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“Beatles weep as Brian Epstein dies” (in the Daily Mail, August 28, 1967)
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Brian Epstein, millionaire boss of the Beatles, was found dead in bed in his London home yesterday.
Thirty-two-year-old Mr. Epstein was found when his housekeeper called for help because his door was locked and she could get no reply.
He had been suffering from recurring glandular fever and had been taking tablets prescribed for him.
Mr. Don Black, a business associate, said: “I understand his death was an accident.”
Scotland Yard said early today that bottles of tablets were taken from the house.
An officer said: “This is a normal procedure. So far as we are concerned death was due to natural causes.”
A phone call gave the news to the Beatles, who had gone to Bangor in North Wales to join an Indian mystic cult. Mr. Epstein himself was to have gone there today to be initiated into the cult.
The Beatles were meditating in their rooms at Normal College after studying with a Himalayan mystic, Maharishi Yogi, of the International Meditation Society.
A messenger hurried along a corridor to the room of Paul McCartney and said there was an urgent phone call from London.
Paul ran in bare feet downstairs to a telephone kiosk.
A minute later, shocked and pale, he staggered back calling for John, George and Ringo, who ran into the corridor.
“Brian is dead,” he said. Then he burst into tears.
Miss Jane Asher, his girlfriend, Mrs. Cynthia Lennon, model Patti Boyd (Mrs. Harrison) and her sister Jennie were also told.
Later Paul and Miss Asher returned to London in a friend’s car. The others followed in two more cars.
In London last night a crowd gathered outside Mr. Epstein’s £37,500 home in Chapel Street, Belgravia, and his theatre, the Saville, in Shaftesbury Avenue.
Assistant Commissioner J. Lawlor, of Scotland Yard, said after leaving the house: “It was a sudden death. There will probably be a post-mortem. It is a matter from the coroner.”
Later Mr. David Jacobs, Mr. Epstein’s solicitor, left after spending several hours at the house.
He said a statement would be issued by Mr. Epstein’s company, NEMS Enterprises.
At the Saville Theatre the news was announced half an hour after the start of a Sunday night pop concert.
Mr. Epstein was to have taken his usual box seat for the second performance.
As the cheering and clapping died down for the star of the show, Jimi Hendrix, the curtains were dropped and manager Michael Bullock said: “It is with deep regret that I have to tell you that Mr. Brian Epstein was found dead this afternoon.”
Then, in silence, the packed house walked out. The second performance was cancelled.
Mr. Epstein’s mother, Mrs. Queenie Epstein, arrived in London from her home in Liverpool last night. She went to his home in Belgravia, where she is expected to stay until the funeral next week. Mr. Epstein’s father, Mr. Harry Epstein, died just over a month ago. He was a warden of the Greenbank Drive Synagogue, Liverpool, until last year.
Mr. Epstein's death stunned all the stars he had made famous.
THE BEATLES: At Bangor John Lennon said: “Brian’s death is a blow. We were all so near achieving perfect bliss.
“The Maharishi told us not to get overwhelmed by this grief and to keep the thoughts we had of Brian happy.
“He told us that any happy thoughts we have of Brian Epstein will travel to him wherever he is.
“Thank goodness for transcendental meditation. It gives you confidence to withstand such a shock.”
George Harrison, pale and upset, said: “Brian was one of us. You cannot pay tribute to him in words alone.
“Through the Maharishi we have got to know there is no such thing as death. Death is something physical, but life goes on.
“We know that wherever he is Brian Epstein is OK. He will return because he desired happiness and bliss.”
Ringo said: “We loved Brian. He was a generous man. We owe a lot to him.
“He devoted so much of his life to the Beatles. He worked for us. We have repaid each other all along as much as we can.”
Before the Beatles returned to London George Harrison scotched reports that the group planned to end its association with Mr. Epstein.
“We would never have done such a thing. We would never have broken up. We were too close.” he said.
GERRY MARSDEN, of Gerry and the Pacemakers, who is on a caravan holiday in Anglesey, said: “There will never be another manager like Brian.
“When I heard the news I was completely shattered. I knew Brian for about ten years, and he was our manager for five years.”
BILLY KRAMER, an Epstein discovery, was to have appeared at Peterlee, Co. Durham, last night with the Dakotas, but asked to be released from his contract.
He was returning to London immediately.
CILLA BLACK, the singer Mr. Epstein discovered in Liverpool’s Cavern Club—where the Beatles began—was told in Portugal where she is on holiday.
In an interview in Queen magazine last month Brian Epstein said: “I believe in my close associates and I believe in life because it holds forth hope for the future—a future in which I can create and develop and in which young people as a whole can develop.
“I don't specifically believe in God, but I think believing in life is just as good.
“I think the current generation of teenagers will hand down something quite wonderful for the future—gentleness, love and a desire for peace.”
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Reminder that Ringo has seen Beatles fetish art (and he doesn’t recommend it)
#the beatles#beatles#john lennon#paul mccartney#george harrison#ringo starr#brian epstein#mclennon is still ethical rpf though#maybe he was in it so he didn’t like it#mclennon
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#the one with the safe distance fucks me up a little btw#beatles as textposts#the beatles#john lennon#paul mccartney#george harrison#ringo starr#classic rock#beatles#richard starkey#brian epstein#george martin
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Sometimes I realise that Brian Epstein was born in a Jewish family during WWII. Sometimes I realise Brian Epstein has been to 7 different school because he "wasn't good" at any subjects. Sometimes I realise how he loved musical theatre and fashion. Sometimes I realise how he wanted to be a dress designer, but his father denied him, because it wasn't a masculine work. Sometimes I realise how he was forced to take military service, only for then work in his family owned workplace even if it wasn't what he wanted to be. Sometimes I realise he probably had manic depression or bipolar disorders, that he never got diagnosed.
#oh brian epstein you deserved so much better#i miss him dearly#brian epstein#the beatles#beatles#john lennon#paul mccartney#ringo starr#george harrison
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“Paul can be temperamental and moody and difficult to deal with but I know him very well and he me. This means that we compromise on our clash of personalities. He is a great one for not wishing to hear about things, and if he doesn't want to know he switches himself off, settles down in a chair, puts one booted foot across his knee and pretends to read a newspaper, having consciously made his face an impassive mask.
But he has enormous talent and inside he has a great tenderness and great feeling which are sometimes concealed by an angry exterior. I believe that he is the most obviously charming Beatle with strangers, autograph hunters, fans and other artistes. He has a magnificent smile and an eagerness both of which he uses, not for effect, but because he knows they are assets which will bring happiness to those around him.
Paul is very much a world star, very musical, with a voice more melodic than John's and therefore more commercially acceptable. Also, and this is vital to me, he has great loyalty to the other Beatles and to the organisation around him. Therefore, I ignore his moods and hold him in high esteem.
I would not care to lose him as a friend.”
- Brian Epstein on Paul McCartney, A Cellarful Of Noise
#i find it interesting that brian describes paul as nice on the inside but with an angry exterior#that’s usually how john is described#and paul is described as the kinder one#and yet brian describes paul like this#much to think about#brian epstein#paul mccartney#the beatles#john lennon#lennon mccartney#60s#a cellarful of noise
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#the beatles#beatles#paul mccartney#john lennon#george harrison#ringo starr#60s#beatles fan#the quality of 2/3 of these pics is immaculate#brian epstein
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God i'm in love with those stripes🍏🌈😭 I should draw more John of that era🌚💕 I hope u like it!
#john and paul#art#beatlemania#john lennon#classic rock#artists on tumblr#paul mccartney#the beatles#yellow submarine#paul and george#pattie boyd#ringo starr#brian epstein
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i drew brian in the beatles cartoon style :) bc he has exactly one appearance in the cartoon and that is NOT my brian!!! so i did a redesign for him. ngl the creators of the cartoon fumbled the bag so bad, brian in the cartoon opens up so many possibilities. he’s literally comedy gold. anyway i love him and in another life he’s a main character in the cartoon
#art#fanart#the beatles#60s#my art#brian epstein#paul mccartney#john lennon#ringo starr#george harrison#beatles cartoon#digital drawing
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The Beatles! George is a little hard to see bc of John's hand. But a good view of Brian Epstein!
#the beatles#ao3 fanfic#ao3 beatles#ao3 fanfiction#george harrison#paul mccartney#ringo starr#john lennon#brian epstein
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Does anyone else just find Ringo absolutely adorable in these photos?? Like, the way he is sitting next to Brian. Or the way he's laying on the couch with his camera resting on his tummy. Or the way he's looking up at Paul with that sweet face and eyes and adorable nose.
Also, the way Paul is looking at George in these pictures like a proud older brother. He looks so sweet with him!
Ok, here me out. John and Paul, teenagers of Liverpool. Walking down the streets, leather jackets on, Elvis styled hair, guitars in hands, discussing Elvis. And then tiny little George running, trying to keep up!
And now, the odds and ends:
Paul's innocent peaceful face.
The way Paul's looking at the little girl.
John looks so sweet!
George and shy little Dhani!
Need I say anymore?
This is a cute Beatles appreciation post. Please appreciate!
#rock music#the beatles#john paul george and ringo#paul mccartney#john lennon#george harrison#ringo starr#dhani harrison#brian epstein#cute boys#cuteness#cute#comfort#comforting#adorable#appreciation post#I know the guy in the picture is technically Ivan but it was still a cute idea#cute Beatles appreciation post
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John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon (with George Harrison and Brian Epstein) board Pan Am flight 101 to New York, 7th February 1964
#john and cyn were so adorable this day#the way he keeps checking to make sure she gets on the plane ok#🥰#john lennon#cynthia lennon#john and cyn#george harrison#brian epstein#the beatles#the first u.s. visit#february 1964#javelin’s gifs#it was sixty years ago today#javelin’s gifs: 1964
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Does anyone else know about the apparent quote by Freda Kelly, Brian Epstein’s and The Beatles’ secretary for the majority of the band’s relevance, where she says that she once walked in on Brian and a Beatle shaggin in his office and “it wasn’t John”? I read it somewhere a long long long time ago
#the beatles#beatles#paul mccartney#john lennon#george harrison#ringo starr#mclennon?#brian epstein#something like that#who do you think it could’ve been?
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Paul’s message to his most loyal Spotify listeners, 2023
“I luv ya. And…you love me! So, thanks a lot”
#paul mccartney#the beatles#john lennon#george harrison#ringo starr#classic rock#beatles#richard starkey#brian epstein#george martin
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Brian Epstein being a cutie: sunglasses edition
#brian epstein#the beatles#beatles#beatlemania#60s#1960s#60s music#classic rock#john lennon#paul mccartney#ringo starr#george harrison
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“Virtually, if Paul has the glamour, John the command, Ringo the little man's quaintness, George with his slow, wide, crooked smile is the boy next door.
They are very fine extraordinary young men. I don't believe anything like them will happen again, and I believe that happen is the word since no one could have created anything in show business with such appeal and magnetism.”
- Brian Epstein on The Beatles, A Cellarful Of Noise
#the beatles#brian epstein#a cellarful of noise#60s#john lennon#paul mccartney#george harrison#ringo starr
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#john lennon#paul mccartney#george harrison#ringo starr#the beatles#beatles#get back#billy preston#george martin#brian epstein#i know it makes more sense to use brians answer for billy since brian wasnt there but i thought this was funnier#also paul was tricky because he would 100% fuck his clone but would 1000% never admit it#but this one aas funnier with the picture#anyways i had too much caffeine and cant sleep so im doing this instead lmao
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