Non-binary Demi Lovato blames drug overdose on 'ignoring my truth'

Demi Lovato now identifies as non-binary, and attributed their 2018 drugs overdose to years of suppressing their real self in order to please the entertainment industry, the American pop singer said on Wednesday.

Lovato, 28, said on Twitter that the decision to use the pronouns they/them had come after "a lot of healing & self-reflective work."

"Today is a day I'm so happy to share more of my life with you all - I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary & will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward," Lovato said.

The "Sorry Not Sorry" singer, a former Disney Channel child star, spoke about their decision in a new podcast, "4D with Demi Lovato", that was launched on Wednesday.

“In 2018 when I overdosed, I feel like the reason why that happened was because I was ignoring my truth, and I was suppressing who I really am in order to please stylists, or team members, or this or that, or even fans that wanted me to be the sexy, feminine pop star in the, in the leotard and look a certain way, you know?," Lovato said.

"I thought that was what I was supposed to be and now I just realize that it’s so much more important to live your truth than to ever suppress yourself because that’s the type of stuff that happens when you do,” they added.

Lovato, who has some 104 million followers on Instagram, was briefly engaged to actor Max Ehrich last year. Lovato said later that the engagement was an attempt to "prove to the world that I'm ok."

Lovato's podcast follows a tell-all documentary earlier this year in which the singer spoke in detail about their long addiction to drugs and other mental health issues.

The singer said they had three strokes and a heart attack when they were hospitalized for an overdose in 2018 and was also left with some brain damage.

The LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD on Wednesday welcomed Lovato's announcement, saying it would "educate countless people around the world and reach other non-binary people with a message of pride.”

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Country star Charlie Daniels, singer of 'Devil Went Down to Georgia,' dies at 83

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country music band leader Charlie Daniels, singer and fiddler player on the Grammy-winning hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” died on Monday at age 83 at a hospital in Tennessee, his publicist said.

Daniels, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry, died from a stroke, according to a statement from his publicist, Don Murry Grubbs.

A fiddler, guitarist, singer and songwriter, Daniels founded The Charlie Daniels Band in 1972 and maintained a busy tour schedule for decades with more than 100 dates each year. The band’s hits included “Uneasy Rider,” “Long Haired Country Boy” and “In America.”

“I love what I do,” Daniels said in a bio posted on the band’s website. “I look forward to entertaining people. When show time gets here, I’m ready to go, ready to go play for them. It’s a labor of love.”

The 1979 song “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” which featured Daniels on vocals and fiddle, has been called one of the best country songs of all time. The song, the story of a young man who challenges the devil to a fiddle-playing contest, won a Grammy for best country vocal by a group.

Born in Wilmington, North Carolina, Daniels began his career playing in a bluegrass band before moving to Nashville to work as a session musician for artists including Bob Dylan. He also recorded gospel albums and won a Dove Award in 1995.

In 1980, Daniels played himself in the movie “Urban Cowboy” starring John Travolta.

“An outspoken patriot, beloved mentor, and a true road warrior, Daniels parlayed his passion for music into a multi-platinum career and a platform to support the military, underprivileged children, and others in need,” a statement on the band’s website said.

Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Chris Reese and Aurora Ellis

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Bryan Adams apologizes over 'racist' COVID-19 post

Canadian rocker Bryan Adams apologized Tuesday after a backlash and accusations of anti-Chinese racism over his online rant about the pandemic forcing the cancellation of his London shows this week.

The "Cuts Like a Knife" singer issued a statement offering "apologies to any and all that took offence to my posting yesterday," adding: "I have love for all people."

Adams had said in earlier expletive-laced Twitter and Instagram posts that his gigs at the Royal Albert Hall were nixed thanks to "bat eating, wet market animal selling, virus making greedy bastards."

While animal rights groups praised his call to stop eating meat, others interpreted the expletive-laced comments as anti-Chinese.

He went on to say that "the whole world is now on hold, not to mention the thousands that have suffered or died from this virus," admonishing the Chinese to "go vegan."

"This is so irresponsible and so racist," Amy Go of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice told AFP. 

"He's a Canadian idol and he's fanning the flames of anti-Chinese racism, and contributing to an increase in hateful taunts and blatant (physical) attacks on Chinese and Asian people in Canada and around the world," she said.

Others called his remarks "racist garbage."

Wet markets sell fresh food and produce, including farmed animals and wildlife. 

One such market in Wuhan, China was identified last week by the World Health Organization as a possible source or "amplifying setting" of the outbreak.

In his apology, Adams explained: "No excuse, I just wanted to have a rant about the horrible animal cruelty in these wet markets being the possible source of the virus, and promote veganism."

There has been anecdotal evidence of a rise of anti-Chinese rhetoric and violence linked to the pandemic.

Go cited, for example, the recent experience of a 92-year-old man thrown out of a Vancouver convenience store and onto the sidewalk by the shopkeeper because he was of Chinese descent.

A Chinese-Canadian woman was also punched in the face in an unprovoked attack last week while waiting at a downtown bus stop in the Pacific coast metropolis.

Adams has since deleted the offending tweet but the message remained on Instagram.

In it he also said he missed his band or "other family" while in self-isolation with his wife and children.

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Adele takes social media by storm with slimmer look

Adele broke her social media hiatus on Wednesday when she posted a new photo of her showing off her figure after a noticeable weight loss.

The “Hello” singer looked stunning in a black dress while standing behind a huge wreath in what appears to be just outside her house.

Adele is currently celebrating her 32nd birthday.

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“Thank you for the birthday love. I hope you’re all staying safe and sane during this crazy time,” she wrote in the caption of her post.

“I’d like to thank all of our first responders and essential workers who are keeping us safe while risking their lives! You are truly our angels,” she added.

Immediately after her post, the Grammy winner became the top trending topic on Twitter Philippines.

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Dylan's 'Times They Are A-Changin'' lyrics for sale for $2.2 million

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to his 1960s classic “The Times They Are A-Changin’” are going up for sale with a $2.2 million asking price in what could mark a world record for rock lyrics.

Gary Zimet, owner of Los Angeles-based autograph dealers Moments in Time, said on Sunday the one-page sheet of lyrics, written in a notebook and with changes and scribbles, was originally owned by Dylan’s current manager, Jeff Rosen, and was now being sold by an anonymous private collector.

“It’s not an auction. It’s a private sale. First come, first served,” Zimet told Reuters.

Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to “Like a Rolling Stone” fetched a world-record $2 million when they were sold at auction by Sotheby’s in New York in 2014.

“The Times They Are A-Changin’”, written by Dylan in 1963 and released on his 1964 album of the same name, is regarded as one of the most iconic protest songs of the 1960s.

Zimet said he was also selling the lyrics of two other Dylan songs - his 1965 track “Subterranean Homesick Blues” for $1.2 million, and 1969 ballad “Lay Lady Lay” for $650,000.

“They are not quite as important, as iconic,” said Zimet, explaining the lower prices. “‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ is certainly a major, major song but not in the same league as ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’.”

The lyrics to popular songs, especially when handwritten and with scratched-out ideas or doodles, have become some of the most sought-after items for collectors of celebrity memorabilia.

Don McLean’s 16-page draft for “American Pie” fetched $1.2 million in 2015, while Paul McCartney’s scribbled partial lyrics for a recording of “Hey Jude” sold for $910,000 at an online auction earlier this month.

Dylan, 78, last month released his first original music in eight years with a 17-minute song called “Murder Most Foul” that was inspired by the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. In 2016, Dylan became the only singer-songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Singer-songwriter Christopher Cross says positive for COVID-19

American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross has tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possibly the "worst illness" he has ever had, he said in a Facebook post on April 3. 

"Dear Friends, I’m sorry to report that I am among the growing number of Americans who tested positive for the COVID-19 virus," Cross, a multiple Grammy award winner, said in his post. 

"I’m not in the habit of discussing medical issues on social media, but I do so in hope this will help other people to understand how serious and how contagious this illness is," he said. 

Cross, who is currently receiving care at home, said the disease "is possibly the worst illness I’ve ever had." He did not say how he may have contracted the highly contagious disease. 

He urged the public to take COVID-19 seriously and not believe that the illness is "a "hoax" or part of some conspiracy." 

"... [M]y advice to you is to understand right now that this is a deadly illness spreading like wildfire throughout the world," he said. 

He also encouraged the public to take measures to protect themselves, including staying at home, proper hand washing and following the science. 

He also shared a link to guidelines of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "to educate yourself on the facts and protect your loved ones."

"Last but never least: wherever you are in the world, let’s all be kind to one another. Only if we work together can we defeat COVID-19," he said. 

Cross, popular for his hits "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme," is among over 200,000 confirmed US cases of COVID-19, which has also stricken other American celebrities and athletes. 

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‘Lean On Me' singer Bill Withers dies at 81

NEW YORK -- Bill Withers, a soulful singer best known for the 1970s hits "Lean on Me,” “Lovely Day” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” has died at age 81 from heart complications, Rolling Stone magazine 
reported on Friday, citing a statement from his family.

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Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger dies of coronavirus complications - reports

Musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, best known as a founding member of the 1990s U.S. pop-rock band Fountains of Wayne, died on Wednesday (April 1), according to reports.

His lawyer told the New York Times that the cause of death was complications of the coronavirus.

Wayne won an Emmy award for his work on TV's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1997 for co-writing the theme song for "That Thing You Do."

On Tuesday, March 31, fellow Fountains of Wayne bandmember Chris Collingwood posted a statement on Twitter from Schlesinger's family, saying he had been hospitalized with COVID-19 and was sedated and on a ventilator.

Schlesinger has two daughters with ex-wife Katie Michel.

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US country legend Kenny Rogers passes away

American country music legend Kenny Rogers has passed away, his family announced Saturday. He was 81. 

Rogers, a Grammy-award winning singer and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, passed away Friday night of natural causes. 

"The Rogers family is sad to announce that Kenny Rogers passed away last night at 10:25 p.m. at the age of 81. Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by family," his family said. 

Rogers was best known for his 1978 hit "The Gambler" and the classic "Through the Years."

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Ed Sheeran searches for new lines in movie 'Songwriter'

BERLIN - British singer Ed Sheeran said on Friday that the hardest part of songwriting was coming up with lines that had never been written before as a new documentary detailing his creative process premiered at Berlin's international film festival.

The movie "Songwriter" was directed by Sheeran's cousin, Murray Cummings, and follows the Grammy winner as he travels around the United States and England writing songs on his laptop, jamming in a garden and recording in the studio.

The intimate portrait of Sheeran, who was the most-streamed artist on music service Spotify globally in 2017, includes footage of him belting out songs while crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2, returning to high school to see his music teacher and talking to his father about his songs.

"I think the most difficult thing to do with writing a song is finding a phrase that you haven't heard before because there's always a song that's going to be like: 'I love you baby like crazy, I miss you maybe'," Sheeran told a news conference.

He said he had learned not to push himself if he was struggling to write and did not believe writer's block existed.

"What I do when I can't write a song is I just put the guitar down and go and do something else for about a couple of weeks and then come back and then I'll be able to write a song," the 27-year-old said.

"So the way that my mind is now is, I will be able to write songs forever - they probably will start being about pretty mundane things because my life is getting more and more calm."

Sheeran said he liked the documentary because it showed a song being written from start to finish, rather than just an album being recorded.

"I like that Murray found a niche that hasn't really been done before. It's quite difficult to find something that hasn't been done in a music movie," Sheeran said.

Sheeran, who said he planned to make a film next year in which he would play something other than himself, listed "Goodfellas", "Cool Runnings" and "Love Actually" as his favorite movies.

Cummings told Reuters the documentary would give fans an insight into Sheeran off-stage.

"When he's on his own he's kind of very like relaxed and chilled and stuff. So I think they're going to see that's what he's like because this film just kind of shows what I see every day," Cummings said.

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Luke Bryan's 'What Makes You Country' debuts at No. 1 on Billboard

LOS ANGELES - Luke Bryan’s “What Makes You Country” album debuted in the top spot this week on the Billboard 200 chart, giving the country singer his fourth No. 1 album.

According to Nielsen Music data released on Monday, Bryan sold more than 107,000 units of the album during a week in which Irish band U2 plummeted from last week’s top spot to 13th place with “Songs Of Experience.”

In a week of few new releases, chart favorites Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran moved up to second and third places, respectively, on the Billboard 200. Swift’s “Reputation,” released in November, added another 99,000 in sales, while British singer Sheeran’s March release “Divide” sold more than 69,000 copies for the week.

The Billboard 200 chart tallies units from album sales, song sales (10 songs equal one album) and streaming activity (1,500 streams equal one album).

Sheeran’s love song “Perfect” again dominated the digital songs chart, which measures online single sales, thanks to a newly released collaboration with Beyonce. “Perfect” sold another 97,000 units to keep the No. 1 spot.

Among other new album releases, the “Double or Nothing” collaboration between rappers Big Sean and Metro Boomin debuted at No. 5, while the rap compilation album “Quality Control: Control the Streets, Vol. 1,” featuring various artists, arrived at No. 6.

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Rocker Tom Petty dead at 66: family

NEW YORK -- Tom Petty, the heartland rocker whose classic melodies but dark storytelling created a string of hits over four decades, died Monday of cardiac arrest, his family said. He was 66.

His family confirmed that Petty passed away Monday evening surrounded by loved ones after a confusing day in which several media outlets reported and then retracted premature news of his death.

"On behalf of the Tom Petty family we are devastated to announce the untimely death of our father, husband, brother, leader and friend Tom Petty," a family statement said.

Petty suffered cardiac arrest early Monday at his home in Malibu, just a week after he closed his career in a triumphant fashion. The rocker had played three sold-out shows at the iconic Hollywood Bowl to wrap up a tour celebrating 40 years of his band the Heartbreakers.

He closed the encore with one of his earliest and best-known songs -- "American Girl," which tells of an ambitious girl "raised on promises" now contemplating suicide, set to guitar harmonies from the golden age of rock 'n' roll.

The song was one of many by Petty about struggling to overcome long odds. "I Won't Back Down," perhaps his best-known song, took on a second life as a US patriotic anthem after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The singer and guitarist -- recognizable for his shoulder-length blonde hair -- delivered his vocals in short punches that let on an underlying anger, such as on "You Don't Know How It Feels."

The rocker's characters -- small-town Americans full of aspirations but running into a wall of setbacks -- reflected the hardscrabble early life of Petty.

His grandfather was a logger from Georgia rumored to have fled south to Florida after axing a man to death in an argument. Petty was born in Gainesville, the university town in northern Florida, to a belligerently drunk father who sold wholesale tobacco and candy.

Petty once recalled that his father, intoxicated and unimpressed by his son's passion for music, once smashed up the boy's record collection.

The future rocker said he told him, "Dad, if you'll just leave me alone, I'll be a millionaire by the time I'm 35." It was a prediction that proved prophetic.

Rock as early escape

Petty, speaking in 2015 to Men's Journal, credited his mother Kitty with saving him by making sure "to show us there was more to life than rednecks."

"She read to me a lot. And she liked music: She had a record player and would play Nat King Cole and the 'West Side Story' soundtrack. I think of her every time I hear those songs," he said.

But he remained consumed by inner rage. "Any authority I didn't agree with could just make me go crazy," he said of his early life haunted by his father.

He struggled with depression most of his life and formed an addiction to heroin, although later in his life his only vice was marijuana and he instead embraced transcendental meditation to calm himself.

Petty embraced the country influences of the South, especially when he crafted the 1985 concept album "Southern Accents."

Touring the United States, he flew a Confederate flag on stage -- a decision he later regretted, telling Rolling Stone that "people just need to think about how it looks to a black person" as he likened the controversial symbol to a Nazi swastika.

In a speech in February as he was presented a lifetime award at the Grammys, Petty said he owed a debt to African Americans such as Chuck Berry whom he credited as the creators of rock 'n' roll.

But like so many music fans of his generation, he discovered rock 'n' roll via Britain when he saw The Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964.

"I had my eyes opened like so many others and I joined the conspiracy to put black music on the popular white radio," Petty said.

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Petty in the late 1980s joined one of The Beatles, George Harrison, in a supergroup, the Traveling Wilburys, that also featured Bob Dylan. The project was short-lived after the death of another member, Roy Orbison.

Fresh from the glory of the Wilburys, Petty -- long backed by the Heartbreakers -- in 1989 released his first solo album, "Full Moon Fever," which featured the wistful "Free Fallin'" and "Runnin' Down a Dream" as well as "I Won't Back Down."

Other major hits by Petty included "Don't Come Around Here No More," written with David A. Stewart of New Wave duo The Eurythmics. The track's playful video, themed around "Alice in Wonderland," cemented Petty's reputation as a favorite among stoners.

The three-time Grammy winner was steadfast on artistic control and had a reputation for battling with the music industry -- most memorably with the 1981 album "Hard Promises" after he was angered by his label's plan to put the store price higher than usual.

More recently, English singer Sam Smith agreed to credit Petty as a songwriter on his worldwide hit ballad "Stay With Me" due to the similarities -- coincidental, by all accounts -- in the chorus to worldwide hit "I Won't Back Down."

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Fans bid Cynthia Alexander good luck and farewell

Fans crammed into Conspiracy Bar in Quezon City on Saturday to hear and witness the final set of Cynthia Alexander. The songwriter—whose intense prose-poetry set in unusual melodies has earned followers from the music, art, and literary communities—is set to leave the Philippines this Wednesday, and to migrate to Seattle, USA, with her family.

But it’s not farewell she insists.

“Its not goodbye, goodbye Philippines; Pilipino tayo,” she said. “We are such a sentimental lot. And like I’ve been telling my audience, I’ll be back next year. Because this is my home.”

This is not the first time she’ll be living in Seattle. Two years ago, she stayed there for a six months; to her memory, nobody noticed. But last week, after a Yahoo article headlined that she’s leaving the country due to lack of support, followers of the Filipino music scene were abuzz with concern for the state of OPM.

Alexander agrees that the climate for the local music scene is becoming more discouraging. Piracy is rampant and remains the No. 1 enemy of the music industry. And yet, but the watchdogs set up to protect local artists hardly seem to be putting up a fight.

Worse yet, unthinking policies are actually keeping independent artists like Cynthia from promoting herself.

“You know the OMB, the optical media board – it’s a government office, right? I myself can’t even print my own CDs. I have to get a license to print myself. So when I go to the CD duplicator ‘I’m sorry ma’am I can’t print you anymore dahil hinahabol kami ng OMB dahil wala ka raw license. License to what? Ma’am wala kang license to print your own music.’ I think there’s something wrong there. The OMB was created to combat piracy. But you think we pirate ourselves? We’re just small fish trying to survive.”

At first she tried her luck with a major music label she opts not to name. She brought 30 songs for their first meeting and while she was told they sounded fresh, she was instructed to come back the week after with something that sounded like Alanis Morisette.

“I was heartbroken,” she recalls. “It’s just the way it is. I suppose that opened my eyes.”

To prove that she can be original and marketable, she managed to sign with another label. But after the release of her first album, Insomnia and Other Lullabyes, in 1996, she felt she was not getting the support needed to get her music out. After six months she signed a release from them and was told her she’ll never have a second album.

And so Alexander decided to just do it herself.

“I’ve written without anyone’s dictation. I didn’t study music. But I did the best with the tools that I have and I think that’s the message. I make do with what I have, which is a very Filipino thing. In the most difficult situation, to build something out of very meager tools, resources and you’re able to come up with something.”

The result was Rippingyarns. Released in 2000, it won the nine major awards including Best Album and Best Producer in the Katha Music Awards. She has released two albums since then, Comet’s Tail (2005) and Walk Down the Road (2009), and has gained a solid and loyal fan base.

She believes if Filipino independent music got the same attention as the Pinoy indie films, then maybe it would have a fighting chance again.

“You know, it’s hard. You think about artistry: is it just the production of work. Because we are people! We have to eat. When it becomes sustainable—that which you produce is giving you enough back so you can eat and raise your family then I think maybe somehow there is progress.”

Until then she will explore other options for the time being. Alexander acquired an artist visa to the US.

“I write music here and I write music there. So when the album comes out, of course I’ll release it here. I can’t rip the Philippines off my heart. Taga-dito ako.” —With interview by Juan Carlo Gotinga.

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Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney says 'I Do' for third time

LONDON - Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with American heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London register office where the former Beatle wed his first wife Linda in 1969.

The beaming couple emerged from the grey-stone Old Marylebone Town Hall to confetti and cheers from dozens of fans who had waited hours to catch a glimpse of the music legend and his new wife.

Brunette Shevell, 51, wore a knee-length, long-sleeved white dress which reports said was designed by McCartney's fashion designer daughter Stella.

The bride also had a white flower in her hair and carried a small posy of roses, while "Hey Jude" singer McCartney wore a dark suit and light blue tie. One newspaper had a headline saying: "Yes-today", in a reference to the famous Beatles song.

Despite his huge wealth as a key songwriter and frontman for the world's most successful pop band, 69-year-old McCartney chose a modest civil ceremony before a small group of family and friends.

Ringo Starr, the only other surviving member of the "Fab Four", and his wife Barbara Bach were among the guests at the wedding. Ex-Beatle John Lennon, who was assassinated in New York in 1980, would have been 71 on the day of the wedding.

After the ceremony, which lasted just over an hour, the newlyweds returned to McCartney's home in St. John's Wood for an evening reception.

The property in the upmarket area of north London is just a few streets away from the Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles recorded many of their most famous songs.

Asked how he felt after marrying for a third time, he told reporters: "Terrific, thank you. I feel married. I feel absolutely wonderful."

Sweet serenade

Rock'n'roll royalty including Starr, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and guitarist Jeff Beck attended the reception, as did model Twiggy and artist Tracey Emin.

Late Beatle George Harrison's widow Olivia turned up to the soiree, which was also designed to be a low-key affair.

McCartney's spokesman declined to divulge any details of the wedding day, but celebrity-hungry tabloids in Britain, where the affectionately named "Macca" is hugely popular, have been poring over every detail.

According to reports, McCartney composed a song for Shevell especially for their big day.

He was also expected to perform "Let it Be", which he sang to Shevell on one of their first holidays together three years ago, and her favorite "Let Me Roll It", the Sunday Mirror said.

McCartney was married for 29 years to American photographer Linda until her death from breast cancer in 1998. He said at the time that he and Linda had spent just 11 nights apart during their marriage.

McCartney's marriage to former model and charity campaigner Heather Mills was less happy.

The couple wedded in 2002 in a lavish ceremony at Castle Leslie in Ireland estimated by celebrity magazines to have cost around $3.2 million.

But four years later they confirmed they had separated, blaming media intrusion into their private lives, and in 2008 the couple divorced.

A judge had to rule on the size of the divorce settlement after the couple failed to reach agreement themselves, and Mills was awarded 24.3 million pounds ($38 million), ending one of the most acrimonious breakups in showbusiness history.

She had claimed 125 million pounds and said McCartney was worth 800 million pounds, although a judge found his fortune was worth half that amount.

McCartney has a son, two daughters and a stepdaughter from his marriage to Linda, and a daughter from his marriage to Mills.

The independently-wealthy Shevell, who was married to an attorney for more than 20 years and serves on the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has a son. - Reuters

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