Talking of The Beatles, councillors in Liverpool have backed plans for some kind of memorial for the Fab Four's former manager Brian Epstein, who died back in 1967, of course, from an overdose of sleeping pills.
However, a friend of Epstein's, Rex Makin, opposes the move. "I think it's rubbish, I don't believe in statues of any kind", he said. "Brian's work with the Beatles is there - it doesn't need any monument. He wouldn't have wanted one, the family wouldn't have wanted it. Brian was a very private person. It just seems to be people jumping on a bandwagon".
Councillor Eddie Clein, who also knew Epstein, and who proposed the motion, defended the idea, saying: "I spoke to the council and 88 out of 90 councillors thought it was an excellent idea. Brian was a very private person but we are talking about the impact that the Beatles made on not just Liverpool, or this country, but right round the world. Those of a younger generation have never heard of him and that is sad because you really can't think or talk of the Beatles without associating it with Brian so we need to do something to preserve that".