Jim Beach

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Jim Beach
Born
Henry James Beach

(1942-03-09) 9 March 1942 (age 83)
Gloucester, England
Other namesMiami
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • music manager
SpouseClaudia Beach
Children2

Henry James Beach [1] [2] (born 9 March 1942) is an English lawyer and talent manager best known as the long-term manager of the rock band Queen, its individual members, and the comedy group Monty Python. [3]

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Early life

Beach was born in Gloucester. He was educated at Cheltenham College and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read law. [4] He was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. While at Cambridge he became a friend of John Cleese. [5] In 1963 he went on a road tour of England and Scotland with future Monty Python member Eric Idle and future Goodies member Graeme Garden as their piano player. [3]

Career

Beach took over as manager of the rock band Queen in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer. He was nicknamed "Miami" by Freddie Mercury, a play on his surname.[ citation needed ]

Beach was a producer of the biopic film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He was portrayed by Tom Hollander. [6]

Beach is the co-founder of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which promotes HIV/AIDS prevention worldwide. [7] He is also co-founder of the Transistor Project with Blur's Dave Rowntree. [8]

Beach became Monty Python's manager after their reunion performance at The O2 Arena in 2014. According to John Cleese, he later resigned from the role after suffering a stroke. [5]

Personal life

Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland. [9] He is married to Claudia Beach and has a daughter and a son, Ol, who is frontman for the band Yellowire and was formerly the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Jones, Lesley-Ann (15 June 2012). Freddie Mercury. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   9788873396192 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Henry James "Miami" Beach". Endole Directory. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. 1 2 Idle, Eric (2018). Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography. Crown Archetype. pp. Chapter 5. ISBN   978-1984822581.
  4. ↑ 'University News', Times, 26 June 1964.
  5. 1 2 Hines, Dominique (19 September 2024). "John Cleese slams Monty Python co-star Eric Idle and accuses him of lying". Evening Standard. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Aidan Gillen And Tom Hollander Head For Bohemian Rhapsody". Empire. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "About us". Mercuryphoenixtrust.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Music Veterans Launch E-Label with outside Line". New Media Age. 13 May 2004.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "MESSAGE FROM JIM BEACH". Brianmay.com. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.


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