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The Fab Four's personal assistant and road manager was killed by police in January 1976. Here's the sad story of one of the stars of the recent Get Back documentary.

Former Beatles roadie Mal Evans — who went on late-night runs for everything from pot to socks, and shielded them from mobs of fans during the height of Beatlemania — gets his own close-up in a new biography.

Out now is "Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans" by Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack. Written with the full participation of Evans' family, it's the first in-depth look at the life of an indispensable part of the Beatles' history. Evans started as one of the band's roadies and went on to become a confidant as well as a contributor to their music; he "played" the anvil for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," the tambourine on "...

Out now is "Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans" by Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack. Written with the full participation of Evans' family, it's the first in-depth look at the life of an indispensable part of the Beatles' history. Evans started as one of the band's roadies and went on to become a confidant as well as a contributor to their music; he "played" the anvil for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," the tambourine on "...

Out now is "Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans" by Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack. Written with the full participation of Evans' family, it's the first in-depth look at the life of an indispensable part of the Beatles' history. Evans started as one of the band's roadies and went on to become a confidant as well as a contributor to their music; he "played" the anvil for "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," the tambourine on "...

This view of the Beatles through the eyes of their closest aide shows not just the workload of the group, but how the Beatles demands became part of the crumbling scaffolding of Mal Evanss life.

A new biography resuscitates the colorful, tragic life of Mal Evans: roadie, confidant, procurer, cowbell player.

Beatles roadie Mal Evans was killed in 1976 at age 40. He is the subject of a new book by Kenneth Womack that details his life and tragic death in Los Angeles.

Both things can be true at once.

Long to the frustration of fans, much of Lennons answers to questions in his last filmed interview are drowned out by - somewhat bizarrely - the sound of the first Star Wars movie.