The Beatles

The Beatles at Home

Originally posted 03/02/2013 06:00PM

Capturing the Beatles' casual, off-duty moments never felt like work for Henry Grossman.

"We were friends," says the former photographer for both Life and PEOPLE, now 76. "I almost didn't know them as performers."

His new 500-page photo book, Places I Remember, features nearly 1,000 never-before-seen photos taken at the height of the band's fame, between 1964 and 1968. Why did it take him so long to share?

"I had pictures I didn't know had never been seen," says Grossman.

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UpdatePosted 12/12/2012 11:00AM

Ravi Shankar, Indian Sitar Star, Dies

Originally posted 12/12/2012 07:00AM

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western musicians – both classical and rock – made him a familiar concert name by the late '60s and earned him the title "godfather of world music," died Tuesday in a hospital near his home in Southern California, his family said. He was 92.

Shankar's foundation said in a statement that he had suffered upper respiratory and heart problems and had undergone heart-valve replacement surgery last week, reports the Associated Press.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also confirmed Shankar's death, calling him a "national treasure."

But it was his daughter, singer Norah Jones, who honed in on his legacy: "My Dad's music touched millions of people. He will be greatly missed by me and music lovers everywhere."

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Tributes

Beatles' First Road Manager Neil Aspinall Dies

Originally posted 03/24/2008 01:30PM

Neil Aspinall, a longtime friend and member of The Beatles' business enterprises, died of cancer in New York City, surviving members of the band announced Monday, the Associated Press reports. He was 66.

British newspapers reported over the weekend that Paul McCartney, 65, visited the hospital where Aspinall, who was a Liverpool school chum of McCartney and George Harrison's, was being treated.

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