Meanwhile, Richard's mother Elsie had married Harry Graves, the man who her son referred to as a "step-ladder".Īt the age of 15 he could barely read or write, although he had aptitude for practical subjects such as woodwork and mechanics. A few lung complications followed, which resulted in a treatment in yet another children's hospital, this time until 1955. At age 13 he caught a cold that turned into chronic pleurisy, causing him another stay at a hospital in Liverpool. When he finally was able to go back to school, he learned that he was far behind in his studies. Shortly after he came out of the coma, he was trying to offer a toy bus to another boy in an adjoining bed, but fell and suffered from a concussion. Ringo was in a coma, and his recovery took a couple of months, during which more operations were performed, and he was known to be accident-prone. While attending Silas Infants' Schools he suffered from many afflictions that basically ruined his education: he had constant abdominal pains, was once diagnosed with a ruptured appendix that led to an inflamed peritoneum, which also led to one of his first surgeries. His parents divorced when he was three and he and his mother, Elsie, moved to another home in Liverpool.
His father, Richard Starkey, was a former dockworker turned baker his mother, Elsie (Gleave) Starkey, was a bakery worker. He was born Richard Starkey on July 7, 1940, in a small two-storey house in the working class area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Ringo Starr is a British musician, actor, director, writer, and artist best known as the drummer of The Beatles who also coined the title 'A Hard day's Night' for The Beatles' first movie.
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