Mc ‧ Cart ‧ ney, Lin ‧ da /məˈkɑːtni ˈlɪndə/ BrE AmE
(1941–98) the wife of the former member of the Beatles Sir Paul McCartney. She worked for ↑ animal rights , and began a successful business making ↑ vegetarian ↑ ready meal s . She was working as a photographer when she met Paul McCartney, and they married in 1969. She died of ↑ cancer .