However, after meeting Ringo Starr, who was the drummer in another Liverpudlian band, the other members got their manager Brian Epstein to fire Best in 1962 just before they went on to achieve international fame. Best (pictured left) initially struggled, and did at one point attempt to kill himself as he saw his former band succeed without him. However, he found happiness as a civil servant and with his wife Kathy. He has never spoken to The Beatles again, but does now play again in his own band, and they do cover several Lennon-McCartney songs.
These stars are even richer than their famous parents