Original: Malcolm ` Mal ' Evans ( b. Malcolm Frederick Evans , 27 May 1935 , d. 5 January 1976 ) is best known as the road manager , assistant , and a friend of The Beatles : John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr .
Simplified: Malcolm ` Mal ' Evans ( May 27 , 1935 -- January 5 , 1976 ) was a road manager and assistant to The Beatles , the most popular rock and roll band of the 1960s .