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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.
By then she had remarried, known as Maureen Cox Starkey Tigrett. The Beatle's former flame died at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle during treatment for a pre-leukemic disease known as mylodysplastic syndrome, according to an Associated Press report posted at Spokesman.com.
Maureen Starkey Tigrett, former wife of the Beatles' drummer, Ringo Starr, died on Friday of complications arising after a bone-marrow transplant for treatment for leukemia,...
Ringo Starr of The Beatles married his first wife, Maureen Starkey, in 1965 after discovering she was pregnant. The two remained together for a decade and had three children. According to UK Express, the two met at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 when she was 15.
However, there is one figure of Beatles history who is often overlooked: Starr’s first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett (née Maureen Cox.) So, what’s the story behind the mother of Ringo Starr’s three children?
Maureen Starkey Tigrett, née Mary Cox (4 August 1946–30 December 1994) was the first wife of Ringo Starr, the drummer of the Beatles. Mary "Maureen" Cox was born on August 4, 1946 in Liverpool, England, the only child of Florence and Joseph Cox.
Maureen Cox Starkey Tigrett, former wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, has died of complications arising from leukemia treatment, family friends and hospital officials said Saturday.