text: Neil Stanley Aspinall ( 13 October 1941 - 24 March 2008 ) was a British music industry executive . A school friend of Paul McCartney and George Harrison , he went on to head The Beatles ' company Apple Corps .
simplified: Neil Aspinall ( October 13 , 1941 - March 23 , 2008 ) was the managing director of Apple Corps , a company started by The Beatles .