As I mentioned in my last post, I am currently taking a class on the Beatles. I am going to write a paper on the (amusingly outlandish) Paul is Dead conspiracy theory that surfaced during the Beatles' later years. While reading about the conspiracy, I learned that the theory had gotten so serious that Life Magazine published an article and a statement from Paul McCartney in November 1969 to prove that the musician was still alive.
I found a full copy of this issue of Life on Google Books. Google Books has available almost all issues of Life Magazine between 1935 and 1970. As can be seen from the subject matter of my previous posts, I have a great interest in different aspects of 1960s pop culture. As I browsed this issue of Life, I got a thoroughly enjoyable look at different aspects of life in the late 1960s.
The article about the rumors of Paul McCartney's death was highly amusing. It included not only a statement from Paul himself but also quotes from the president of the Is Paul McCartney Dead Society at Hofstra University. Other parts of the magazine that I especially enjoyed include a photo interview with a wealthy 7-year-old girl from New York City and all of the late-1960s advertisements.
I hope my readers enjoy looking through this magazine as much as I did! What were your favorite parts?
Great to see an article about Stacy Keach, a classmate of mine at the Yale Drama School...and all the shock over student protests...Having lived through this period, the magazine reminds me how out of touch most mainstream media were, as they "analyzed" the protest movement, almost as if it were another kind of garbage.
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