The real Eleanor Rigby
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Proof that the subject of the famous Beatles song really existed is to be auctioned for charity
For years, Paul McCartney maintained that the song was based on an entirely fictional character. Now it transpires that McCartney knew more about the real Eleanor Rigby than he led us to believe.
McCartney donated a hospital accounts log from Liverpool’s City Hospital to the Sunbeam Trust charity, which revealed that an E. Rigby was a scullery maid who worked at the hospital.
The non-dated document is thought to be the only known signature of Rigby’s in existence.
The lot is due be auctioned by the Fame Bureau at London’s Idea Generation Gallery on November 27, alongside Sid Vicious’s rabbit padlock chain and Dee Dee Ramone’s guitar.
