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Stuart Sutcliffe
British painter and musician (1940–1962)
Stuart Sutcliffe
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, who helped John Lennon invent the band's name, is among the people sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". When Sutcliffe performed with the Beatles in Hamburg, he met photographer Astrid Kirchherr, to whom he was later engaged to marry. He left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having attended Liverpool College of Art, and enrolled in the Hamburg College of Art, studying under future pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi, who later wrote that Sutcliffe was one of his best students. Sutcliffe earned other praise for his paintings, which mostly explored a style related to abstract expressionism. While studying in West Germany, Sutcliffe began suffering from intense headaches and experiencing acute light sensitivity. In February 1962, he collapsed in the middle of an art class after complaining of head pains. German...
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