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Gibson Kemp Wiki – Biography
Gibson Kemp is the husband of Astrid Kirchherr, was a German photographer and artist known for her association with the Beatles (along with her friends Klaus Voormann and Jürgen Vollmer), and her photographs of the band’s original members – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe, and Pete Best – during their early days in Hamburg.
Kirchherr met artist Sutcliffe in the Kaiserkeller bar in Hamburg in 1960, where he was playing bass with the Beatles and was later engaged to him, before his death in 1962. Although Kirchherr shot very few photographs after 1967, her early work has been exhibited in Hamburg, Bremen, London, Liverpool, New York City, Washington, D.C., Tokyo, Vienna, and at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. She has published three limited-edition books of photographs.
Gibson Kemp Age
Gibson Kemp is under review. We will update you soon, However, his wife Astrid Kirchherr was 81 years old. She was born on May 20, 1938, in Hamburg, Germany. She died on May 12, 2020.
Gibson Kemp & Astrid Kirchherr
In 1967, Kirchherr married English drummer Gibson Kemp (born Gibson Stewart Kemp, 1945, Liverpool, Lancashire), who had replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. The marriage ended in divorce after seven years. She then worked as a barmaid, as an interior designer, and then for a music publishing firm, getting married for a second time to a German businessman. Kirchherr worked as an advisor in 1994 on the film Backbeat, which portrayed Kirchherr, Sutcliffe, and The Beatles during their early days in Hamburg. She was impressed with Stephen Dorff (who played Sutcliffe in the film), commenting that he was the right age (19 years old at the time), and his gestures, the way he smoked and talked were so like Sutcliffe’s that she had goose pimples. Kirchherr was portrayed in the film by Sheryl Lee.
Who is Astrid Kirchherr? Wiki, Biography, Age, Husband, Children, Cause of Death, Instagram, Net Worth
Since the mid-1990s, Kirchherr and business partner Krüger has operated the K&K photography shop in Hamburg, offering custom vintage prints, books, and artwork for sale. K&K periodically helps arrange Beatles’ conventions and other Beatles’ events in the Hamburg area. She has no children and lived alone. She commented in 1995: “My marriage ended in 1985. I regretted I had no children. I just couldn’t see me have any. But now I am pleased when I see the situation the world is in. I live alone and am very happy.”
Astrid Kirchherr Death Cause
She died on May 12, 2020, at the age of 81, The news was confirmed on Friday by Mark Lewishon, a historian for The Beatles. He tweeted, “Intelligent, inspirational, innovative, daring, artistic, awake, aware, beautiful, smart, loving and uplifting friend to many. Her gift to the Beatles was immeasurable. She died in Hamburg on Wednesday, a few days before turning 82. RIP.”
German Newspaper Die Zeit revealed that Kirchherr died of a “short, serious illness,” The Rolling Stones reported.