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Mark Ronson: Paul McCartney Saved Me From Drowning

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Turns out Sir Paul McCartney is just as noble as his knighthood would suggest. The ex-Beatle saved producer-extraordinaire Mark Ronson from drowning in the Long Island Sound when Ronson was just a child.

Apparently Ronson, who was too young to remember and heard the story from his mother, wasn't entirely convinced the tale was true. "That sounded like one of my mum's crazy stories," Ronson told Britains Live Magazine.

"But then I did a song with Paul McCartney a few months ago. After a couple of days in the studio, he came in and said, 'Your mum's Ann, right? Me and Linda would always run into your parents on the beach in Long Island.'"

"I told him about my mum's story that he saved me from drowning one time, and he said he vaguely remembered something like that. So maybe he backed up her claim, which means I can't really tease her about it now." Does this mean that Paul McCartney is running around saving children from drowning so often that he can't entirely recall?

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Raejean

Paul was always very partial to kids, so it doesn't surprise me that he spread out his Papa Bear hug a little wider when he was around little ones other than his own.

May 15 2012 at 7:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Greg

Nice when people live up to their titles. The MIlls brothers were famous for saving a baby from a car accident when they traveled about Europe. People tend to be good and do the right thing. Has little to do with being famous or having a fancy title

May 15 2012 at 2:25 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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May 15 2012 at 6:58 AM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
franko1121

Shame Macca wasn't around to save Brian Jones!

May 15 2012 at 12:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kathleen

Just another reason to love Paul McCartney who is still alive and well an living among us.

May 14 2012 at 8:37 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
just4dehellovit

Paul is dead ya know......

May 14 2012 at 6:05 PM Report abuse -2 rate up rate down Reply

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