For John Lennon, he was an older student to look up to and emulate; for his teachers, he was going to be a significant visual artist; for most of us, he was the fifth Beatle. This promise was suddenly cut short when Stuart Sutcliffe died in 1962 at the age of twenty-two in Hamburg, Germany, where he was studying to become an artist. His first trip to Hamburg in 1960 came when he was playing with school friend John Lennon and his band. Lennon met Stucliffe at the Liverpool Regional College of Art. Sutcliffe was a taon ahead of Lennon, and already developing a reputation. In fact, when he sold a painting in an exhibition, he used the money to buy a bass gitara so he could play with John’s group. When they first toured in Hamburg, Sutcliffe met Astrid Kirchherr, who took some early mga litrato of the band. On the band’s return to Liverpool, Sutcliffe stayed in Hamburg to be with Kirchherr and to continue his art studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste. Paul picked up playing the bass to replace Stuart, who had not become much of an accomplished musician. All of them, though, picked up Stuart’s hairstyle - the combed-down look - which was becoming popular with students in Europe. Even though Stuart visited the Beatles in Liverpool, he never recorded with them, although he might have been in the studio as a guest when they were making their first record. In 1962, Sutcliffe was back in Hamburg taking a master class with Eduardo Paolozzi. His severe headaches went undiagnosed, and on April 10, 1962 he collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Coincidentally, the Beatles arrived the susunod araw on another tour to Hamburg. Later that year, "Love Me Do" would become the first Beatles’ hit. Sutcliffe’s picture is on the Sgt. Pepper album cover.