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Beatles forums => News => Topic started by: Badgirl66 on September 20, 2011, 05:06:39 PM
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the Photographer???
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Yes...
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Wu97NntNj-U/S4brfKc5ecI/AAAAAAAABJ4/wQ6BYdIucxo/71341011.jpg)
(http://beatlelogy-inst.ucoz.ru/_ph/1/496487149.jpg)
(https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/beatles_5887.jpg)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1146/1366170547_e97d261b15.jpg)
(https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/images/medium/beatles5956.jpg)
Robert Whitaker...I read the news today :(
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Examiner national
September 20, 2011
Photographer of Beatles' infamous Butcher Cover passes away
Bob Whitaker, the photographer who took the infamous Beatles butcher cover photographer has passed away after a lengthy illness,according to reports from friends in Liverpool, the Beatles' hometown. Whitaker, born in 1939, was in his early '70s. According to a biography, Whitaker first met the Beatles and the Beatles and manager Brian Epstein during the group's 1964 Australian tour. He had accompanied a journalist friend to an interview with Brian Epstein. He snapped a picture of Epstein, which led to his first shots of the Beatles with Paul McCartney and George Harrison holding boomerangs presented to them by their Australian fans.
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-butcher-cover-photographer-passes-away (http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/beatles-butcher-cover-photographer-passes-away)
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Hi guys !I met Robert a few years back at a "Beatles week" convention in Liverpool when he was promoting his book .He had a sense of humou,r as he signed my copy "To young Bill...." , I was about fifty years old at the time !! A friendly guy!