logo
Getty Images
Getty Images

Ringo Starr of The Beatles Feels Much Younger despite Turning 80 – Here's Why

Joe Akins
Jul 09, 2020
11:30 P.M.

The Beatles' former drummer, Ringo Starr, hits eighty but feels just as young at heart as he did decades ago and says he hopes for better celebrations when the pandemic is over.

Advertisement

On July 7, singer-songwriter Ringo Starr known famously as the drummer for The Beatles, turned eighty years old. However, due to the pandemic, what would have been a remarkable celebration was turned into a virtual event.

Ringo Starr visits his 'Peace and Love' sculpture to celebrate his 80th birthday on July 07, 2020  | Photo: Getty Images

Ringo Starr visits his 'Peace and Love' sculpture to celebrate his 80th birthday on July 07, 2020 | Photo: Getty Images

Advertisement

The musician put together a virtual charity concert he titled "Ringo's Big Birthday Show" and a recorded episode of a video series, "Rolling Stone Interview: Special Edition." In the interview, the singer claimed that he hardly felt his age: He said:

"80? Man, I'm only 24 in here. That's a good thing and a bad thing. Yeah, 80, it's like, far out. It's a difficult one. 70 was easy. I think 40 was the hardest."

To Starr, the real aging began when he crossed 40, referencing the song, "Life Begins at 40." The rock 'n roll icon admitted that he was still saying he was 79 since the celebration would be small, and hopefully, the real grand party would be next year.

Advertisement
Advertisement

He revealed that he had hardly left his house since quarantine began. He had been up to a couple of things to cope with the isolation like painting and drumming. He was enjoying Los Angeles regardless of the pandemic's restrictions.

Starr shared that he missed his band members, the late John Lennon and George Harrison, who passed away several years ago, but added that he still had Paul McCartney, who he referred to as his brother.

The singer remains pretty hopeful that he will soon be able to celebrate his eightieth in grand style with his friends and family once the pandemic is over.

Advertisement

Before his big 80, Starr had an incredible career as a musician. The Liverpool-born musician started his musical journey in the 60s when he began experimenting with a few bands until he joined The Beatles in 1962.

The Beatles enjoyed worldwide success for six years with many remarkable hits and experiences until he left the group in 1968 due to disagreements between the members.

Advertisement

The legendary drummer then embarked on a solo career after leaving the band. Years later, in 1975, he divorced his wife, Maureen Cox, with whom he had three children after he found his former band member, George Harrison, in bed with her.

They had reportedly been having an affair for a while, a relationship that Harrison's ex-wife, Pattie Boyd, did not suspect even when she noted his infidelity at the time.

Six years later, he found love in the arms of former Bond girl and model, Barbara Bach, and they got married in a small, intimate event on April 27, 1981.

Advertisement

Although they were madly in love, the couple still had some rocky years. Wrought with grief at having lost everything — his musical brothers, his first marriage, and suddenly, his sinking career, Starr turned to drugs and alcohol.

According to Mirror, the former band drummer and his wife were almost always out of it, intoxicated with drugs and alcohol until reality caught up to them, and Bach almost died.

The couple checked into rehab and worked through the mess and are now, fortunately, still very much in love, leading a happy life together. Bach is one lucky woman to have her eccentric 24-year-old-at-heart hubby by her side.

Advertisement
info
Please fill in your e-mail so we can share with you our top stories!
By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy
Advertisement
Related posts

Peter Tork Was a Dad of 3 ⁠— His Daughter Was His Supporter during Decade-Long Cancer Battle That Turned Fatal

May 23, 2022

George Strait Was ‘Just Kind of Shut down’ for Years after Loss of Daughter Who He Will Never Forget

March 09, 2022

Gwen Stefani Found True Love with Blake Shelton after She Faced Infidelity

January 27, 2022

Julia Roberts' Ex Lyle Lovett Who Was Mocked for His Looks Fathered Twins at 60 & Realized Age Was Relevant

May 20, 2022

Tina Turner's 2nd Spouse Sacrificed an Organ to Save Her Because He 'Didn't Want Another Woman'

April 24, 2022

Eddie Van Halen Lived Alone in Last Years Yet Was Married & Confessed His Love to Ex Valerie Bertinelli

May 06, 2022

Johnny Cash Did Not Say ‘I Love You’ to June Carter for Years - She Declined His First Proposals

January 29, 2022

Jon Bon Jovi Has Been Married to His Wife for 33 Years and Is a Proud Father of 4

March 01, 2022

Inside Jon Bon Jovi's Lavish Mansion He Shares with His Highschool Love of 42 Years & 4 Kids

May 10, 2022

Cloris Leachman Did "Everything Humanly Possible" to Save Her Son & Failed - Meet Her 5 Grown-up Kids

May 05, 2022

George Jones Went Silent before Death – He Managed to Say His Last Words to Wife Who Once ‘Saved’ Him

March 25, 2022

Kurt Russell Became 'Pa' to Goldie Hawn's Kids Whose Father Considers Them 'Dead'

April 08, 2022

Lawrence Welk Spent Last Years with Wife of 61 Years at 'Champagne Towers' & Was 'In Control' of His Co-stars

March 12, 2022

Inside Kenny Rogers’ Lavish Mansion Where He Spent Last Years Raising Twins With 28-Year-Younger Wife

May 07, 2022