At age 13 he suffered pleurisy so severe that he was confined to a sanitarium for two years. At age six he was hospitalized for one year when he lapsed into a ten-week coma from peritonitis brought on by a ruptured appendix.
#Ringo starr 1970 series#
Starr's childhood was plagued by a series of personal illnesses. His mother later remarried, to Harry Greaves, a house painter. His parents were poor bakery workers, and Starr's father deserted the family during World War II. His childhood was filled with an endless series of setbacks and tragedies. in a dingy Liverpool slum, on Jto Richard Starkey, Sr. When the Beatles dissolved during the early 1970, Starr re-emerged in an acting career, and he continued his musical career as a solo artist. A collection of gaudy rings adorned Starr's fingers, which earned him the nickname Ringo. During the Beatles' concert performances Starr was the most easily recognizable of the group, as he sat toward the back of the stage, pounding a steady rhythm behind singers John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. Addresses: Record company-Mercury Records, West Coast Office, 11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.ĭrummer Ringo Starr earned a place in musical history in 1962 at the age of 22 years, when he accepted a position with a then unknown band called the Beatles, which was destined to become one of the most popular groups in the history of rock and roll. Born Richard Starkey, Jr., July 7, 1940, in Liverpool, England mother Elsie Gleave, bakery worker father, Richard Starkey, Sr., bakery worker married Maureen Cox, Februchildren: Zak, Jason, and daughter Lee, one granddaughter married Barbara Bach, 1981.
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