<Archive Obituary> Maureen Starkey (December 30th 1994)
Bill Schenley
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FROM: The New York Times (January 1st 1995) ~
By Staff
Maureen Starkey Tigrett, former wife of the Beatles',
Ringo Starr, died on Friday of complications arising
after a bone-marrow transplant for treatment for
leukemia, hospital officials said. She was 47.
Mrs. Tigrett, of Los Angeles, had been admitted to
the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on
Oct. 20. Part of her treatment involved a transplant of
bone marrow from her eldest son, Zak Starkey, said
Jerry Vanderwood, a hospital spokesman.
Mrs. Tigrett was born and raised in Liverpool, England.
She married Richard Starkey, better known as
Ringo Starr, in 1965. They were divorced in 1975.
She later married Isaac Tigrett, founder of the
Hard Rock Cafe chain.
She is survived by her husband; their daughter,
Augusta, 7; two sons, Zak and Jason, and a daughter,
Leigh, all of London, from her first marriage; a
granddaughter and her mother.
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Matthew Kruk
"Bill Schenley" <stra...@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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abby for now
"Matthew Kruk" <Matthe...@Telus.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for posting this Bill. I didn't realize she had passed on ...
Paul McCartney wrote a song for her during her sickness that appears on
his Flaming Pie album.
"Little Willow".
Bend, little willow
Wind's gonna blow you
Hard and cold tonight
Life, as it happens
Nobody warns you
Willow, hold on tight
Nothing's gonna shake your love
Take your love away
No one's out to break your heart
It only seems that way.
Sleep, little willow
Peace gonna follow
Time will heal your wounds
Grow to the heavens
Now and forever
Always came too soon