Early Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dead at age 81

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Krafft Angerer/Getty ImagesAstrid Kirchherr, the German photographer who befriended The Beatles during their time performing in the clubs of Hamburg, Germany, and took some of the earliest pictures of the band, died Tuesday, May 12, at age

Pretty Things frontman Phil May dies at age 75

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Frank Hoensch/Redferns via Getty ImagesPhil May, lead singer of the veteran British band The Pretty Things, died Friday from complications following hip surgery after a recent biking accident, The Guardian reports. He was 75. May co-founded The