Legend who played with Paul McCartney, John Lennon dead at 84

Len Garry, who was best known for playing with The Quarrymen and bandmates Paul McCartney and John Lennon, died at the age of 84.

According to report, Garry, who had been diagnosed with dementia in 2024, was recently rushed to hospital with a chest infection.

Jane Garry, his daughter, announced his death on social media Monday.

“My dad ‘Len Garry’ passed away at home in the early hours this morning,” she posted. “The doctor told us he had hours to live and I said straight away ‘he has to come home.’ Which the doctor allowed. I travelled with dad in the ambulance and got him home. My mum, my sister, my brother in law and myself stayed by Dad’s bed holding his hand, talking to him and telling him how much we love him and how proud we are of him as he was passing away and taking his last breaths. I love you Dad and I will miss you Dad for the rest of my life. I’m beyond devastated. Dad believed in God and we believe he is in heaven now.”

Len Garry was a part of The Quarrymen in the 1950s. Roughly a decade later after Garry left the group, the band became the Beatles in 1960.

He reunited with the surviving non-Beatles members of The Quarrymen in 1994 and the group released three albums — “Together” in 1997, “Songs We Remember” in 2004 and “Grey Album” in 2012.

He was also the frontman for a rock gospel group called “Come Together” later in life.

Source: al.com/Mark Heim