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Published on: 10/26/2006
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"It's just sad, for all this to go so bad so quickly," said Jason Fine, deputy managing editor at Rolling Stone magazine.Like others interviewed, he noted how so many long admired McCartney for the strength of his first marriage.
"They were such a unit," Fine says."They had made it through those times when so many people got divorced.And they worked together, too , it was a partnership."
Also unfortunate, Fine says, is that the messy divorce comes at a time when McCartney, one of two surviving Beatles along with Ringo Starr, is on a creative upswing, with a well-received album last year, "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard," that was "really a refreshing record."
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"He seems to have come back into the creative spotlight," says Fine."It's a shame that this is happening now."
A shame, but will this affect McCartney's image or legacy in any lasting way?