'I'm so glad John and I were able to get back together'

Paul tells how he made peace with Lennon

- Mark Jefferies

SIR Paul McCartney has told how he would have been devastated and on a "big guilt trip" if he had not made peace with John Lennon before the Beatle was murdered.

After Lennon quit The Beatles in 1969, tensions between the two songwriting partners were strained due to the fallout and later legal battles over ownership of the group's catalogue.

They reconnected in the mid-1970s, spending time with each other at the New York home John shared with Yoko Ono.

Lennon was shot dead by crazed fan Mark Chapman on December 8, 1980, at the age of just 40.

Sir Paul, 81, said he would have been haunted by his childhood friend's death if they had never reconciled. He explained: "It was super, super painful. There was a lot of navigation of emotions to be done.

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