McCartney on Epstein
Brian Epstein, the man who managed the Beatles and died at the height of their fame, did not commit suicide, Paul McCartney has said in a 8.8. C. radio interview, NZPA reports from London. “I don’t think he was the kind of person who would do it on purpose,” McCartney said on the popular “Desert Island Discs” programme in which celebrities select the eight records they would want if cast away on a desert island.
“I think it was an unfortunate mix of pills and booze,” said Paul McCartney, aged 39, dismissing the assumption that Epstein had intended to take an overdose. Epstein was found dead in his London apartment in August, 1967. The Beatles, discovered by Epstein at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in 1961, disbanded in 1969. If he could have only one of his eight favourite records, McCartney said it would be “Beautiful Boy,” a
track from John Lennon's last album “Double Fantasy,” issued just before he was murdered outside his Manhattan apartment building on December 8, 1980. McCartney’s other seven records were: “Heartbreak Hotel,” Elvis Presley. “Be Bop a Lula,” Gene Vincent. “Sweet Sixteen," Chuck Berry. “Searching," the Coasters. “Tutti Frutti,” Little Richard.
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