Editing Heather McCartney

{{short description|British potter and artist (born 1962)}}
{{for|Paul McCartney's second wife|Heather Mills}}

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| birth_name = Heather Louise See
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Tucson, Arizona]], U.S.
| parents = {{nowrap|Joseph Melville See Jr. (biological father)}}<br>[[Linda McCartney]] (mother)<br>[[Paul McCartney]] (adoptive father)
| relatives = [[Mary McCartney]] (younger sister)<br>[[Stella McCartney]] (younger sister)<br>[[James McCartney]] (younger brother)<br>[[Beatrice McCartney]] (younger paternal half-sister)<br>[[Arlen Blakeman]] (younger paternal stepbrother)
| occupation = Potter, artist
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'''Heather Louise McCartney''' (born '''See'''; 31 December 1962) is an American-born British potter and artist who is the daughter of [[Linda McCartney]] and the adopted daughter of [[Paul McCartney]].<ref>{{cite web|title=McCartney's girl plots pot success|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/251064.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
Heather Louise See was born in [[Tucson, Arizona]], United States, to [[Linda McCartney|Linda Eastman]] (later McCartney) and Joseph Melville See Jr., an American geologist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Melville See Jr. '60 |url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/joseph-melville-see-jr-%E2%80%9960 |website=Princeton Alumni Weekly |publisher=[[Princeton University]] |access-date=26 November 2021 |language=en |date=21 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=New Details Surface in McCartney's Death |url=https://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,10989,00.html |access-date=26 November 2021 |magazine=Time |date=22 April 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Obituaries: Joseph M. See Jr.; Linda McCartney's 1st Husband |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-23-mn-11900-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=26 November 2021 |date=23 March 2000}}</ref> Her parents separated after 18 months of marriage. They divorced and her father raised no objection to her mother having full custody. When Eastman married Paul McCartney in 1969, Heather was six years old. During this time Heather was formally adopted by McCartney, with See's approval, acknowledging she would "have a better life as a McCartney."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul is still with us - Home, Family, Love - Paul McCartney: The Life - Philip Norman |url=https://publicism.info/biography/mccartney/28.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=publicism.info |archive-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203014119/https://publicism.info/biography/mccartney/28.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Heather made an appearance in the [[The Beatles|Beatles]] film ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]'' (1970) and documentary series ''[[The Beatles: Get Back|Get Back]]'' (2021). A sister, [[Mary McCartney|Mary]], was born in 1969, followed by another sister, [[Stella McCartney|Stella]], in 1971 and a brother, [[James McCartney|James]], in 1977. Heather has said that her biological father had a lifelong influence on her, but that she considers Paul McCartney her father.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/beatles-children/ |title= Beatles' Children: Where Are They Now? |publisher=ultimateclassicrock.com |date=2014-12-02 |access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref> Joseph Melville See Jr., — possibly the inspiration for “Jo Jo” in the Beatles classic “Get Back” — was found dead at his home in Tucson, Ariz., in March 2000. He was 61 and died of a self-inflicted gun wound.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituaries: Joseph M. See Jr.; Linda McCartney's 1st Husband |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-23-mn-11900-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=26 November 2021 |date=23 March 2000}}</ref>

McCartney began showing an interest in art, taking up printing at the Photographers' Workshop in [[Covent Garden]] and winning the Young Black and White Printer of the Year Award for a photo she called "Waterfall".<ref>{{cite book|last=Sounes|first=Howard|title=Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney|year=2010|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0306817830|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fabintimatelifeo0000soun/page/381 381]–382|url=https://archive.org/details/fabintimatelifeo0000soun|url-access=registration|quote=Heather McCartney .}}</ref> She later went to art school, where she focused on pottery and design. McCartney travelled to Mexico, where she lived among natives of the [[Huichol people|Huichol]] and [[Tarahumara]] tribes. She later moved to [[Arizona]] to live with her biological father and eventually returned to England to work as a potter.

Like her parents and siblings, McCartney is a vegetarian and passionate about [[animal rights]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/why-paul-mccartney-is-the-ultimate-animal-rights-superstar/ |title= 5 Fantastic Reasons Why Paul McCartney is the Ultimate Animal Rights Superstar |publisher=onegreenplanet.org |date=2015-01-20 |access-date=2017-01-02}}</ref>

In 1999, McCartney launched a line of [[houseware]] products called the ''Heather McCartney Houseware Collection''.<ref>{{cite news|title=NOT PAUL BUT HEATHER: BEATLE'S STEPDAUGHTER HAS HOUSEWARES TO SELL|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CO&s_site=charlotte&p_multi=CO&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6D68A1AAE1EB6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=31 December 2012|newspaper=Charlotte Observer|date=February 20, 1999}}</ref>

== Discography ==
Heather has helped her adoptive father, Paul McCartney, with backing vocals on two of his albums:
* 1971: ''[[Ram (album)|Ram]]'', by [[Paul McCartney|Paul]] and [[Linda McCartney]]
* 2013: ''[[New (album)|New]]'', by Paul McCartney

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|565363|Heather McCartney}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070713133802/http://www.jibboo.com/beatlekidsbb/_beatlekids/0000017d.htm Interview with Heather McCartney, ''The Daily Telegraph''; February 6th, 1999]
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