Maureen Cox Tigrett, 47; Ex-Wife of Ringo Starr

Maureen Cox Tigrett, former wife of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, died Friday of complications after a bone marrow transplant, hospital officials said.

Mrs. Tigrett, 47, who lived in Beverly Hills with her husband, music club entrepreneur Isaac Tigrett, had come to Seattle in October for treatment of a pre-leukemia condition, said a spokesman for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Mrs. Tigrett was married to Starr in the Beatles’ heyday from 1965 to 1975. After they broke up, she married Tigrett, founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants.