Maureen Tigrett

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Maureen Starkey Tigrett (born Mary Cox ; born August 4, 1946 in Liverpool , United Kingdom , † December 30, 1994 in Seattle , Washington , United States ) was best known for her marriage to Ringo Starr , the drummer of the Beatles , and later to Isaac Tigrett , the founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain .

Life

Mary Cox attended a convent school. At the age of 14, she changed her first name from Mary to Maureen . She was called "Mo" by her friends. She was assistant hairdresser at the Ashley Du Pre hair and beauty salon in Liverpool when she met Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, in 1962 at the Cavern Club where the Beatles played. They married in London on February 11, 1965 . The couple had three children together: sons Zak (* 1965) and Jason (* 1967) and daughter Lee (* 1970). The marriage was divorced on July 17, 1975. Maureen and Ringo remained good friends. He paid her a sum of 500,000  pounds , bought her a house in the London borough of Little Venice and supported her financially for many years.

Maureen Tigrett was Paul McCartney's girlfriend prior to her relationship with Ringo Starr and later had an affair with George Harrison .

On the occasion of her 22nd birthday, Frank Sinatra recorded a special version of The Lady Is a Tramp with the modified title The Lady Is a Champ as a favor for Ringo Starr . Sammy Cahn had written a new, humorous text . One line read: "She married Ringo and she could have had Paul / That's why the lady is a champ." Ringo Starr had the song pressed into a single and gave it to Maureen for her birthday. The tape and the press copy were then destroyed. Since only one record is supposed to exist from this recording, Frank Sinatra is considered one of the most influential figures in popular music and the Beatles are among the most successful bands of the 20th century, this single is one of the rarest and probably most expensive of all time. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the record and whether there are any copies.

On May 27, 1989, she married Isaac Tigrett, the founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain, in Monte Carlo . Their daughter Augusta Burton was born in 1987.

Maureen Tigrett died of leukemia on December 30, 1994 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle . In her memory, Paul McCartney wrote the song Little Willow , which appeared on the 1997 album Flaming Pie ; it is dedicated to their children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Seattle Times, January 1, 1995 issue
  2. ↑ Peter Brown, Steven Gaine: The Love You Make. An Insider's Story of the Beatles . Pan Books, London 1984, ISBN 0-330-28531-9 (partially available from Google Books )
  3. ↑ a b Bill Harry: The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia , Virgin Publishing 2011, ISBN 978-0-7535-3922-4 , Tigrett, Maureen Cox Starkey
  4. ↑ Ringo Starr's Ex-Wife Dies . In: International New Times . January 2, 1995
  5. ^ The Independent , March 22, 2008 issue
  6. ↑ a b Michael Seth Starr: Ringo. With a little help . Backbeat Books 2015, ISBN 978-1-61713-120-2 (available from Google Books ).
  7. ^ The Times online, Daniel Finkelstein: Is this the rarest record ever made?
personal data
SURNAME Tigrett, Maureen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tigrett, Maureen (second married name); Starkey, Maureen (first married name); Cox, Mary (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British wife of Ringo Starr, later Isaac Tigrett
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool , UK
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1994
Place of death Seattle , Washington , United States