the New Seekers, Bob Monkhouse, and Hello, as well as handling the European tours of American artists, including David Cassidy, Gladys Knight, David Soul, the Monkees, Tony Bennett, the Jackson Five, Andy Williams, and Neil Sedaka. In 1980, partly because he disliked the unsavory images portrayed by the era's new wave of punk bands, Tony Barrow quit the PR business to return to freelance journalism, writing various books, including a career guide, Inside The Music Business (co-authored with Julian Newby), and John, Paul, George, Ringo & Me, his memoir of the 1960s. By 2007, he had become the last surviving professional writer from the Beatles' original inner circle of business aides and associates, and was continuing to take on selected writing and broadcasting assignments, including some directly linked to his years with the Beatles. Contrary to newspaper reports that Barrow died at his home in Morecambe, Lancashire, he actually died in the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on 14 May 2016, three days after his 80th birthday. Books The Making of the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour (1999) John, Paul, George, Ringo and Me: The Real Beatles Story (2006) References 1936 births 2016 deaths Alumni of Durham University The Beatles English public relations people People educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby People from Crosby, Merseyside