John Lennon told his fellow Beatles he was ready to quit
the group in 1969. Paul McCartney went public with the news the band was
breaking up in 1970. But a divorce of this magnitude takes time. Just sorting
out who got what percent of royalties from which songs must have been a
logistical nightmare. It wasn’t until 1974 that the band officially signed papers
to end the most famous rock group in the world. When it came time to sign,
Ringo was in England. (Today, at age 81, he still lives in Liverpool.) George
and Paul were in New York (Paul, 79, now lives in London, near the Abbey Road zebra
crossing). John, on Christmas holiday with his family at Walt Disney World, was
the last to sign. So, the Beatles officially ended December 24, 1974 at the
Polynesian Resort with the Seven Seas Lagoon and the Cinderella Castle in the
background.
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