Astrid Kirchherr dead: Beatles photographer dies aged 81 after 'short, serious illness'

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Sir Paul McCartney will treasure “so many fond memories” with The Beatles’ late photographer Astrid Kirchherr following her death last week.

"I have so many fond memories of our time together"

Astrid Kirchherr, the German photographer who shot some of the earliest and most striking images of the Beatles and helped shape their trend-setting visual style, has died at age 81.She died Tuesday in her native Hamburg, days before her 82nd birthday, her friend Kai-Uwe Franz told The Associated Press.

By Chris Willman

Kirchherr was renowned as the first person to photograph the Fab Four