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Paul McCartney said he was "dead" in many ways amid the Beatles' breakup

McCartney also discussed the longstanding "Paul is dead" conspiracy theory

His new oral history book Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is out on Nov. 4

Paul McCartney knows the “Paul is dead” conspiracy theory was never more than just a rumor — but the silly urban legend may actually have been more on the nose than he realized.

The Beatles rocker, 83, opens up about his struggles with the transitionary period after the legendary rock band broke up in his new oral history book Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run , which is set for release on Nov. 4.

In an early excerpt published in The Guardian , McCartney said he’d heard the rumor of his death before, but things really picked up in

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