26 Facts About Neil Aspinall

Neil Stanley Aspinall was a British music industry executive.

On behalf of Apple, Neil Aspinall was involved in court cases against Allen Klein, EMI and Apple Computer.

Neil Aspinall supervised the marketing of music, videos and merchandising, as well being a director of Standby Films, which was run from his home in Twickenham, London.

On 10 April 2007, Neil Aspinall retired from Apple Corps and died of lung cancer in New York in 2008.

Neil Aspinall was born in Prestatyn, North Wales, after his mother had been evacuated from the family home in Liverpool because of the air-raids on Liverpool during the Second World War, while Neil Aspinall's father was away at sea with the Royal Navy.

Neil Aspinall later attended West Derby School, where he passed his 11-Plus exams.

When he was twelve years old, Neil Aspinall gained a place at the Liverpool Institute in Mount Street, and was in the same class as Paul McCartney for English and Art lessons.

Neil Aspinall was doing his first term at Liverpool College of Art which overlooks the Liverpool Institute playground and we all got together in a students coffee bar at lunchtime.

Neil Aspinall later rented a room in the house and became very good friends with then-Beatle Pete Best.

Neil Aspinall was furious and said that he would stop working for the band as well, but Best strongly advised him not to.

Neil Aspinall stayed with the band, ending his affair with Best's mother, a relationship that had led to the birth of baby Vincent "Roag" Best.

Neil Aspinall denied the story for years before publicly acknowledging that he was indeed Roag's father.

Neil Aspinall worked closely with Epstein, who provided weekly notes for Neil Aspinall to give to the group's stage act, their concert appearances, and the fees they would receive.

Pepper's could be completed by Peter Blake, Neil Aspinall was sent out to find photographs of all of the people that were to be shown on the front cover.

The Beatles asked Neil Aspinall to take over the management of Apple Corps in 1968, which had been founded in April of the same year.

Neil Aspinall accompanied McCartney and Lennon to New York on 11 May 1968, to announce the formation of Apple to the American Media.

Derek Taylor said that Neil Aspinall hated being stuck in the Apple office all through the recording of The White Album and Let It Be album.

McCartney praised Neil Aspinall for trademarking the Apple name worldwide, and called Neil Aspinall "Mr X" in the Apple Corps organisation.

In September 2003, Apple Computer, Inc was again sued by Apple Corps, this time for the introduction of the iTunes Music Store and the iPod, which Neil Aspinall and Apple Corps believed was a violation of the previous agreement for Apple Computer to not distribute music.

Neil Aspinall was involved in several court cases in which Apple Corps took action against EMI:.

Neil Aspinall continued to advise the surviving Beatles, as well as Lennon's and Harrison's estates, and to supervise the marketing of music, music videos and merchandising.

In 1961 and 1962, Neil Aspinall had become good friends with Pete Best and subsequently rented a room in the house where Best lived with his parents.

On 30 August 1968, Neil Aspinall married Suzy Ornstein at the Chelsea Register Office, London, with Magic Alex as best man.

Suzy Neil Aspinall is the daughter of Bud Ornstein, the late chief executive of United Artists Pictures.

Neil Aspinall died of lung cancer in New York City in 2008.

Neil Aspinall's funeral was at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Twickenham.