Editing Astrid Kirchherr (section)

==Later life==
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In 1967, Kirchherr married English drummer Gibson Kemp (born Gibson Stewart Kemp, August 1945, Liverpool, Lancashire), who had replaced [[Ringo Starr]] in [[Rory Storm and the Hurricanes]]. The marriage ended in divorce after seven years.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=222}} She then worked as a barmaid, as an interior designer, and then for a music publishing firm,<ref name="AstridKirchherrBeatlesPhotographerInterviewed"/> getting married for a second time to a German businessman.<ref name="FreshAirinterviewwithAstrid"/>
Kirchherr worked as an advisor in 1994 on the film ''[[Backbeat (film)|Backbeat]]'', which portrayed Kirchherr, Sutcliffe and the Beatles during their early days in Hamburg.<ref name="InterviewBBCLiverpool"/> She was impressed with [[Stephen Dorff]] (who played Sutcliffe in the film), commenting that he was the right age (19 years old at the time), and his gestures, the way he smoked, and talked were so like Sutcliffe's that she had [[goose pimples]]. Kirchherr was portrayed in the film by [[Sheryl Lee]].<ref name="AstridonLife"/>

Starting in the mid-1990s, Kirchherr and business partner Krüger operated the K&K photography shop in Hamburg, offering custom vintage prints, books and artwork for sale. K&K periodically helped arrange Beatles' conventions and other Beatles' events in the Hamburg area.<ref name="News&Newsletter">{{cite web |url=http://center-of-beat.com/en_news.php |title=News & Newsletter |publisher=K&K Center of Beat |access-date=30 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708131649/http://center-of-beat.com/en_news.php |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She commented in 1995: "My [second] marriage ended in 1985... I regretted I had no children. I just couldn't see me have {{sic}} any. But now I am pleased when I see the situation the world is in. I live alone and am very happy."<ref name="AstridKirchherrquotesPiczo"/>

Kirchherr died on 12 May 2020 in Hamburg, following "a short, serious illness", a week prior to her 82nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/beatles-photographer-astrid-kirchherr-dies-at-81/a-53460702|title=Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies at 81  |date=16 May 2020 |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-05/astrid-kirchherr-beatles-fotografin-john-lennon-nachruf |title= Ihre erste Fotografin |publisher= Die Zeit |date=15 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Murió Astrid Kirchherr, la primera fotógrafa de The Beatles|language=es|url=https://www.abcdiario.com.ar/fama/mundo/2020/5/15/murio-astrid-kirchherr-la-primera-fotografa-de-the-beatles-34455.html|access-date=16 May 2020|archive-date=23 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623061232/https://www.abcdiario.com.ar/fama/mundo/2020/5/15/murio-astrid-kirchherr-la-primera-fotografa-de-the-beatles-34455.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  News of her death was first announced by Beatles historian [[Mark Lewisohn]] via Twitter.<ref name=LAT/>  He praised her involvement with the band as "immeasurable", and credited her as an "intelligent, inspirational, innovative, daring, artistic, awake, aware, beautiful, smart, loving and uplifting friend to many".<ref>{{cite news|title=Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr dies aged 81|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/15/beatles-photographer-astrid-kirchherr-dies-aged-81|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=15 May 2020|access-date=15 May 2020|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London}}</ref>