Paul McCartney performed incredible selfless act of kindness for dying music legend

Singer-songwriting legend Paul McCartney performed an incredible and emotional selfless act of kindness for a fellow music icon and friend who was dying.

During an interview last year, the former Beatle was asked if he remembered the last time he'd cried over a song.

The 83-year-old rock star opened up about the time he put his uncomfortableness aside to play some of his hit tunes for his friend Jimmy Buffett, who was dying.

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McCartney told El Pais, "I was friends with Jimmy Buffett. I hadn't known him that long, but we became friends over the last few years.

"And when he died, his wife was organizing a tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and there were a lot of really good musicians, and the Eagles were kind of the headline act, and they asked me to be involved in some way."

McCartney said they'd asked him to be involved in the tribute concert because he'd been with Buffett a few days before he died aged 76 of Merkel cell carcinoma on Sept. 1, 2023, and had done an incredible act of kindness for him in his last moments.

The icon continued, "He was bedridden, only had two days left to live, and his wife and my wife asked me to play a couple of songs for him."

Despite knowing it would be tough, McCartney did it.

"Wow, that was tough... Because being one-on-one singing for someone is always kind of tough. But knowing that Jimmy was dying, it was really hard for me to sing.

"So I sang Blackbird, crying the whole time, and I looked over at my wife to see if she could help me, and I was just in tears, and I looked over at Jimmy's wife, and she was the same."

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McCartney added that the last song he played for Buffett, which he played on guitar, was another of his Beatles hits, Let It Be.

The music icon concluded, "So when they asked me to come to the concert, I got to rehearsal, I was standing on the side of the stage, the Eagles were playing Take It to the Limit, Vince Gill was singing, and he has a beautiful voice.

"And I stood there and I started crying. So that was the last time music made me cry."

McCartney also opened up about performing for Buffett during his last moments on stage at Keep the Party Going: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett ahead of his performance.

"Just in the last week of his life, I was invited up to his house by Janie," McCartney said. "And I was invited up there to sing a couple of songs for Jimmy, and he was in a pretty bad way, but he still had that twinkle in his eye. So I thought I'll sing one of those songs that I sang to him tonight."

McCartney then took to the piano to perform Let It Be and later shared a sweet anecdote about Buffett, whom he called “one great man," and a vacation the two took together.

"He was generous. He was funny. He'd done just about everything in his life," said McCartney. "And I say he was so generous. I was on holiday with him and I forgot to bring my guitar.

"So he had his own guitar strung left-handed for me … And then the next time I saw him, he'd had one custom-made left-handed for me. So I love Jimmy."

Following Buffett’s death, McCartney — who also played bass on My Gummie Just Kicked In on Buffett's final album, Equal Strain on All Parts — paid tribute to the Grammy-nominated star on social media.

“It seems that so many wonderful people are leaving this world, and now Jimmy Buffett is one of them. I’ve known Jimmy for some time and found him to be one of the kindest and most generous people,” wrote McCartney on X.

“He had a most amazing lust for life and a beautiful sense of humour. When we swapped tales about the past, his were so exotic and lush and involved sailing trips and surfing and so many exciting stories that it was hard for me to keep up with him,” he continued, adding, “So many of us will miss Jimmy and his tremendous personality. His love for us all, and for mankind as a whole.”

McCartney concluded his post, which featured a photo of the duo laughing and holding hands, “So long, Jim. You are a very special man and friend, and it was a great privilege to get to know you and love you. Bubbles up, my friend. Love, Paul.”