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Q: Linda McCartney perished last week under peculiar circumstances. What do you make of it?


"I hoped she would have gone in a more painfully ironic way, like getting hunted by veal."

      -- Yoko Ono

"We regret the fact she died too close to our deadline to be included in the timeline in our 'Women in Music' feature. As a woman involved in the music industry, she made a great contribution since she was a woman involved in the music industry."

      -- Staff of The Observer's "Women's News" page

"I have no interest in my former bandmates when I'm not making money off of it."

    -- George Harrison

"I cannot comment on whether Linda's animal rights campaign helped our species, as I am incapable of independent thought."
    -- A cow

"I would have to agree with the cow."

    -- Colleen Gaughan

"YI-YI-YI-YI-YI! I am Xena, Warrior Princess!"

    -- Fred Kelly

"Her wonderful personality and musicianship were a joy to the world."

    -- The office of Bob Hope

"Tune in for the touching Wings Anthology on ABC this fall when we overdub new vocals over a Linda demo."

    -- Paul McCartney

"Can you spare some change, buddy?"

    -- Wings guitarist Denny Laine

"Uh, there doesn't appear to be a Linda demo, but we'll think of something. November 17th, 9, 8 Central."

    -- Paul McCartney