Paul McCartney interviewed for ‘Later with Bob Costas’ 20 years ago today (1991)

(Thursday, October 24, 1991) — Bob Costas interviewed ex-Beatle Paul McCartney today in New York for airing the following month on his NBC show “Later with Bob Costas.”

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