Sir Paul McCartney had a near miss with a passing car when he posed at The iconic Abbey Road zebra crossing Beatlesalbum cover of the same name.
The 80-year-old musician was seen wandering the designated pedestrian walkway filming a video and posing for a photo.
His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near miss happened when she wanted to recreate the moment her father was crossing the road with the famous band in 1969, when he was also nearly hit by a car.
Accident! Sir Paul McCartney, 80, had a near-miss with a passing car as he posed in the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk from The Beatles’ album cover of the same name
Sir Paul was seen dressed in a blue shirt and dark trousers walking across the intersection.
He was seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius passed nearby.
Mary was filming the scene for her new documentaryIf these walls could talk.
On Location: The musician was seen on the designated pedestrian walkway filming a video and posing for a photo
Family affair: His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near miss happened when she wanted to recreate the moment her father crossed the road with the famous band in 1969
Oh no! Sir Paul McCartney was nearly hit by a car at his album cover’s iconic intersection on Abbey Road during his time with the Beatles
In a recent interview with the MirrorMary recalled, “The part where the car almost ran him over in the crosswalk, that was so funny.
‘When we left [the studio]I said, ‘I’ll film you [on the crossing]’and he went there and this car didn’t stop for him at all!’
‘When we left [the studio]I said, ‘I’ll film you [on the crossing]’and he went there and this car didn’t stop for him at all!’
To keep it casual, Sir Paul was dressed in a blue shirt and dark trousers as he walked across the intersection
Near miss: He could be seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius passed nearby
It comes weeks later Sir Paul revealed that he “couldn’t talk” about the death of his friend and bandmate John Lennon following his 1980 murder.
He said he found it “so hard” after his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his New York City apartment.
Sir Paul described returning home from the studio on the day of his friend’s death and turning on the TV to see people reflecting on ‘what John meant to them’.
Amused: In a recent interview with the Mirror, Mary recalls: ‘The part where the car almost ran him over in the zebra crossing was so funny’
Sir Paul admitted he was unable to do the same because the loss was ‘too deep’ and he was unable to ‘put it into words’.
He said, “When John died, it was so hard. It had hit me so much that I couldn’t really talk about it.
“I remember coming home from the studio the day we heard the news that he had passed away. Turning on the TV and seeing people say, “Well, John Lennon was this” and “What he was, was this” and “I remember meeting him”.
Family: The anecdote was shared by Sir Paul’s daughter Mary (pictured), 53, who revealed her father was nearly knocked down in the area where the 1969 cover was shot
“I was like, ‘I can’t be one of those people. I can’t go on TV and say what John meant to me.’ It was just too deep. I couldn’t put it into words.’
Sir Paul added how he managed to express his grief over losing John in his 1982 song Here Today.
The artist revealed that she was “sitting on the wooden floor in the corner with my guitar” and came up with the song’s opening chords.
Sir Paul also added that the line “the night we cried” referred to when he and his late friend, who was murdered more than 40 years ago, were heart-to-heart drunk and “told each other a few truths” and how much they loved each other.
Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon on the night of December 8, 1980, as he and Yoko Ono returned to their Upper West Side apartment.
‘It hit me so hard’: He said he found it ‘so hard’ after his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his New York City apartment