Henry James Beach[1][2] (born 9 March 1942), known as Jim Beach or "Miami" Beach, is a British lawyer and band manager, best known for being the long-time manager of the rock bandQueen, its individual members and the comedy group Monty Python.[3] He was nicknamed "Miami" by Freddie Mercury, a play on his surname. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer.
Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, together with Blur's Dave Rowntree.[4] Beach is also the co-founder of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which promotes AIDS prevention worldwide.[5] Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland.[6]
He is married to Claudia Beach and has a daughter, Matilda, and a son, Ol. Ol Beach is the frontman for the band Yellowire and was formerly the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor.[8]
beach, american, politician, james, beach, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, includes, attribution, imdb, imdb, reliable, source, biographical, information, please, help, adding, additional, reliable, sources, verific. For the American politician see James Beach This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification as it includes attribution to IMDb IMDb may not be a reliable source for biographical information Please help by adding additional reliable sources for verification Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful October 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Henry James Beach 1 2 born 9 March 1942 known as Jim Beach or Miami Beach is a British lawyer and band manager best known for being the long time manager of the rock band Queen its individual members and the comedy group Monty Python 3 He was nicknamed Miami by Freddie Mercury a play on his surname He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer Jim BeachBornHenry James Beach 1942 03 09 9 March 1942 age 81 Gloucester EnglandNationalityBritishOther namesMiamiOccupationsLawyermusic managerSpouseClaudia BeachChildren2 including MatildaBeach is co founder of Transistor Project together with Blur s Dave Rowntree 4 Beach is also the co founder of the Mercury Phoenix Trust which promotes AIDS prevention worldwide 5 Beach lives in Montreux Switzerland 6 Contents 1 Early life 2 Family 3 In popular culture 4 ReferencesEarly life EditBeach was born in Gloucester He was educated at Cheltenham College and Queens College Cambridge where he read law 7 He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights and in 1963 went on a road tour of England and Scotland with Monty Python s Eric Idle and Graeme Garden as the piano player 3 Family EditHe is married to Claudia Beach and has a daughter Matilda and a son Ol Ol Beach is the frontman for the band Yellowire and was formerly the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies discovered by Queen s Roger Taylor 8 In popular culture EditBeach was a producer in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody He was portrayed in the film by Tom Hollander 9 References Edit Jones Lesley Ann 15 June 2012 Freddie Mercury Sperling amp Kupfer ISBN 9788873396192 via Google Books Henry James Miami Beach Endole Directory Retrieved 11 December 2018 a b Idle Eric 2018 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life A Sortabiography Crown Archetype pp Chapter 5 ISBN 978 1984822581 Music Veterans Launch E Lable with outside Line New Media Age 13 May 2004 About us Mercuryphoenixtrust com Retrieved 20 February 2019 Archived copy Archived from the original on 24 October 2018 Retrieved 24 October 2018 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link University News Times 26 June 1964 MESSAGE FROM JIM BEACH Brianmay com 20 August 2010 Archived from the original on 15 November 2018 Retrieved 11 December 2018 Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 IMDb com Retrieved 20 February 2019 This UK musical biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Beach amp oldid 1147467614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
