By Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic Astrid Kirchherr, photographer and early friend of The Beatles whose avant garde style helped transform the young band from ’50s-era greasers to mop-top trend-setters, died Wednesday in her native Hamburg, Germany.
She was 81. The German newspaper Die Zeit reports that Kirchher died following a “short, serious illness,” with no additional details provided. “Absolutely stunned to hear the news of Astrid passing,” tweeted Pete Best, the Beatles’ original drummer, today. “God bless you love.
We shared some wonderful memories and the most amazing fun times.” Kirchherr, along with her friend Klaus Voormann, befriended the Beatles during the group’s early, pre-Beatlemania Hamburg club residencies,
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