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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962) was a British painter and musician best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art.
Apr 29, 2022 · On April 10, 1962, Stuart Sutcliffe, then only 21 years old, died in the arms of his fiancee, Astrid Kirchherr, while on the way to the hospital in Hamburg. His official cause of death was listed as cerebral paralysis caused by bleeding in the right ventricle of the brain.
Mar 27, 2022 · Ted Widmer writes about Stuart Sutcliffe, an early member of the Beatles whose spectral image in the band’s lore has been illuminated by the British writer Mark Lewisohn, whose book “Tune In ...
Oct 9, 2021 · Before the British Invasion and before the peak of Beatlemania, Stuart Sutcliffe was a member of the legendary band as the original bass guitarist. He died when he was just 21 years old. His stint, like his life, was brief. Yet he still had a major impact on the group.
Feb 8, 2024 · Stuart Sutcliffe was an actual Beatle not just before Ringo Starr, but before even Pete Best. A Liverpool-raised Scot who moved to Germany, he played a formative role in the band's earliest years and their crucial early residencies in Hamburg.
Mar 14, 2008 · Stuart Sutcliffe was an artist and The Beatles’ original bassist in Liverpool and Hamburg. His paintings were highly acclaimed, and he is often referred to as “the fifth Beatle”.
The Official Stuart Sutcliffe Estate manages the Stuart Sutcliffe Art and Artefact Collections of Stuart Sutcliffe, the Scottish painter and musician who is known as the fifth Beatle (but he was really the fourth). Stuart is credited with naming and styling the Beatles.
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