Editing Neil Aspinall (section)

==Personal life and death==
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In 1961 and 1962, Aspinall had become good friends with Pete Best and subsequently rented a room in the house where Best lived with his parents. During one of the extended business trips of Best's stepfather, the 19-year-old<ref>[http://music.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2267866,00.html Williams, Richard. "Obituary – Neil Aspinall"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 25 March 2008</ref> Aspinall became romantically involved with Best's mother, Mona Best, who was 17 years his senior. As a result, during this period, Aspinall fathered a child by Mona: Vincent "Roag" Best.{{sfn|Lennon|2005|p=44}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/Reviews/books/drummedout.htm |title=Review of "Drummed Out" – The sacking of Pete Best |access-date=2007-02-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217070644/http://www.iol.ie/~beatlesireland/Reviews/books/drummedout.htm |archive-date=17 December 2007 |df=dmy-all }}  iol.ie/~beatlesireland – Retrieved 17 July 2009.</ref> Roag Best was born in late July 1962, and just three weeks later, on 16 August 1962, Best was dismissed from the Beatles.<ref name="MerseyBeatNeilAspinall"/>{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=331}}

On 30 August 1968, Aspinall married Suzy Ornstein at the [[Chelsea Register Office]], London,<ref>[http://www.beatles.ws/bpeople.htm ''Beatles People'' – Photo of Neil Aspinall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202092454/http://www.beatles.ws/bpeople.htm |date=2 February 2007 }} beatles.ws/bpeople – Retrieved 12 February 2007</ref> with [[Magic Alex]] as best man. McCartney, Starr and his wife attended, and were also at a surprise party held later in the King's Road, London.<ref name="1968Beatleshistory">{{cite web |first=Dmitry  |last=Murashev  |url=http://www.dmbeatles.com/history.php?year=1968 |title=1968 year in Beatles history  |publisher=DM Beatles |date=12 April 2008 |access-date=6 August 2008}}</ref> Suzy Aspinall is the daughter of Bud Ornstein, the late chief executive of [[United Artists]] Pictures (UK). Aspinall had met her during 1964/1965 when her father was the United Artists representative overseeing the production of the first two Beatles' films: ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]''. They went on to have four children: daughters Gayla, Dhara, Mandy and son Julian.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/arts/music/25aspinall.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1206486377-GiwLxA+xJ80Cb10VB3LXNg Neil Aspinall, Beatles’ Aide, Dies at 66 by Allan Kozinn; The New York Times – 25 March 2008]  nytimes.com – Retrieved 25 March 2008</ref> As well as his work for Apple Corps, Aspinall and his wife were the sole directors of their own Standby Films Ltd. company, which is run from their home in Twickenham, London.<ref name="MerseyBeatNeilAspinallPage2"/> In 1999, Standby Films released a film about [[Jimi Hendrix]], called ''[[Band of Gypsys|Hendrix: Band of Gypsys]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Hendrix: Band of Gypsys Live at the Fillmore East |others=Jimi Hendrix |year=1999 |type=DVD cover |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCADV-12008 |location=Universal City, California |OCLC=42585927}}</ref>

Aspinall died of lung cancer in New York City in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Neil Aspinall, 'the fifth Beatle', dies aged 66 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582594/Neil-Aspinall-the-fifth-Beatle-dies-aged-66.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1582594/Neil-Aspinall-the-fifth-Beatle-dies-aged-66.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |quote=Neil Aspinall, who has died aged 66, was the Beatles' original road manager and went on to run the group's business empire for 40 years; he became their chief confidant and, although not the only contender for the title of the fifth Beatle, perhaps deserved the accolade more than most. ...|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=25 March 2008 |access-date=23 September 2012 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pr-inside.com/mccartney-visits-aspinall-as-he-fights-r498936.htm | title = McCartney Visits Aspinall as he Fights | access-date = 24 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329001906/http://www.pr-inside.com/mccartney-visits-aspinall-as-he-fights-r498936.htm |archive-date = 29 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="AspinallObituary">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7311862.stm |title=Obituary: Neil Aspinall |publisher=BBC |date=24 March 2008|access-date=25 March 2008}}</ref> His funeral was at the [[St Mary's, Twickenham|Church of St Mary the Virgin]] in Twickenham. [[Stella McCartney]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Barbara Bach]] (wife of Starr), [[George Martin]], [[Pete Best]] and [[Pete Townshend]] attended the funeral, with Townshend playing [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]" as a tribute. The private service was followed by Aspinall's burial at [[Teddington Cemetery]].<ref name="Aspinalfuneral">{{cite web |first=Anita |last=Singh |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/08/nbeat108.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412064852/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2008%2F04%2F08%2Fnbeat108.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2008 |title=Yoko Ono and Stella McCartney attend 'fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall's funeral |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 April 2008 |access-date=27 April 2008 }}</ref> Aspinall left nearly £7 million in his [[Will (law)|will]] in a [[Trust law|trust]], with the income going to Suzy, his wife of 40 years.<ref name="£7milwill">{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Weston |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/28/beatles-aide-left-7m-in-will-64375-21415890/ |title=Beatles' aide left £7m in will |work=[[Liverpool Daily Post]] |date=28 July 2008 |access-date=30 July 2008}}</ref>