Paul McCartney's Story "Islah" With John Lennon Before His Death

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JAKARTA - Paul McCartney expressed his relief that he could repair his broken friendship with John Lennon before he was killed.

Tensions have risen between the two members of The Beatles after Lennon left the band in 1969 and they were involved in a legal dispute over the group's copyright.

Throughout the 70s, their hubs were tense. However, McCartney revealed they could "islah" or become even closer before Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman in 1980 outside his home in New York City, at the age of 40.

Speaking in McCartney's new 12th podcast series: A Life in Lyrics, he said, "In the end, it was something I was very happy about, when he was murdered, that I had a very happy moment with him before that happened."

"This will be the worst thing in the world if he is killed and our relationship is still bad. It will be a big journey of guilt for me. Luckily we were friendly, we talked about how to make bread."

"You have to remember, I sued him in court, I sued his friends from Liverpool, friends for life, in court. There is a lot of resolution to be done."

McCartney has in the past spoken about his telephone conversation with Lennon, just weeks before his death.

[This] is an entertaining factor for me, because I feel sad because we've never really sat down and straightened out our differences. But fortunately for me, the last phone conversation I had with him was really fun, and we didn't experience any tensions," he told Playboy in 1984.

In the previous new podcast episode, McCartney also revealed that Lennon continued to influence the writing of his song to date. "Often, I will refer to... 'What does John think about this?'" he said. He thought it was too bad. So I'm going to change that.