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Old May 31st, 2007 #16
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Brian Epstein is the man who discovered The Beatles, replaced Pete Best with Ringo Starr, and came up with matching suits and the synchronized bow at the end of each performance. Until his overdose of the sleeping pill Carbitol in 1967, Epstein was involved with every aspect of The Beatles' professional lives. Epstein managed many other musical groups and was the host of U.K. TV show Hullabuloo.
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Richard Starkey Jr. was an only child of English working-class parents. His father left the family when Ringo was three, and young Starkey endured a somewhat sickly childhood with recurring bouts of tuberculosis. He got his first set of drums at 13, and dropped out of school at 15.
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