Cilla Black unveils plaque to honour 'fifth Beatle'

Cilla Black yesterday honoured "fifth Beatle" Brian Epstein, the man who set her on the path to fame.

The former chart star turned TV host unveiled a plaque to mark the location of her former manager's London office in Covent Garden.

Epstein, who guided the career of the Beatles until his death in 1967, ran his NEMS company from 13 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, after relocating from Liverpool in 1963. The impresario was behind a number of acts, including Gerry And The Pacemakers.

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The ex-Blind Date presenter said: "He was a great man, the man that I knew – he was a true gentleman.He believed in me and I certainly believed in him. If he had said 'You can climb Mount Everest', I would have said 'Where's my backpack? I'm off'. I really would, because I believed in him."

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