By Geraint Llewellyn, Daily Mail | Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s former Quarrymen bandmate Len Garry has tragically passed away aged 84 his family have announced. The guitarist played in the 1950s skiffle group alongside teenage school friends McCartney and Lennon, before it evolved into The Beatles in 1960.
Len, who had been diagnosed with dementia in 2024, was recently rushed to hospital with a chest infection, before medics allowed him to return home for the final time.
His beloved daughter Jane said in a statement: ‘My Dad Len Garry passed away at home in the early hours this morning. 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’.
Len attended Liverpool Institute High School for Boys, where he met McCartney, the band played at school dances and amateur skiffle contests with George Harrison also featuring in the line-up.
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Read more of Mr. Garry’s very interesting life here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/paul-mccartney-and-john-lennon-s-quarrymen-bandmate-len-garry-tragically-passes-away-aged-84/