Pattie Boyd
Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd Harrison Clapton (born March 17, 1944 in Taunton , Somerset , England ) is a British photographer and a former model . In 1966 she married the Beatle George Harrison after they met while filming the film Yeah Yeah Yeah . She later left him to live with Eric Clapton . In 1977 the marriage ended in divorce. Two years later, March 27, 1979, married Boyd and Clapton in the Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Christ Church in Tucson ( Arizona ). The relationship lasted until 1985, the marriage divorced in 1989.
Pattie Boyd introduced the Beatles to the teaching of Transcendental Meditation by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi . All four Beatles and their then wives were instructed in 1967. George Harrison is said to have written the Beatles song Something for Pattie . Eric Clapton dedicated the pieces Layla , Wonderful Tonight , Bell Bottom Blues , Old Love and Golden Ring to her .
In 2007 her autobiography Wonderful Tonight was published. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me , which became a bestseller in the United States .
Her sister is the former photo model Jenny Boyd .
literature
- Pattie Boyd with Penny Junor: Wonderful Tonight. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me , Harmony, 2007. ISBN 0-307-39384-4 .
Web links
- Pattie Boyd's website
- Pattie Boyd in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barry Miles : Many Years From Now , Rowohlt, 1999, p. 488 f
- ↑ Cynthia Lennon : John . London: Hodder And Stoughton, 2005, p. 261
- ↑ Eric Clapton : Eric Clapton: The Autobiography , Century, 2007, p. 127
- ^ The Muse Who Made the Guitars Gently Weep . In: The New York Times , August 27, 2007, accessed February 3, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Boyd, Pattie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyd, Patti |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British mannequin, married George Harrison |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taunton , Somerset , England |