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...first big article on the deadness of Paul appeared in the University of Michigan Daily on October 14. Fred LaBour, the Daily's music critic and the author of the article, appeared rather confident that Paul has been dead since 1966. He began his story by saying unequivocally, "Paul McCartney was killed in an automobile accident in early November 1966, after leaving EMI recording studios tired, sad, and dejected...
...LaBour went on from there to spin a tale of how the Beatles have hoaxed the world since the "accident." "The surviving Beatles decided to keep the information from the public for as long as possible... Lennon's plan was to create a false Paul McCartney, bring him into the group as if nothing had happened, and then slowly release the information of the real Paul's death to the world via clues secreted in record albums...
...pull off the hoax, "a Paul lookalike contest was held and a living substitute found in Scotland... an orphan from Edinburgh named William Campbell... Minor plastic surgery was required to complete the image." Not only did Campbell look amazingly like McCartney, according to LaBour, but "the difference in voice timbre between the original and phony Paul... was so slight" that the Scottish orphan was able to sound the same as Paul...
...substitute, the story added, adopted McCartney's singing style but used his natural voice on "Lady Madonna," which sounds unlike McCartney. Beatle producer George Martin wrote the songs for which McCartney has been credited since his "death." LaBour said...
...Beatles' next album, Magical Mystery Tour, features the song "I Am the Walrus" ("corpse" in Greek, according to LaBour) and shows McCartney in a walrus suit on the front cover. On page 23 of the inside series of pictures, the other three Beatles wear red roses in their lapels, McCartney a black rose...