caption death_date death_place birth_name alias birth_place years_active label image_size background birth_date image article_title name occupation
alistair taylor on visual radio # 81 9 june 2004 chesterfield , derbyshire , england james alistair taylor mr. fixit runcorn , cheshire , england 1961 -- 1969 apple 200px non_performing_personnel 21 june 1935 captured12.jpg alistair taylor
 alistair taylor personal assistant , general manager
alistair taylor

james alistair taylor -lrb- 21 june 1935 -- 9 june 2004 -rrb- was the english personal assistant of brian epstein , the manager of the beatles .
as an employee at epstein 's company nems , taylor accompanied him when he first saw the beatles perform , at the cavern club in liverpool on 9 november 1961 .
taylor subsequently worked as the group 's so-called `` mr fixit '' , devising escape routes from crazed fans and assisting the band members in purchasing property .
he later became general manager of apple corps but was fired soon after allen klein arrived to address the company 's financial problems .
taylor published various memoirs of his years in the beatles ' employ , including `` yesterday : the beatles remembered '' and `` with the beatles '' .
