announced that they would be- Rumors thenDur-making no more live appearances. -were that the group was'going to break up for some» • • • . %unknown reason.After this extended period of inactivity, theButn• i , .... . ' . *Beatles finally emerged via Sgt. Pepper, these were definitely hot the Beatles the world had known before. Each one of them had taken on annewappearance. Their style of playing had changed, and it seemed that more emphasis was placed on the graphic designing of their-album covers.TheftSgt. Pepper” cover, for example, was.anextremely intricate photograph of the Beatles around a. grave. Most peisons who.have looked into the rumor agree that this is the first album'with clues of f. ** * ■ *. .• ' ' ••• , .'* *1 . * ., lt;* ■ ••• . . ■ ■.,*.• ■ ,Paul’s death, but others argue that earlier covers al-^ * • - •• ■ .» _ • •- ■ ,. - ^ ■ » •so hinted of the supposed tragedy.■suThel-.. • .. .*• vAi*and in Beatle songs will be dealt with later in thisa • .... ^ . I 1 # ... fa.t»article.Sgt. Pepper, ” which used voice tracks of McCartney, according to the rumor, theither Used more Voice tracks recorded -Paul’sdouble's voiceadjusted his. ..... the Beatles did doat that time was always videotaped or filmed. Thedouble merely lip-since d the words for these presentations. ..the Beatles, decided that Paul’s doubleown. TheAt11\ *_ :Beatleuntil^ r I: Ringo sang the songit was; Paul singinginTiis Elvis voice. ’’ Bpatle fans don’t like to admitn behind the techniques of the were“ told that Paul now had aso -utatmg Elvis Presley, they accepted it :-'question. This new voice has popped up many times since Lady Madonna, ” but it cannot be found oil any of the previous Beatle songs, fWlien the Beatles decided to hire a double, they also decided to leak the news of Paul’s death slowlyto their fans through clues in their songs, and on'any’ ** * * w ,* ^is a very . sane: reason; forthis, tactic, although it might not be readily apparent. If Paul had died in 196 7 or before, and if the Beatleshad announced his-death th
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Cedar Falls New Prairie Primer
Cedar Falls, Iowa, US
Tue, Nov 18, 1969
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