Recently Dead

Neil Aspinall, the not-a-Beatle in this 1964 photo, died today of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He was 66. The Beatles' original road manager who later became the band's accountant and ran their business empire for 40 years, Aspinall was one of many people close to the group to be called "the fifth Beatle." Among his many qualifications (other than his financial prowess): He once subbed on guitar for an ill George Harrison and sang backup on "Yellow Submarine." (Telegraph)

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