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It's sad news for the tattoo community in the Bay Area and beyond today, as SFGate reports that San Francisco’s most renowned and well-known tattoo artists has left us. An internationally recognized ‘tattoo artist to the stars’ for decades, Tuttle was known to SFist readers for continuing to operate and hold court at Lyle Tuttle’s Tattoo Studio and Museum in North Beach, one of our favorite tattoo shops and one of the coolest niche museums in the city. Tuttle was 87.Tuttle’s official Instagram account confirmed his passing in a Tuesday evening post. “Lyle inspired so many of us with his joy for living, his boundless creativity, humor, and unconditional friendship,” the post says. “He will always be our favorite tattooed prince. He lifted us with the magic in his soul and his bright spirit across oceans, time and space.”His cause of death was not disclosed.RIP Lyle Tuttle! Here's my Lyle Tuttle story: Im guessing 2006, it was a Saturday. The shop was banging. Tattoo machines were buzzing. I was signing up a client for most likely a tribal arm band. I saw Captain Don and Lyle Tuttle walking up the sidewalk to the shop. I was li… pic.twitter.com/PjD8R1OfZA— Victory Tattoo Chico (@Tattoo_Victory) March 27, 2019Here we see Tuttle famously featured on the October 1970 cover of Rolling Stone, where he is photographed by Annie Leibovitz and interviewed by Dick Cavett. He would tattoo a who’s-who of 1970s pop artists, including Cher, the Allman Brothers, and a particularly famous heart on Janis Joplin’s breast. A 1973 New York Times article credited his work on Joplin with popularizing tattoos among women. Lyle Tuttle you told me over ten years ago,"GIVE EM HELL ,never give up and to keep being unapologetically myself " you made me laugh and gave me tattoo and life gems I'll never forget, thanks for being you and believing in me. #rip #tattoolegend #traditionaltattoos #lyletuttle pic.twitter.com/x9kZ4LoBgw— JacqueeRose (@jacquee_rose) March 27, 2019Tuttle got his first tattoo ...

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