Stuart Sutcliffe
(1940-1962)
British painter and musician
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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe (23 June 1940 – 10 April 1962), known as Stu Sutcliffe, was a Scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the English rock band the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with inventing the name "Beetles", as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. John then came up with "The Beatles", from the word beat (though John's original spelling of the pun was "Beatals"). As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several people sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
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Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe 23 June 1940 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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10 April 1962 (aged 21) Hamburg, Germany
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| Zodiac | Cancer |
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