Lee Eastman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lee Eastman

American attorney and art collector

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1910

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1991

Profession: lawyer, talent manager

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lee Eastman (born Leopold Vail Epstein; 12 January 1910 – 30 July 1991) was an American show business attorney and art collector from New York City.
He was the son of Louis (b.
Russia ~1887, imm.
1906) and Stella (Freyer) Epstein.
His sisters were Emmaline and Rose.
He married Louise Lindner, daughter of a prominent Cleveland department store executive; they had four children, including John Eastman and Linda McCartney, the first 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.
His family was Jewish.