Sir Paul McCartney had a near miss with a passing car while posing on the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk from the Beatles album cover of the same name.
The 80-year-old musician was seen fooling around on the designated pedestrian walkway as he filmed video and had his picture taken.
His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near miss as she recreated the moment her father was crossing the street with the famous band in 1969 when he was also nearly hit by a car.
mishap! Sir Paul McCartney, 80, was in a near miss with a passing car while posing at the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk from the Beatles album cover of the same name
Sir Paul was seen in a blue shirt and darker trousers as he strolled across the intersection.
He could be seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius drove by nearby.
Mary filmed the scene for her new documentary If These Walls Could Talk.
On location: The musician was seen fooling around on the designated pedestrian walkway as he filmed video and had his picture taken
Family affair: His daughter Mary, 53, recently revealed the near miss while trying to recreate the moment her father crossed the street with the famous band in 1969
Oh no! Sir Paul McCartney was nearly hit by a car at the iconic junction of his Abbey Road album cover while he was with the Beatles
In a recent interview with the Mirror, Mary recalled: “The part where the car almost ran him over at the crosswalk, that was so funny.
“When we left [the studio]I said, ‘I’m going to film you [on the crossing]’And he walked over and that car absolutely didn’t stop for him!’
“When we left [the studio]I said, ‘I’m going to film you [on the crossing]’And he walked over and that car absolutely didn’t stop for him!’
To keep it casual, Sir Paul was seen in a blue shirt and darker trousers as he strolled across the intersection
Near miss: He was seen waving his arms in the air and posing for the camera as a blue Toyota Prius drove by nearby
It comes weeks after Sir Paul revealed he was unable to speak about the death of his friend and bandmate John Lennon following his murder in 1980.
He said he found it “so difficult” 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 television to see people reflecting on “what John meant to them”.
Amused: In a recent interview with the Mirror, Mary recalled: “The part where the car almost ran him over at the crosswalk, that was so funny.”
Sir Paul admitted he was unable to do the same because the loss was “too deep” and he wasn’t able “to put it into words”.
He said: “When John died it was so difficult. It had hit me so badly that I couldn’t really talk about it.
“I remember coming home from the studio the day we heard the news of his death. Turn on the TV and see people saying, ‘Well, that was John Lennon’ and ‘What he was was that’ and ‘I remember meeting him’.
Family: The anecdote was shared by Sir Paul’s daughter Mary (pictured), 53, who revealed her father almost got crushed in the area where the 1969 cover was filmed
“I thought, ‘I can’t be one of those people. I can’t go on TV and say what John means to me.” It was just too deep. I couldn’t put it into words.”
Sir Paul added how he managed to express his sadness at the loss of John in his 1982 song Here Today.
The artist revealed that she was “sitting in the corner with my guitar on the wooden floor” and came up with the opening chords for the track.
Sir Paul also added that the line “the night we cried” referred to when he and his late pal, who was killed over 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 were returning to their Upper West Side apartment.
‘It had hit me so hard’: He said he found it ‘so difficult’ after his former Beatles bandmate was gunned down outside his New York City apartment