Although (interestingly enough) he was actually the first of them to "leave" the group...for a little while anyway.
Hello!

Ahhh.. "the first" Andy?
The... first, eh.
Is that a cryptic refernce to the bare-footed Paul on Let It Be's Zebra-crossing photo?
Do you know something we don't?
Speak! Damn your sweet mauve lips: Speak!
Vee haff vayz off making ... bad Peter Sellers impersonations.
I think I should go to bed now.
Au contraire and not in the least, Andy.
Ringo has always been everyone's favourite fab-fourster. There was rhe John/Paul dichotomy and the George guitar-classic-frustrations but Ringo was just a good-time guy and everyone liked him. Sure he was no Ginger Baker but that was/is the secret to his continual 'nice-guy' image. There was never any doubt about Ringo... he was there for a good time and for a long time and he knew the gods had smiled and smiled and smiled upon him and he was going to return Their pleasure in spades!