Beatles album cover photographer Robert Freeman dies at 82


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Freeman shot the black-and-white cover for the 1963 album 'With The Beatles', picturing the Fab Four's faces in part-shadow. It became a defining image of the group.

Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died aged 82.

A statement on The Beatles' official website announced Freeman's death Friday but didn't give a cause.

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