In 2008 Beatles drummer Ringo Starr decided he had had enough and could no longer take the pressure of accepting fan mail. In a “serious message to everybody watching” he informed fans with “peace and love” that after the 20th of October no more fan mail or objects would be signed – in fact anything sent to his address would be tossed in the garbage. “I’m warning you with peace and love, I have too much to do,” he told his fanbase.

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