Q:Facts: - death place: new york city , new york , us - caption: aspinall in 2006 - death date: 24 march 2008 - spouse: suzy aspinall -lrb- nee ornstein -rrb- - children: vincent -rrb- , daughters gayla , dhara and mandy and son '' julian -lrb- with suzy aspinall -rrb- roag '' best -lrb- with mona best - birth date: 13 october 1941 - name: neil aspinall - image size: 200 px - image: neil aspinall 2006.jpg - birth place: prestatyn , denbighshire , wales , uk - occupation: road manager personal assistant record producer executive Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of neil aspinall .
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neil stanley aspinall -lrb- 13 october 1941 24 march 2008 -rrb- was a welsh-born british music industry executive .a school friend of paul mccartney and george harrison , he went on to head the beatles ' company apple corps .the beatles employed aspinall as their road manager and personal assistant , which included driving his old commer van to and from shows , both day and night .after mal evans started work for the beatles , aspinall was promoted to become their personal assistant , later becoming chief executive of their company , apple corps .on behalf of apple , aspinall was involved in notable court cases against allen klein , emi and apple computer .he supervised the marketing of music , videos and merchandising , as well being a director of standby films , which was run from his home in twickenham , london .on 10 april 2007 , aspinall retired from apple corps and died of lung cancer in new york in 2008 .