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Ringo Starr and Make-A-Wish: A teenage drummer gets to meet the Beatle

Were it not an English hospital worker who used percussion instruments to help relieve boredom of patients undergoing long-term treatment, a 13-year-old kid battling tuberculosis named Richard Starkey might never have fallen in love with the drums, changed his name...

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21:21 on March 31 2011

Ringo Starr and Make-A-Wish: A teenage drummer gets to meet the Beatle

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Were it not an English hospital worker who used percussion instruments to help relieve boredom of patients undergoing long-term treatment, a 13-year-old kid battling tube... more info

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