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Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Preservationists and Beatles fans in Liverpool have saved Ringo Starr 's birthplace and early childhood home from being demolished, Britain's Telegraph reports . Developers had sought to tear down the three-bedroom terrace house at 9 Madryn St. , but the property will instead be renovated and put on the market. "Ringo Starr's home is a significant beacon of Beatlemania, a bricks and mortar reminder of a hugely important influence on British music," said Grant Shapps, a government housing minister instrumental [...]