Maureen Cox / Starkey

From Wikipedia:

Maureen Starkey Tigrett (born Mary Cox; 4 August 1946 – 30 December 1994), also known as Mo Starkey, was a hairdresser from Liverpool, England, best known as the first wife of Ringo Starr, the Beatles’ drummer. When she was a trainee hairdresser in Liverpool, she met him at the Cavern Club, where the Beatles were playing. Starr proposed marriage at the Ad Lib Club in London on 20 January 1965. They married at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London, in 1965, and divorced in 1975.

The Starrs first lived at 34 Montagu Square, Marylebone, then bought Sunny Heights, in St George’s Hill, Weybridge. In 1973, they bought Tittenhurst Park from John Lennon. They had three children together: sons Zak and Jason, and daughter Lee. […]

In early 1995, Paul McCartney wrote the song “Little Willow” as a tribute to Maureen. The song was released on the album “Flaming Pie” in 1997.

A good friend of mine died, someone we all loved, so I wrote a song that conveyed my mood. It’s heartfelt – instead of writing her kids a letter I wrote a song. It was a very sad day for all of us, and Jeff Lynne and I gave it our all in the studio.

Paul McCartney, in Club Sandwich n°82, Summer 1997

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