# 99 little-known clues that Paul is Dead. Fascinating stuff.

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**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-clues-that-paul-is-dead-fascinating-stuff/335974 "2005-12-16T21:08:44Z")\
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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> Interesting, since Paul was going to replace Davy Jones in the Monkees, but ended up getting dead.

😉

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Post-1966 UK tax returns have quote marks around the name “Paul McCartney”.

Page from Linda McCartney’s diary found to say, “Billy is ever-so-much better in bed than You Know Who.”

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**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-clues-that-paul-is-dead-fascinating-stuff/335974/43 "2005-12-19T15:33:05Z")

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> [@Happy Lendervedder](#):
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> -According to a waiter, while vacationing in Bermuda in 1988, the man everyone knows as Paul paid for dinner with a credit card issued to William H. Shears.

“So let me introduce to you…”

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**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-clues-that-paul-is-dead-fascinating-stuff/335974/44 "2005-12-19T17:20:28Z")

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After 1966, all the other Beatles refered to Paul as “Ol’ Corpsey Joe”

He does those air quote things with his fingers whenever he says “I”.

Refers to Brian Epstein as “Brian who now?”

Ken Burns 1994 documentary on his life entitled “The Guy Everyone Thinks Is Paul But Really Isn’t”

The Turkish accent.

In an interview, if you suddenly ask him in a very hurried voice “Is Paul dead?” He answers yes.

Real Paul’s dimples were 1/2 millimeter deeper.

When you say goodbye to him, fake Paul always says “Semper Fi, motherfucker!”

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**Post date:** [December 19, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-little-known-clues-that-paul-is-dead-fascinating-stuff/335974/45 "2005-12-19T17:30:54Z")

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-Overheard at Keith Moon’s funeral:

“Sad, really, almost as sad as when I heard that Paul died”

-From a poor-quality audio recording (the only surviving record) of George Harrison’s 1974 appearance on _Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game_:

Bruce: “So, how’s Paul?”

George: “Still dead”

- Brian Epstein’s will only references Paul in the past tense, confirming that he had died by 1967.

- There is evidence that a William Shears was once employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, explaining “Give My Regards To Broad Street”.

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