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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:19 am
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Ringo Starr: No more fan mail

10/14/2008 8:25 AM, AP


Ringo Starr doesn't want to hear from you.

If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash.

That's the message from Richard Starkey, aka Ringo Starr. After 45 years of stardom, he doesn't want to spend any more time answering mail or sending signed photos back to fans.

The fan fatigue led the former Beatles drummer to post a sometimes angry sounding short video clip on his Web site telling fans that any mail sent to him after Oct. 20 will not be read or answered. British television stations broadcast the video on Tuesday.

"It's going to be tossed," he says on the video. "I'm warning you with peace and love, I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed. Nothing. Anyway, peace and love, peace and love."

The drummer and singer did not elaborate on the reason behind his decision to cut off a major point of contact with his many fans.

Starr, 68, has maintained a very active touring and recording schedule in recent years, drawing large crowds for performances with his All-Starr band.

The band plays a mix of old Beatles hits, Starr's many solo offerings, and other classics from the 1960s and 1970s. Starr usually serves as front man, though he sometimes plays the drums.

But he has angered longtime fans in Liverpool by telling interviewers that he does not miss his native city. Vandals there beheaded a topiary sculpture of Starr earlier this year — he was the only one of the four Beatles whose likeness was desecrated.

The good-natured drummer, who also enjoyed a brief acting career after star turns in Beatles' films "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!," guest starred on a 1991 episode of "The Simpsons" in which he is shown scrupulously answering every piece of fan mail that comes his way.

"They took the time to write to me, and I don't care if it takes 20 years, I'm going to answer every one of them," Starr says on the show.

In his mail, he finds a package from Marge Simpson that contains a portrait she painted of him back in the Beatles heyday. He puts it on his wall and writes back to tell her — a few decades late — how much he likes her painting.

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:25 am
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You'd think now he no longer has to double for Yasser Arafat he'd have more time on his hands...

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:56 am
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You forgot his movie , I think it was called "Caveman". Funny!! :)
He had his good looking wife in it! Can't remember her name. Something "Bach" or like that! :wink:

I think it was Barbara Bach. :)


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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:12 am
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CAFeathers wrote:
... he has angered longtime fans in Liverpool by telling interviewers that he does not miss his native city ... .

He grew up in Liverpool. He currently lives in Monaco. Hmmm. Sorry, Liverpool, but I don't think I would miss you either....

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jeffo46 wrote:
What an arrogant bastard! You would think that it was us fans that made him rich and able to afford the lifestyle that he lives. Screw him! Stay in Monnaco you washed up has been!

Be nice now. Rember Instant Karma! :lol:


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fhopkins wrote:
You forgot his movie , I think it was called "Caveman". Funny!! :)
He had his good looking wife in it! Can't remember her name. Something "Bach" or like that! :wink:

I think it was Barbara Bach. :)


I'm looking at Barbara; I'm looking at Ringo. What conclusion am I drawing?

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Ceri wrote:
fhopkins wrote:
You forgot his movie , I think it was called "Caveman". Funny!! :)
He had his good looking wife in it! Can't remember her name. Something "Bach" or like that! :wink:

I think it was Barbara Bach. :)


I'm looking at Barbara; I'm looking at Ringo. What conclusion am I drawing?

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Post subject: POOR RINGO
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Poor guy I feel real sorry from him & his fan base, ya think with all that do-rae-me money he would have a P.R. person to correspond with his fan base, so much work so little time, any way Ringo never really rang my chimes & I won't lay awake at night frettin about him.
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He needs a Serutan Big Gulp.

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The guy is over 68 years old now....give him a break....and stay off his lawn. :?

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Miami Mike wrote:
The guy is over 68 years old now....give him a break....and stay off his lawn. :?


That's right Mike!! Just wait until some of these posters get there! Keep waking up everyday and you'll get there with different points of view! :lol:


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fhopkins wrote:
Miami Mike wrote:
The guy is over 68 years old now....give him a break....and stay off his lawn. :?


That's right Mike!! Just wait until some of these posters get there! Keep waking up everyday and you'll get there with different points of view! :lol:


Listen, I'm there already! The pressure of all this fan mail to answer - and I notice several of the requests are from Ringo. Well, no signed photo for him, that's for sure!

I once met Paul at a gallery opening (very briefly). Now there's a true gentleman; a real regular guy...

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Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:21 pm
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The good-natured drummer, who also enjoyed a brief acting career after star turns in Beatles' films "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!," guest starred on a 1991 episode of "The Simpsons" in which he is shown scrupulously answering every piece of fan mail that comes his way.

"They took the time to write to me, and I don't care if it takes 20 years, I'm going to answer every one of them," Starr says on the show.[/quote]


Ironically that was the first thing that came to mind reading the Yahoo! article about the situation.

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Miami Mike wrote:
The guy is over 68 years old now....give him a break....and stay off his lawn. :?


Couldn't agree more. I figure he's given enough over the last 44 years. He's still touring, still entertaining. He just doesn't want to spend anymore of his down time being "owned" by his fans. Can't say I blame him. He was a Beatle for crying out loud! No one's been more exposed then him. I'd say he's earned a bit of me time finally. FINALLY!

Yeah, let's just stay off his lawn.

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Ringo has not been the same since Keith Moon died.

A drinking buddy, is a drinking buddy!

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