Trivia

Served as best man at Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey's wedding in 1965.

He formed The Beatles's final lineup and image, thus becoming the original manager of the Beatles as they are known to the world. He fired drummer Pete Best who did not pass the critical audition at Abbey Road Studios.

Inducted into the Personal Managers Hall of Fame in 2016.

John Lennon has stated that the Beatles died when Brian Epstein died, though most fans point to Yoko Ono as the ultimate reason leading to the band's break-up.

It has often-- but erroneously-- been repeated that John Lennon wrote the song "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away," after rejecting one of Brian's romantic advances. No credible information to substantiate this apocrypha exists, despite being published by many mainstream publications.

Studied for three terms at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London; his classmates included Peter O'Toole and Susannah York.

Sponsored the only concerts given in England by The Monkees in the 1960s; a series of shows at Wembley.

Epstein's body was first discovered by his personal assistant Alistair Taylor on August 27, 1967, in his London flat. He had died of a combined alcohol and barbiturate overdose, ruled as accidental, at the age age of 32. A coroner ruled that his death was caused by "incautious self-overdoses" of Carbital and other barbiturates; he had continued to take the pills without allowing earlier doses to flush out of his system, finally building up to toxic levels. All the same, there was speculation that Epstein had either committed suicide (which he had earlier attempted by overdose), or had been poisoned as part of a conspiracy. The Beatles and Epstein's staff rejected both possibilities, considering his death an unfortunate accident.

While he preferred listening to classical music, he had a keen sense of pop music trends.

Appeared without any of the Beatles on live American TV on the night of October 18, 1964 when he was a contestant on "What's My Line?" (1950). After panelist Bennett Cerf guessed his line, moderator John Daly plugged Epstein's new book "A Cellarful of Noise".

Was dismissed from the British Army for being "incurably civilian", but was given a good character reference: "Sober, conscientious, and utterly trustworthy".

Epstein at first thought the name The Beatles sounded silly, when he saw it on a Liverpool concert bill. In asking his staff about them, though, he was surprised to learn they were among his frequent customers, sometimes browsing NEMS between shows at the Cavern, and he'd liked the members he'd dealt with.

Was given a copy of The Velvet Underground's first album (with the banana cover) by one of his contacts, and played it almost incessantly during a 1967 vacation. Reportedly considered bringing the Velvets to England to perform, but died before things could be worked out.

His autobiography "A Cellarful of Noise" was published in October 1964, during the height of "Beatlemania".

Was The Beatles' second manager (after Allan Williams), and referred to them as "the boys".

Along with their business dealings, he and George Martin also developed a casual friendship; he would join Martin and wife-to-be Judy Lockhart-Smith on afternoons or evenings out. Epstein's wedding gift to the two was a set of silver napkin rings - eleven, to commemorate the number present at the bridal dinner.

Besides The Beatles, he also managed Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer, and Tommy Quickly, while his NEMS Enterprises lineup included The Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix and Cream.

Ran a record shop concession in a chain of furniture stores owned by his father.