BEATLE PHOTOGRAPHER HERBERT DIES

One of the Beatles' first official photographers has died. His name
was Herbert Hughes and he was 89 years old. Hughes was from
Birkenhead and was employed by Brian Epstein to take a photo of the
band on December 17, 1961. Based at a studio in Smithdown Place, off
Penny Lane, he also photographed
the Queen Mother and Ken Dodd. His former assistant Jo Maloney said
Hughes was a pure genius.
She said: "I started working for him when I was 16 and he was an
eccentric but marvelous character.
"I think it's very fitting that he died only the day after Spike
Milligan because he loved him and they were both such similar
characters.
"Apparently, when he died, he called for a nurse who found him lying
on his bed and he told her: 'My good lady, I believe I may be about
to have a heart attack'.
"That's how I'll remember him. It's such a shame he's gone."

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