Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I read the news today, oh boy...


In 1969, Kim Carlyle was laid to rest with a simple brass and stone grave marker bearing her name and the dates of her birth and "death". But in 2007, that marker was replaced by a far more elaborate black marble monument that bore the image of an angel in flight and the words "I'd love to turn you on..." The question is, who replaced the headstone and why?

The replacement of Kim's headstone was a cause for some initial alarm in our "Honey Lives" community. Many took this as a sign that Kim Carlyle may have actually died and someone close to her had changed the monument to reflect her genuine passing, thus the angel taking flight. My sources tell me that the truth may be just the opposite.

According to a close personal friend of the singer, after former Beatle Paul McCartney's heart attack scare, and before his subsequent secret angioplasty in 2007, he reached out to Yoko Ono, the widow of estranged fellow band mate, John Lennon. McCartney feared that he might die of complications due to his heart procedure, leaving certain personal property at the mercy of his soon to be ex-wife, Heather Mills. For this reason, McCartney sent a packet of photos and other memorabilia to Yoko Ono "for safe keeping," feeling that Mills and her solicitors would consider Ono to be the very LAST person to look toward as a recipient of such property.

Contained within this packet of memorabilia was photographic proof that Kim Carlyle had fled to England after her alleged "death", and been protected by the newly wedded McCartney and wife Linda Eastman. Upon learning the truth about Kim's faked death, a brief and secret meeting was arranged between Ono and her long lost friend Carlyle in NYC. It is believed that a deeper peace between Ono and McCartney was urged by Carlyle during that meeting. And it was shortly after McCartney's recovery from his secret surgery that the new headstone appeared on Carlyle's grave.

This lyrical monument is believed by some to be a gift from Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono, in honor of the lasting reconciliation Kim Carlyle encouraged between the two. The line "I'd love to turn you on..." was included from the Beatles song "A Day in The Life" as an inside joke concerning the "Paul's dead" conspiracy theories that have been floating around for years. The irony being that many people believe that Kim Carlyle is also dead when, the truth is, she is still very much alive.





UPDATE: The Truce Continues...


According to This Is London, Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney's daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney, embraced warmly at the funeral of "the Fifth Beatle," business manager Neil Aspinall.


As a wise man once sang, "All You Need Is Love..."


Photos: (above) Yoko Ono with Stella McCartney. (Below) Yoko Ono with Barbara Bach, wife of Ringo Starr.

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