Mal Evans
| Mal Evans | |
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(photo by Linda McCartney)
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| Born |
Malcolm Frederick Evans 27 May 1935 Liverpool, England |
| Died | 5 January 1976 (aged 40) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Cause of death | Homicide (Shot by police) |
| Occupation | Telephone engineer, Road manager, Personal assistant, Record producer |
| Known for | The Beatles' assistant and road manager |
| Spouse(s) | Lily (Lil) Evans |
| Children | Gary Evans, b. 1961 and Julie Evans, b. 1966 |
Malcolm Frederick "Mal" Evans (27 May 1935 – 5 January 1976) was the road manager, assistant, and a friend of the Beatles.
In the early 1960s, Evans was employed as a telephone engineer, and also worked part-time as a bouncer at the Cavern Club. The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, later hired Evans as the group's assistant road manager, in tandem with Neil Aspinall. Peter Brown (one of Epstein's staff) later wrote that Evans was "a kindly, but menacing-looking young man". Evans contributed to recordings, and appeared in some of the films the group made. After The Beatles stopped touring in 1966, Evans carried on assisting them until their break-up in 1970. From 1969, Evans also found work as a record producer (most notably with Badfinger's top 10 hit "No Matter What").
Evans was killed by police on 5 January 1976, at his home in Los Angeles. Officers were called when his girlfriend phoned the police and told them that Evans was confused and had a gun. The police mistook the air rifle Evans was holding for a rifle and shot him dead.
Details of Evans’ early life are unknown, apart from his birth date. No book has been written about him, although he wrote his memoirs, Living The Beatles' Legend, from which extracts were released on 20 March 2005. Anything known about him starts in 1961, when Evans married a Liverpool girl, Lily, after meeting her at a funfair in New Brighton opposite Liverpool on the Wirral. Their first child, Gary, was born in the same year. The Beatles were the resident group at Liverpool's Cavern Club when Evans first heard them perform during his lunch break. He was then living in Hillside Road, Mossley Hill and working as a telephone engineer for the Post Office. He became a committed fan, even though his musical hero at the time was Elvis Presley.
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