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I met The Beatles while we were playing in Germany. We'd seen them in Liverpool, but they were a nothing little band then, just putting it together. In fact, they weren't really a band at all.

Ringo Starr

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Ringo Starr
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 7
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