This put him considerably behind in school, but just as he caught up (with the help of a tutor), he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and spent the next two years in a sanatorium. His mother worked as a cleaning woman and then a barmaid to support them.Īt age six, Starkey had an appendectomy and then contracted peritonitis, forcing him to live at a local children's hospital for 12 months while he recovered. His parents split up when Starkey was only four, and he never saw much of his father after that. He was an only child, and while his mother doted on him, his father lost interest in family life early on. Ringo Starr was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in Liverpool, England. Primarily a drummer, Starr also sang and occasionally wrote songs for the group, singing "With a Little Help from My Friends" and writing "Octopus's Garden." Read the conversation in its entirety here.Ringo Starr, known for his easygoing personality, rose to fame in the early 1960s as a member of the legendary rock group the Beatles. Ringo Starr and Grohl talk about several other fascinating topics including skiffle, Starr’s early memories of Liverpool, ‘ Yellow Submarine’ and taking speed in Hamburg. And so I said, ‘Well, you know, I’ve got to go, George,’ and he says, ‘Do you want me to come with you?’ You know, he’s dying in a bit: ‘Do you want me to come with you?’ How many people say great things like that to you, really give themselves?” And I’ve got to go to Boston, ’cause my daughter’s having an operation. “And George, the same,” Ringo then adds, becoming emotional to the point of tears. And then I got back to L.A., and I grieved, and then of course you always go through the grief.” “The four of us were great friends with a couple of side issues. “I’m emotional now thinking of him 40 years ago talking about me on his tape and thinking of me,” Ringo says, his thoughts gradually returning to Lennon’s death in 1980. But why he gave me this CD is at the beginning, John says, ‘Oh, that would be great for Richard Starkey.’” “The interesting thing is this guy Jack Douglas, the producer, brought this track of John’s to me just this year,” he confides. Starr then links the event to his cover with Paul McCartney of John Lennon’s ‘Grow Old With Me’ on recently released album What’s My Name? ![]() Keep Sean busy.’ And that’s what we did.” We went to the apartment… And Yoko just said, ‘Well, you just play with Sean. But I just said, ‘We’ve got to get a plane.’ We got a plane to New York, and you don’t know what you can do. “And I still well up that some bastard shot him. “I didn’t know what to do,” Starr laments. saying, ‘Something’s happened to John.’ And then they called and said, ‘John’s dead.’” I was getting a phone call from my stepkids in L.A. ![]() ![]() “When John went,” he continues, “I was in the Bahamas. ![]() “We lose a lot of people in our business early,” Starr shares with Grohl and Rolling Stone reporter Hank Shteamer. In a new interview with former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Ringo Starr has shared revealing details about the deaths of fellow Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison.
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