The journalist and TV producer Peter Trollope, who has died aged 72, did the background research for six music biographies I wrote –John Lennon (2008), Mick Jagger (2012), Paul McCartney (2015), Eric Clapton (2018), Jimi Hendrix (2020) and George Harrison (2023) – and performed brilliantly every time. In recent years he had numerous major health problems, but continued working tirelessly – indeed, had been itching to get started on our next project, a biography of the Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein.
Writing the lives of pop stars can be a lowering experience, but Peter constantly reinvigorated me with his wonderful research coups, his fierce intelligence and his bone-dry wit.
