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Brian photographed at The Saville Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue, London which he’d bought a controlling share, on the 11th June 1965 - the same day it was announced the Beatles were to be awarded the MBE. 

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Brian Epstein who died 27th August 1967. 

Pictures are The Beatles and Brian Epstein at the Westwood Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, 27th-28th June 1966. On their way to Japan, the group had to make an unscheduled stop in Alaska to avoid Typhoon Kit. In these photos, taken by Robert Whitaker, bored Beatles and Brian are taking polaroid photos of each other while they wait out the typhoon - I think there is a real feel of the ‘eye of the storm’ to the photos, literal and metaphorical. In the last image John, George and Brian are examining a polaroid picture (reflected in John’s glasses?) 

“It seems to me that with everything going on, someone ought to be looking after you." [Brian on 3 December 1961, proposing the notion of him managing the Beatles to John, Paul, George and Pete. Quoted in The Beatles: A Biography by Bob Spitz.]

God bless you, Brian. x 

Pics: Robert Whitaker, courtesy of Getty Images.