{"id":64271,"date":"2021-11-08T06:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=64271"},"modified":"2021-11-08T06:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:56:55","slug":"brian-epstein-the-beatles-jewish-manager-to-be-honored-with-a-statue-in-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/brian-epstein-the-beatles-jewish-manager-to-be-honored-with-a-statue-in-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Epstein, the Beatles\u2019 Jewish manager, to be honored with a statue in Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By SHIRA HANAU<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 The Beatles\u2019 Jewish manager who was credited with ushering the band to global fame and success will be memorialized with a statue in Liverpool, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64272\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64272\" class=\"wp-image-64272 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 225px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 225\/300;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64272\" class=\"wp-image-64272 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Brian_Epstein.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-64272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beatles manager Brian Epstein. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brian Epstein, born on Yom Kippur to a family of Russian and Lithuanian Jewish descent, first discovered The Beatles in 1961 at the Cavern Club in Liverpool. He became the band\u2019s manager in 1962, overseeing the group\u2019s transformation from a scruffy local band to the suit-wearing global sensation who would play on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show\u201d in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein lived his life as both a closeted gay man and a Jew, two identities that made life especially difficult in 1960s England. Members of The Beatles often joked with Epstein about his sexual orientation, according to a memoir written by Ivor Davis, a Jewish journalist who covered the band\u2019s American tour in 1964.<\/p>\n<p>Once, according to Davis, Lennon joked that Epstein should name his memoir \u201cQueer Jew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for the Brian Epstein Legacy Project, the group behind the statue, told the BBC it would be the first statue in Liverpool to commemorate an LGBT person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough his sexuality was not publicly known until after his death, it was well known amongst his friends and business associates [and he] faced many personal challenges,\u201d the spokeswoman told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cEpstein was only 32 when he died and did not live to see the changes that could have impacted on his freedom to publicly express his sexuality [as] laws were changed a month after his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Epstein died of a drug overdose in 1967 at the age of 32. 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