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Dec 29, 2017 · He had felt the warm comfort of his own mother, Mary Mohin McCartney, who succumbed to breast cancer when he was just 14 years old. “I had a dream I saw my mum, who’d been dead 10 years or...
Apr 3, 2018 · Perhaps like some of my fellow Beatlemaniacs, I presumed that the Mother Mary in the song referred to Virgin Mary — you know: When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to...
May 11, 2024 · Just let it be...'" McCartney's mother was also named Mary, which has been cited as an inspiration for the "Mother Mary" lyric.
McCartney said he had the idea of "Let It Be" after he had a dream about his mother during the tense period surrounding the sessions for The Beatles ("the White Album") in 1968. Mary Patricia McCartney died of cancer in 1956, when he was fourteen.
Mar 15, 2008 · Although his public persona remained upbeat, privately McCartney was feeling insecure and wounded by the gradual disintegration of The Beatles. During this period, his mother Mary – who had passed away in 1956 when McCartney was 14 – appeared to him in a dream.
Oct 21, 2008 · It’s The Beatles’ Let It Be, composed by Paul McCartney. No, the “Mother Mary” mentioned in the song is not, contrary to what many people believe, The Virgin Mary.
Mary, the mother of Jesus, says "let it be" after the angel tells her she will bear a son even though she is a virgin. It is possible that Paul might have heard his mother say this and attributed the quote to her, but it originally did come from 'Mother Mary'.
