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Original Beatles drummer Pete Best buries hatchet with Ringo Starr by wishing him a happy 80th birthday

RINGO Starr was offered a surprise olive branch on his 80th birthday — from original Beatles drummer Pete Best.

Best, 78, fired in 1962 just before the band hit the big time with Ringo, appeared to finally bury the hatchet.

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Ringo Starr was offered a surprise olive branch on his 80th birthday — from original Beatles drummer Pete BestCredit: Getty Images - Getty
, to celebrate his birthday, the veteran star said: 80? Man, I’m only 24 in here.

Celebrating his 80th birthday the star drummer said: 'We’re sort of saying I’m still 79, because we’re hopefully celebrating properly next year'Credit: AP:Associated Press

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"That’s a good thing and a bad thing. Yeah, 80, it’s like, far out. I mean, it’s like, 'What?' It’s a difficult one.

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"70 was easy. And we had a great time in Radio City Music Hall in New York where Paul surprised me and got up and played.

"I think 40 was the hardest. Crossing 40 was like –  you know, that damn song, “Life Begins at 40.” That was just the hardest."

The Beatles - John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and original drummer Pete BestCredit: Rex Features
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