caption death_date death_place religion birth_place children other_names image_size nationality name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
still video of maureen from the `` something '' promotional 30 december 1994 seattle , washington , usa catholic liverpool , england zak starkey jason starkey lee starkey augusta tigrett mo starkey 220px british maureen starkey tigrett joseph cox florence barrett 4 august 1946 ringo starr 1965 1975 isaac tigrett 1989 1994 maureen starkey.jpg maureen starkey tigrett
 mary cox hairdresser leukaemia
maureen starkey tigrett

maureen `` mo '' starkey tigrett , born mary cox , -lrb- 4 august 1946 -- 30 december 1994 -rrb- was a hairdresser from liverpool , england , best known as the first wife of the beatles ' drummer , ringo starr .
she met starr at the cavern club , where the beatles were playing , when she was a trainee hairdresser in liverpool .
starr proposed marriage at the ad-lib club in london , on 20 january 1965 .
they married at the caxton hall register office , london , in 1965 , and divorced in 1975 .
first living at 34 montagu square , marylebone , the starrs bought sunny heights , in st george 's hill , weybridge .
in 1973 , they bought tittenhurst park from john lennon .
they had three children together : zak , jason , and a daughter , lee .
as a favour to starr , frank sinatra recorded a special version of `` the lady is a tramp '' for maureen 's 22nd birthday in 1968 .
maureen died at home of leukaemia on 30 december 1994 , after receiving treatment at the fred hutchinson cancer research center in seattle , washington .
her four children , mother , then-husband and ex-husband starr were at her bedside when she died .
