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Happy Birthday Ringo Starr 75 Years Old
Ringo Starr celebrates 75th birthday with "Peace and Love"
Musician Ringo Starr speaks during a "Peace & Love" event to celebrate his 75th birthday in Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- Baby boomers got the latest reminder Tuesday that time is marching on. And a drummer provided the beat.
Ringo Starr -- the oldest of The Beatles, the enduring symbol of our youth -- turned 75.
Under a giant card on L.A.'s Capitol Records building, Ringo was serenaded as he blew out the candles. The guest of honor seemed spry as ever.
"It's Ringo's 75th birthday. And he's 35," the Eagles' Joe Walsh put it.
Ringo: "We loved the idea of being in America"
As The Beatles impish drummer, he provided the backbeat for a tectonic shift in popular culture. When we first met him in 1964, he already had the nickname, "Ringo":
He was born Richard Starkey in Liverpool, England. As a boy, young Richie got an infection that put him in a coma. On his seventh birthday, he was in the hospital -- and doctors didn't expect him to survive.
In 1962, an ambitious Liverpool group needed a new drummer. John, Paul and George picked Ringo -- and the greatest band in history was complete.
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... Into the future.
OK, so wrong band, but right sentiment. 
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It was awesome. 
Heard about this on the radio on my way home from work tonight.
Happy Birthday Ringo!
