John - Preacher Ringo - Undertaker Paul - Barefoot Corpse George - Gravedigger Did Billy Shears replace Paul McCartney as a Beatles member when McCartney died in a Nov., 1966 car crash? Billy Shears had been in a local London band in those mid 1960's days and even had won contests as a Paul McCartney look-a-like. You look at pictures of the two men from that era. Shears was a taller man than McCartney and the pictures bare out McCartney becoming a taller man after 1966. You also listen to the fade out on Strawberry Fields Forever, you will clearly hear John Lennon say, "I buried Paul." I have also seen a video where John, George & Ringo, are sitting down at a dining table and remark, 'Where is Billy at? I don't know if Paul McCartney died or not? However a good plastic surgeon could get the job done with similar looking people from the get go. The Beatles were a cash cow nobody wanted to see ended by a car crash. Whatever, the Beatles played to Paul being dead. You can see that below.