April 10, 1962: Stuart Sutcliffe dies

The Beatles' original bassist, 21, dies in Hamburg, Germany, of a cerebral hemorrage. He had left the band in 1961 to concentrate on his artwork.

* www.StuartSutcliffe.org: @

* www.StuartSutcliffeFanClub.com: @

* Biography from www.beatlesbible.com: @

* "A Portrait of the Bassist" (from blogcritics.org): @

* "Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle" (BBC documentary, 2005): @ and @ and @ and @

* The Beatles (post from August 17, 1960): @

* In Litherland (post from December 27, 1960): @

* At the Cavern Club (post from February 9, 1961): @

* Brian Epstein (post from January 24, 1962): @

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