Happy birthday! Pattie Boyd turns 81 today

MediaMass ^ | 3/17/25 | Lori Macatee

[DallasBiff]

George Harrison's ex-wife Pattie Boyd is celebrating her 81st birthday today. As a number of online tributes attest, she is one of the most acclaimed models of her generation.

Popular model-photographer-author Pattie Boyd has always liked to keep a bit of herself hidden from view. At 81st birthday, she remains a woman of many facets.

Boyd, a cultural icon

Born Patricia Anne Boyd in Taunton on March 17, 1944, her career spans an arc over many different eras and tastes in English history. Boyd's not just a great model, she's an inspiration, an icon and a successful business woman. At this point in her career, there seems to be little Pattie hasn't done.

And we've got a feeling the next 12 months are going to be even bigger and better for Pattie Boyd as she promises more to come. After all, she's only 81

[DallasBiff]

Patti was the best looking wife of The Beatles.

Poor Cynthia Lennon got dumped by John for Yoko,. an ugly screeching beotch.

Happy Birthday, Patti.

[Red Badger]

Isn’t she the one Clapton wrote ‘Layla’ about?...............

[Huskrrrr]

When she appeared briefly in A Hard Days Night I momentarily forgot about the Beatles.

[Charles Martel]

Yep. Harrison’s “I Need You” was inspired by her as well.

[Steely Tom]

Also Clapton’s “Beautiful Tonight” and Harrison’s “Something.”

[Steely Tom]

Pattie Boyd's sister Jenny was the inspiration for Donovan's Jennifer Juniper, and played flute on his Wear Your Love Like Heaven.

[KevinB]

Interestingly, the two most important Beatles, John and Paul, had the least attractive wives, Yoko and Linda.

[KevinB]

That was Wonderful Tonight.

[plain talk]

Layla!

[fidelis]

That always puzzled me as well. Paul should have been nicer to Jane Asher. Nothing against Linda (may she rest in peace), but Jane was much prettier.

[Prospero]

You all should examine that source website. The whole nightmare is AI generated salad.

[TiGuy22]

“Have you ever loved a Woman?” easily could have been written by Clapton for her too. (I know it wasn’t)

[dayglored]

[dayglored]

[dayglored]

I added a few B/W earlier shots for y’all.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[TexasGator]

Wonderful Tonight

[IndyTiger]

Helen of Troy was said to be the face that launched a thousand ships, Pattie was the face that inspired a number of classic songs.

[blam]

"Pattie Boyd's sister Jenny was the inspiration for Donovan's Jennifer Juniper, and played flute on his Wear Your Love Like Heaven. "

Jenny was also Mic Fleetwood's (Fleetwood Mack) wife but she left him when he started sleeping with Stevie Nicks.

[MNnice]

Inspiration for “Layla.”