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Death of Stuart Sutcliffe

Great Britain · Arts / Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1962

Stuart Sutcliffe10 April 1962

Hamburg · Arts / Popular Music

The Beatles return to Hamburg to play at the Star-Club, but they learn that Stuart Sutcliffe had died a few hours before they arrived, this was another shock for Lennon, after losing Uncle George and Julia

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Stuart Sutcliffe

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