Having won some money from other state funds, it will refurbish 32 of the houses in the Welsh Streets, including the birthplace of Ringo Starr, a Beatle, as well as a few hundred elsewhere in the city.

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Over the past 40 years, he's written, arranged and played keyboards for everyone from The Byrds and The Grateful Dead to Ringo Starr, Judy Collins, Paul Revere and the Raiders and U2.

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In late 2008, he married Marjorie Bach, whose sister Barbara is the spouse of Ringo Starr.

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