Lee Starkey: Biography, Age, Boyfriend, Brain Tumor, triplets and more

Lee Starkey is a fashion designer and make-up artist. She is best known for being the daughter of former Beatle Ringo Starr. And she’s also famous for being the co-owner of a Los Angeles boutique called Planet Alice.

Lee Starkey’s Early life –

Lee Starkey was born on 11 November 1970 at Queen Charlotte Maternity Hospital in London and is the daughter of Ringo Starr and Maureen Starkey. Her father is a musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, and her mother was a hairdresser.

Her full name is Lee Parkin Starkey and she is 52 years old as of 2022. Her horoscope is Scorpio and she belongs to the White ethnicity.

She has two older brothers named Zak Starkey and Jason Starkey. Zak is a drummer, and Jason is a musician and photographer.

In 1975, her parents separated, and Maureen received custody of the children, while Starr was given visitation rights. After the divorce, her father Starr married actress Barbara Bach on 27 April 1981, and her mother Maureen married Isaac Tigret on 27 May 1989. However, in 1994, Lee’s mother was diagnosed with leukemia and died on 30 December 1994.

Career & Education –

During the 1980s, Lee continued to attend King Alfred School, but her interest in beautician and fashion designing inspired her to pursue a career that suited her personality. So at the age of 16, she left school, and without any qualification, she worked as a make-up artist and beautician.

 But she did not get much success, it seems that at that time she was confused about her career. She briefly worked at Tower Records. She then attended drama school for a while but withdrew after disliking it. 

She enrolled in an art school and although she managed to obtain a bachelor’s degree, she did not like it either. She worked at Tower Records and A Hard Rock Cafe, which was owned by her stepfather, Isaac Tigratt. She also co-starred with her father in a car advertisement.

In the late 1980s, as she began her steps to success, Lee opened a boutique clothing store with her friend Christian Paris called Planet Elise, which specialized in clothing designed in the style of the 1960s.

In 1991, at the suggestion of his mother, Lee moved his store to Los Angeles. His father Ringo Starr, his stepmother, his mother Maureen, and his stepfather Isaac were present at the official opening of the store located on Melrose Avenue. That the same year, Lee moved into a house in Beverly Hills, which he shared with his brothers, Jason and Jack, his mother, stepfather, and half-sister, Augusta, but his store closed within a year, and he went back to Britain.

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Cancer fight –

After the death of Lee’s Mom, In August 1995, Lee was diagnosed with a brain tumor after a stroke. He had numbness in his legs and arms, although the tumor was curable. Lee was transferred to a hospital in the United States to continue his treatment. Within three weeks she had a second operation at Brigham Women’s Hospital in Boston. Then she was given radiation treatment. Lee moved to his stepfather’s home on Mulholland Drive in the San Fernando Valley to recover. She returned to the UK in December 1995 to spend Christmas with her family.

Suddenly in 2001, the tumor had returned, forcing Lee to continue treatment. But thanks to the efforts made in its recovery, today Lee has made a full recovery.

Lee Starkey dating history-

According to the source, Lee Starkey dated Mark Phillips, a Welsh singer, in the mid-1980s. But they parted ways in 1989.

Lee and Ian McNab began dating in 2001, the first time they met at Ringo Starr’s one-off gig in Monte Carlo. after two years of dating in 2003, they parted their ways.

Now since 2006, she has been dating former Kasabian and guitarist Jay Mehler, on 29 June 2009 she announced that she was expecting a tripling. And in 2009 she gave birth to triplets, two boys, Smokey and Jakamo, and a girl, Ruby Tiger. Now they are 12 years old as of 2022.

Lee Starkey’s physical appearance –

Lee currently lives in London and is currently a makeup artist, a stylist, and a budding fashion designer. She has been seen at her brothers’ concerts, Stella’s fashion shows.

Brijesh Patel