Posted on 03/24/2008 3:57:56 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
NEW YORK (AP) — Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend of the Beatles who managed their business enterprises and helped make the group a moneymaking phenomenon decades after they split up, has died. He was 66.
Aspinall's death was announced Monday in a statement from surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, and the band's Apple Corps Ltd. company.
Aspinall died Sunday night at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, where he had been receiving treatment for lung cancer, according to Geoff Baker, who formerly represented both Aspinall and Apple Corps.
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You have to hand it to genius. RIP.
unfortunately, he was not retained by the Jackson 5.
Neil Aspinall was the biological father of Pete Best’s youngest brother, Roag.
I met Roag Best in Rochester in 2007 when Pete Best came to town (Pete signed my Anthology book and a DVD Best of the Beatles). I wished Neil the best and got to talk to a real Beatle. It was the time of my life to meet someone connected to my favorite group of all time.
RIP Neil
One of the “Paul is dead” conspiracies states that Neil Aspinall took over after Paul’s “death”. What now?
Some pics from that BeatleFest, for your enjoyment:
Thank you very much for sharing these photos!
Um, not to sound callous, but... so?
“You have to hand it to genius. RIP.”
Yes, you do.
RIP, Mr. Aspinall.
Not many of the “old gang” left, and, only 2 Beatles.” What a drag it is growing old”. Wrong band, I know, but true.
not that this connects to Neil, but just the other day I was explaining “The Beatles: Away with Words” which I saw
in the mid-70s. A slide show with Beatles songs and naked women. Anyone here recall seeing it?
RIP.
From the looks of your pictures, I’d say Gordon Waller’s not far behind.
Yes, I saw it, but I dob’t remember the naked women part. I got free tickets from a Radio station and a free t-shirt.
great shots. nothing inspires me like an old man who still rocks.
I am so jealous! How cool!
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