# Happy Birthday, Billy Shears! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730 "2017-07-08T01:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/1 "2017-07-08T01:42:10Z")
Happy 77th birthday to the One and Only Ringo Starr. I salute you, Mr. Starkey. May you always get by with a little help from your friends. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/2 "2017-07-08T02:05:29Z")
Peace and love, Richie! (bonus Beatles trivia: it was 60 years ago yesterday that John and Paul first met) ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/3 "2017-07-08T07:33:57Z")
Wasn’t it twenty years ago today ? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/4 "2017-07-08T09:19:40Z")
He’s carrying the contraband [stolen Death Star plans!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NYD3QtyEGGM&feature=youtu.be&list=PL8s6sSjUyaxUk3mCUqiNuJiMNxs9QdthO) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/5 "2017-07-08T11:22:41Z")
When did the objects of my teenage lust become old men??? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/6 "2017-07-08T12:45:49Z")
both Ringo & Paul look pretty damn good for their ages: I’ll bet they pretty much switched to healthy lifestyles. recently watched Eight Days a Week (Ron Howard’s movie about their touring years) and they all smoked cigarettes constantly back in the day. so, I’m guessing they quit that at some point. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/7 "2017-07-08T13:05:14Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > both Ringo & Paul look pretty damn good for their ages: I’ll bet they pretty much switched to healthy lifestyles. > > recently watched Eight Days a Week (Ron Howard’s movie about their touring years) and they all smoked cigarettes constantly back in the day. > > so, I’m guessing they quit that at some point. Paul has been a vegetarian for a very long time. He refused to give Weird Al Yancovic permission to turn _Live and Let Die_ into a song called _Chicken Pot Pie_, because he didn’t want to be seen as condoning eating meat. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/8 "2017-07-08T14:44:29Z")
Ringo has been completely sober for a couple of decades now; he used to be a mess. He’s quoted as saying that he wouldn’t have anyone around to his house unless they could get wasted together, mostly booze. “No, no, no, no, I don’t drink it no more. I’m tired of waking up on the floor.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730/9 "2017-07-08T16:58:27Z")
Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach have been married for 37 years! And Ringo is a great-grandfather, his granddaughter Tatie Starkey had a baby boy Stone Zacomo Low In August of 2016.