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Originally posted by hawkeye
Why did people think that paul was dead from the abbey road cover? Did they think that the band was prophetic w/ the picture, or did they think that after paul died, they posed him like that for one last cover?
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Some (but not all) clues to Paul's death (which was supposed to have occurred on November 9, 1966) on the Abbey Road cover:
Paul was the only Beatle with eyes closed and with no shoes. He was also the only Beatle carrying a cigarette. And, he was out of step with the other three Beatles. The procession across the street was to represent a funeral, with John as the preacher, Paul as the corpse, Ringo as the undertaker, and George as the gravedigger. The Volkswagon parked on the curb displayed a license plate that read "28 IF" suggesting that Paul's age in 1970 (the year of Abbey Road's release) would have been 28 if he had lived. Also, the car in the road was pointed straight at Paul, representing his death in a car accident.
And the second part of your question is neither; ever since Paul's death in 1966, he was replaced by look-alike William Campbell, an Ontario police officer.