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Jason Starkey was born on August 19, 1967 in London, England, in the "Summer of Love" to Richard and Maureen Starkey.
His parents divorced when he was 7 years old, his mother, Maureen, had custody of Jay, his older brother Zak and younger sister Lee with Richie having visitation rights.
Jason mostly stayed out of the public eye- but in the 1980s he was arrested for drug possession twice and stealing a car radio.
For a brief time, he was in a band with his brother, playing drums for Musty Jack Sponge and the Exploding Nudists. Jason continued to drum for various bands. In the mid 1980's he was with Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers.
On December 30, 1994, Jason was at his mother's side with his family when Maureen died from complications of leukemia.
He was then part of the band The People's Friend and the Empire of Sponge (with former members from The People's Friend) who released a CD single in January of 2003. In 2003 they appear in and around London and Brighton.
Jason lives in England with Flora Evans and they have a son, Louie, who was born in 1999 and another son, Sonny, in 2002.
On August 19th 1967, Maureen's and Ringo's second son was born, and he was called Jason after a Greek mythological hero, by Maureen.
On August 26th 1967 Maureen left the Hospital and her mum Flo collected her.
The following two pics are from circa late January-early February 1968 and are samily portraits for the Beatles authorized biography by Hunter Davies. Both were taken by Ringo (one with a delayed action shutter).
Circa March 1968 - Family portraits soon after Ringo & Maureen returned home from India (two of them taken provably by Ringo with a delayed action shutter).
Home at Sunny Heights in 1968 Jason (pictured with his dad) shows an early love for drumming!
December 1968 - Maureen and Ringo with children Jason and Zak at the Apple Christmas party. Also attended Peter Asher and Alistair Taylor.
1969, May 16th - Ringo Starr, his wife Maureen and sons Zak and Jason board the Q.E. 2 for trip to New York to shoot location sequences for the film "The Magic Christian", in which Ringo co-stars with Peter Sellers.
May 22, 1969 - The Starkeys arriving at the port in New York City after their voyage aboard the QE2.
1969, July 2nd - Maureen, Ringo and their son Jason at their house in Brookfields.
Circa August 1969 - The Starkey family posing at Sunny Heights.
September 13th, 1970 - Ringo and Jason at home for Zak's 5th birthday.
On November 11th 1970 Lee Parkin was born, and Jason and his older brother Zak went to see their new sister at Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
Circa 1976 - Starkeys school portrait.
May 23, 1977 - Maureen with children Jason, Zak and Lee. Photographs by Deborah Chesher. From the book, 'Everybody I Shot Is Dead', 2007.
The next 3 photos are by Nancy Lee Andrews (Ringo's girlfriend from 1974 to 1980) and were published in her book "A Dose of Rock'n'Roll" (2008).
On the left: Circa 1975-77 - Nancy's caption: "Yum, fish 'n' chips at The Hunter's Inn, Devon." Zak, Jason and Lee in Devon, England during an outing with Ringo and Nancy.
On the right: Circa 1975-77 - Nancy's caption: "Ringo is a great father and story teller." About Zak, Jason & Lee: "They were wonderful kids and adored their father, who doted on them in return. Ringo was very much a hands-on father. At home we played cards, worked on puzzels and cooked everyone's favorite meals. We also spent time at the movies, in museums and took day trips in the country. It was all very family oriented."
Far below: August 1977 - Nancy Lee Andrews posing with Lee, Jason and Zak in Los Angeles.
August 4th 1977 - Ringo and his kids.
August 1978, Jason, Ringo and Lee at a Playboy Club party that Ringo took his ex-wife Maureen and their three children to.
On 27th april 1981 Ringo Starr married model and actress Barbara Bach. Here is a family picture of them in 1981, with Jason, Lee, Francesca Gregorini (Barbara's daughter from previous marriage) and all the family. Also in the second row there are Ringo's parents, Elise Gleave Starkey Graves and Harry Graves (Ringo's step-dad).
Opening of the New York Hard Rock Cafe on 12th March 1984. Attended Maureen, Jason (16), Lee (14), Isaac Tigrett (Maureen's boyfriend and Hard Rock Cafe owner), Julian Lennon (20) and other friends.
On September 7th 1985, niece Tatia Jayne (brother Zak and wife Sarah's daughter) was born. Jay with his mum and siblings went to the hospital to see her.
Jay on 1987 (aged 20).
Jay and sister Lee partying on 1989.
On the left: Zak, Lee and Jason at mum Maureen's wedding to Isaac Tigrett in Monaco, on May 29th 1989.
On the right: Jason and Lee with friend Bill Harry and Cynthia Lennon at Lennon's Restaurant, owned by Cynthia, 1989.
1990 - May 5 Lennon Memorial, Lee appearing with Jason at their stepdad's Hard Rock Cafe for the John Lennon memorial concert at the Pier Head in Liverpool.
American actress Barbara Bach with her family, circa 1991. On either side of her are her children by her first husband, Gian Andrea ('Gianni') and Francesca Gregorini. Surrounding them are her second husband Ringo Starr's children by an earlier marriage, Jason, Lee and Zak Starkey, with Zak's wife Sarah and daughter Tatia.
On 1991, Lee Starkey (Jason's younger sister) relocated her "Planet Alice" boutique from London to Beberly Hills, where their mum was living with Isaac Tigrett, and on May 1991 it was the opening of the store. Jason and brother Zak, their parents Ringo and Maureen and their step-parents Barbara Bach and Isaac Tigrett attended at the party.
On the left: April 6th 1992 - Jay, Mary McCartney, Lee & Zak, among other friends, attended to the Natural Law party charity in support of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
On the right: May 21st 1992: Jason, Lee, Maureen, Mary and Stella McCartney, with other people, were hanging out at Maureen's husband, Isaac Tigrett's Hard Rock Cafe in London for the Sticky Fingers 3rd Birthday Party.
On the left: January 27th 1993 - Lee & brother Jason attended the opening of Linda McCartney's exhibition of Sixties portraits at the Hamilton Gallery in Carlos Place, Grosvenor Square, London.
On the right: September 1993 - wedding of Barbara Bach's sister, Marjorie, to Lord Alexander Rufus Isaac in Gloucestershire, England.
Various Jason Starkey pictures from early 1990s.
On the left: Lee with brother Jason at the Chloe Party for Stella McCartney at Prism Restaurant, London, on March 28th 2001. Pictured by Richard Young.
On the right: 2001, October 30th - Jason and partner Flora Evans with Paul McCartney at Mary McCartney photography exhibition at Hemple Hotel, London. Picture by Richard Young.
Lee and brother Jason at the Dazed and Confused Party helded at the Great Eastern Hotel in London on 21st January 2002.
Below: Family picture in Monaco 2002. From left to right: Zak Starkey, Lee Starkey, Barbara Bach, Ringo Starr and Jason Starkey.
Right: Lee and brother Jason, with son, attend the funeral of John Entwistle, guitarist with The Who, at St. Edward's Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, UK, Wednesday 10 July, 2002.
Right: October 10th 2002 - Jason attending at the Bill Wyman book launch.
Left: May 15th 2003 - Jason Starkey attends the launch party for 'Stella McCartney London' clothes store, London.
May 25th 2004 - Jason and Flora and Dhani and then girlfriend Beth Earl attended at Stella's first year in Style at her shop, London.
ca. 2006 - Jason with Louie and Sonny
April 1st 2008 - Jason and Flora attended, with Lee, at the Agent Provocateur Spring/Summer Collection Party at the Louise T Blouin Foundation, London.
2009, May 13th - Jason Starkey and Flora Evans arrive at the world film premiere of 'The Unloved' at the Odeon Covent Garden in London, England.
Picture by Dave M. Benett.
2009, November 7th - Jason Starkey and Flora Evans, siblings Zak and Lee (with partney Jay Mehler) and Tom Mehigan attend the launch of Liam Gallagher's clothing line, Pretty Green, at the Gore Hotel in London. Picture by Dave M. Bennett.
* Very Special thanks to Jeannette, from the Beatleschildren site, for the info and some of this pictures. As well, many thanks to Sentimentalist and Lynn for some of the pictures*
