Freddy Starr was born in Ulster Road, Liverpoolt the age of four, he moved with his family to Huyton. One of seven children, Starr was the son of a bricklayer, who was often unemployed. According to Freddy, his mother Hilda was from Germany and was Jewish
Freddys father, was also a bare-knuckled boxer, was drunk he repeatedly beat Starr up when he was a young child. In one incident, his father broke both of his son's legs.
Freddy stopped speaking, and was taken into care. As a result of these experiences, he was teetotal for life.[8] In his 2001 autobiography Unwrapped, Starr gives speech problems as the reason he spent two years away from home as a child.[9] He attended Sylvester's Primary, and later Huyton Secondary Modern. His father died when Starr was in his early teens.[7][10]
Throughout his life he was married five times, fathering six children. Before Mr Starr took himself away to enjoy the Spanish sun, he had landed himself in the press for a number of less than flattering issues including his ex-wife leaving him for a younger man
Freddy Starr was found dead at his home in Mijas, on the Costa del Sol, Spain, on 9 May 2019, aged 76. A post-mortem showed that he died from coronary artery disease.
27 июн 2024
