What is Lee Eastman's full name?
Leopold Vail Epstein
Lee Eastman nickname(s):
Leopold Vail Epstein
Lee Eastman date of birth:
January 12, 1910
How old was Lee Eastman when died?
81
When did Lee Eastman die?
July 30, 1991
Is Lee Eastman gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Lee Eastman?
Jewish
What is Lee Eastman's ethnicity?
White
What is Lee Eastman nationality?
American
What is Lee Eastman's occupation?
Show business attorney, art collector
Lee Eastman claim to fame:
Manager and Father-in-law of Paul McCartney
Lee Eastman family:
Linda McCartney (daughter)
Short Biography
Lee Eastman, born Leopold Vail Epstein, (12 January 1910 - 30 July 1991) was a New York show business attorney, and art collector the son of Louis (b. Russia ~1887, imm. 1906) and Stella (Freyer) Epstein. His sisters were Emmaline and Rose. He married Louise Lindner, heiress to the Lindner Department Store fortune; they had four children, including John Eastman and Linda McCartney, the late wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney. Eastman became McCartney's business manager shortly before the breakup of The Beatles while his son John represented McCartney during his 1970 lawsuit to legally dissolve the Beatles. He is the maternal grandfather of potter Heather McCartney, photographer Mary McCartney, fashion designer Stella McCartney, and musician/sculptor James Louis McCartney. Eastman was also the friend and longtime lawyer for and collector of the works of the Abstract expressionist painter Willem de Kooning.