It was December 8, 1995 when Linda McCartney was first diagnosed with breast cancer. The malignant tumor was quickly removed, and friends and family breathed a sigh of relief. But for her husband, it was an ominous echo of the past: Paul McCartney's mother had died of breast cancer back in 1956, when the would-be rock star was just 15 years old. Well the nightmare returned. Linda passed away after a brave three-year battle, and her tragic death was hardest on the man who spent just eleven nights away from her in 29 years of marriage. The two women who were the ex-Beatle's greatest inspiration -- mother Mary and lovely Linda -- both had succumbed to the same disease.