Obituaries - March 23, 2000

* Joseph M. See Jr.; Linda McCartney’s 1st Husband

Joseph Melville See Jr., 62, first husband of the late Linda McCartney and the suspected subject of a Beatles song. See married Linda Eastman in the 1960s and had a daughter with her, Heather, now 37. After their divorce, Eastman married Beatle Paul McCartney. She died of cancer two years ago. Because of See’s connection to her, many speculated that he was the Jo Jo of the Beatles hit “Get Back.” The lyric noted, “Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass.” See was born in New York and earned a bachelor’s degree at Princeton and a master’s at the University of Arizona. He enjoyed studying Native Americans and their culture and made several highly regarded films about various tribes in Mexico. He was found dead Sunday near Tucson of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.