The German newspaper Die Zeit reports that Kirchher died following a “short, serious illness,” with no additional details provided. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr tweeted a tribute today, saying: “God ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astrid Kirchherr, the German photographer whose early photos of the Beatles helped to start their journey to fame, died this week ...

The Beatles‘ friend Astrid Kirchherr was one of the few people who got to see them in their early days. She had a front-row seat throughout their residency in Hamburg, Germany, and witnessed their raw ...

There was something in the way she took pictures. Tributes poured in this week for the late German photographer Astrid Kirchherr who shot some of the earliest images of the Beatles, helping shape ...

Before they became world-famous mop-top icons, the Beatles looked like a bunch of greasers. And photographer Astrid Kirchherr is often credited as the first to capture the band's fashion evolution as ...

Paul McCartney said he will always remember Astrid Kirchherr's "cheeky grin," adding that her style was like a "funky pixie" Paul McCartney has paid an emotional tribute to his "dear friend," Beatles ...

In 1960, The Beatles left for one of the naughtiest cities in the world, Hamburg, Germany. Their manager at the time, Allan Williams, had set up their residency at Bruno Koschmider’s Indra Club and ...

As the various obituaries that marked her passing testify, Astrid Kirchherr’s fate was to be forever associated with the Beatles, a group she met almost by accident and whose image she remade so ...