Beatles cover ‘proves’ Paul McCartney died in 1966

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Paul McCartney is dead and a Beatles album cover proves it, according to conspiracy theorists. The legend goes that McCartney was killed in a car crash in 1966 and replaced by a lookalike. Fans say that the decapitated dolls on the cover for the Yesterday and Today album are references to the star’s decapitation in a car crash.

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