Beatles collaborator Tony Sheridan dies at 72
18 February 2013, 11:01
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
British musician and The Beatles collaborator, Tony Sheridan has passed away at the age of 72.
The singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for playing with The Beatles in the early 60s while they were known as The Beat Boys, died on Saturday (16 February) in Hamburg, where he was living at the time of his death.
You can watch his performance of ‘My Bonnie’ from 2011 below.
Sheridan is survived by wife, Anna and son, Tony Sheridan Jr. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this time.
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