![]() ![]() I didn't do it to be come rich and famous, I did it because it was the love of my life. Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940) better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor who gained. ![]() It was a conscious moment in my life when I said the rest of things were getting in the way. It came to where I had to make a decision - I was going to be a drummer. The Beatles, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Plastic Ono Bandįirst and foremost I am a drummer. In 2012, he was estimated to be the richest drummer in the world.Drums, vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar Ringo was listed at number 56 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011, with an estimated personal wealth of £150 million. Starr and Bach are still together, and split their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Monte Carlo. In 2016, he was the first Beatle to become a great-grandfather. ![]() Starr has eight grandchildren in total: one from Zak, four from Jason, and three from Lee. Zak is also a drummer and has performed with his father during some All-Starr Band tours. In 1985, he was the first of the Beatles to become a grandfather after the birth of Zak's daughter Tatia Starkey. Starr then met actress Barbara Bach in 1980 on the set of the film Caveman, and they married in 1981. Maureen died from leukaemia in 1994, aged 48. He later admitted to being "a drunk, a wife-beater and an absent father". The couple divorced in 1975 due to Starr's repeated infidelities. The couple had three children: sons Zak (born 1965), and Jason (born 1967) and daughter Lee (born 1970). Beatles manager Brian Epstein was best man and George Harrison was a witness. On Christmas Day 1957, Ringo's stepfather, Harry Graves, gave him a second-hand drum kit consisting of a snare drum, bass drum and a makeshift cymbal fashioned from an old rubbish bin lid. Ringo Starr first married Maureen Cox in 1965.
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