Simon John Beverley, formerly Simon John Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician, a tragic icon of the punk rock movement, and the bass player of the Sex Pistols (replacing Glen Matlock). He was deeply involved in the birth of the British punk rock scene, along with close friend John Lydon (Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols vocalist).
<p>Sid Vicious was born in London to John and Anne Ritchie. Shortly after his birth, John Ritchie left the family, ;leaving them to fend for themselves. Sid and his mother moved to the island of Ibiza while his mother became a drug dealer to get money.[citation needed] Anne later married Christopher Beverly in 1965 before setting up a family home back in Kent, England.
<p>His stepfather died six months later, and by 1968 Ritchie and his mother were living in a rented flat in Tunbridge Wells where he attended Sandown Court School. In 1971 the pair moved to Hackney in East London....
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