Pete Best has also been named a fifth Beatle. He was the original drummer from to and played gigs in Liverpool and Hamburg, before he was eventually dismissed and replaced by Ringo Starr. Who plays John Lennon in Yesterday? Lennon was shot and killed in and Harrison died of lung cancer in McCartney and Starr remain musically active. The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of million units worldwide.
Not every member of the band is still around to enjoy the legacy of the Beatles, but fortunately, fans can still look to several of the famous bandmates in times of trouble.
Read on to discover which members of the Beatles are still alive, and which ones have sadly passed on. John Lennon was arguably the most popular Beatle while he was alive. His anti-establishment attitude and quiet defiance of war and discord made him a cultural icon, even after the band broke up in By Gray News.
Published: Jul. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. Share on Pinterest. Share on LinkedIn. Most Read. Feds charge 13 people in drug trafficking crackdown. Maine Warden Service issue reminders for Maine hunters. Sir Richard Starkey MBE, born in July , best known as Ringo Starr, has gained international renown as a Beatles drummer in the s, as an English guitarist, poet, songwriter, and actor.
Starr was impacted through adolescence by life-threatening disease and prolonged hospitalizations. Before he took an apprenticeship to a machinery maker in Liverpool, he kept a role briefly with British Rail. He became involved in the British skiffle craze shortly after, and became passionate about this genre. In , he co-founded the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Party, his first group, which won prestigious local reserves before American rock and roll succeeded fading in early
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