The Velvet Underground in 1965. Left to right: Nico, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and John CalePhotograph: Steve Schapiro/CorbisThe Velvet Underground in 1969, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAPhotograph: Jeff Albertson/CorbisLou Reed, Nico and the Velvet Underground performing in France in 1972Photograph: Mick Gold/Redferns via Getty Images
Lou Reed performing circa 1972Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesLou Reed performing in 1973 in Crystal Palace Photograph: Rex FeaturesLou Reed poses for a promotional portrait in 1985Photograph: Archive Photos /Hulton GettyA portrait of Lou Reed in 1998Photograph: Everett Collection/REXLou Reed in 2003Photograph: Eamonn McCabeLou Reed and David Bowie attend the opening of Reed's NY photography exhibit at the Gallery at Hermes in New York CityPhotograph: Andrew H. Walker/Getty ImagesLou Reed on stage at Berlin's Tempodrom in June 2007 during one of his two German concerts on his European tourPhotograph: Axel Schmidt/AFPLou Reed takes pictures during the opening of his exhibition Lou Reed's New York at the Serieuze Zaken Studioos in Amsterdam, October 2007Photograph: Olaf Kraak/AFP/Getty ImagesUS composer Laurie Anderson with Lou Reed, her husband, in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain, in July 2009 during a European tour of their show The Yellow Pony and other Songs and StoriesPhotograph: Robin Towsend/EPALou Reed at the Hop Farm festival in Paddock Wood, Kent, in 2011 Photograph: Martin Godwin for the GuardianLou Reed attends the event John Varvatos Presents Transformer by Lou Reed and Mick Rock in New York CityPhotograph: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for John Varvatos
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