George Harrison – Bio, Net Worth, Death, Death Cause, Funeral, Wife, Son, Family, Nationality, Height, Parents, Awards, Career, Albums, Life Story

George Harrison was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer. He rose to fame being the lead guitarist of “The Beatles”. His earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins, and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences. For “The Beatles”, his songs include “Taxman”, “Within You Without You”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Here Comes the Sun” and “Something”. After the band’s break-up in 1970, he released the triple album “All Things Must Pass”. Additionally, he organized the 1971 “Concert for Bangladesh” with Indian musician Ravi Shankar. He co-founded HandMade Films in the year 1978. As a solo performer, he released many best-selling singles and albums. He co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the “Traveling Wilburys” in 1988. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously for his solo career in 2004. His final television appearance was a VH-1 special to promote the album, taped in May 1997. His final album, “Brainwashed” (2002), was released posthumously after it was completed by his son Dhani and Jeff Lynne. He is nicknamed ‘Magpie’ and ‘The Quiet Beatle’. He passed away due to lung cancer at the age of 58 on 29th November 2001, in Los Angeles, California, United States. 

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Honor George Harrison On 20th Anniversary Of Death

The surviving Beatles and Olivia Harrison posted social media tributes to the musician. The surviving Beatles and Olivia Harrison posted social media tributes to the musician. Monday (29th November 2021) marked the 20th anniversary of the day George Harrison died from cancer. McCartney posted a photo of himself and Harrison in the studio with the caption, “Hard to believe that we lost George 20 years ago. I miss my friend so much. Love Paul.” Starr posted a photo of himself and Harrison smoking stogies and wrote, “Peace and love to you George I miss you man. Peace and love Ringo. 😎✌️🌟❤️🎶🌈☮️” Harrison’s widow’s tribute was a psychedelic-styled post that featured a snippet of “Within You, Without You,” his Indian-inspired contribution to the “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. The anniversary of Harrison’s death comes just days after the premiere on Disney+ of “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary that shows the Fab Four recording the “Let It Be” album. 

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George Harrison Death Cause

In 1997, George Harrison was diagnosed with throat cancer; he was treated with radiotherapy, which was thought at the time to be successful. He publicly blamed years of smoking for the illness. In May 2001, it was revealed that Harrison had undergone an operation to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs, and in July, it was reported that he was being treated for a brain tumor at a clinic in Switzerland. He breathed his last on November 29, 2001. In November 2001, he began radiotherapy at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City for non-small cell lung cancer that had spread to his brain. On 29th November 2001, he died at a property belonging to McCartney, on Heather Road in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles. He dies at 58. He died in the company of Olivia, Dhani, Shankar and the latter’s wife Sukanya, and daughter Anoushka, and Hare Krishna devotees Shyamsundar Das and Mukunda Goswami, who chanted verses from the Bhagavad Gita. He was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and his funeral was held at the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine in Pacific Palisades, California. 

What makes George Harrison so famous?

• Being a musician, singer, actor, and songwriter. 
• As the lead guitarist for the incredibly successful band “The Beatles”.

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Who were the Parents of George Harrison? Know About His Ethnicity, Siblings, and Religion

George Harrison was born on 25th February 1943 in Liverpool, England. He was the youngest of the four children who was born to Harold Hargreaves (father) and Louise Harrison (mother). His dad was a bus conductor and his mom was a shop assistant. He had three siblings namely Louise (Older Sister), Harold (Older Brother), Peter (Older Brother). According to Boyd, Harrison’s mother was particularly supportive: “All she wanted for her children is that they should be happy, and she recognized that nothing made George quite as happy as making music.” He held British nationality and his ethnicity was Mixed as he had Irish, English, Scottish, Manx (Isle of Man), and Welsh roots. He was Hinduism by religion and his Zodiac sign was Pisces. 

Regarding George’s educational background, he studied at Dovedale Primary School and Liverpool Institute High School for Boys. 

George Harrison Career Timeline 

• George Harrison’s mom was very supportive towards them and her mother was an enthusiastic music fan, and she was known among friends for her loud singing voice, which at times startled visitors by rattling the Harrisons’ windows.
• His earliest musical influences included George Formby, Cab Calloway, Django Reinhardt, and Hoagy Carmichael; by the 1950s, Carl Perkins and Lonnie Donegan were significant influences. 
• He then formed a skiffle band named, the Rebels, with his brother Peter and his friend, Arthur Kelly. 
• He met Paul McCartney on the bus to a school that shaped Harrison’s music career. 
• Then, he became part of the Beatles with McCartney and John Lennon when the band was still a skiffle group called the Quarrymen. 
• Next, he auditioned for John Lennon’s “Quarrymen” which he eventually became a part of later as a guitarist when he was only 15.
• Together, they formed a band named “The Beatles” in 1960 and gave their first performance as “Beatles” at the Kaiserkeller club in Hamburg.
• After Brian Epstein became their manager in December 1961, he polished up their image and later secured them a recording contract with EMI. 
• In the year 1962, their first single “Love Me Do” peaked at number 17 on the ‘Record Retailer’ chart. 
• In 1963, their debut album, “Beatlemania” was released. 
• After then, he wrote his first solo, song “Don’t Bother Me” for the group’s second album “With the Beatles” in the year 1963.
• His interest in Indian classical music increased as he used sitar for the song “Norwegian Wood” for their sixth album “Rubber Soul”. 
• Their seventh album “Revolver” (1966) included three of his compositions: “Taxman”, selected as the album’s opening track, “Love You To” and “I Want to Tell You”.
• His interests then moved away from the Beatles by late 1966. This was reflected in his choice of Eastern gurus and religious leaders for inclusion on the album cover for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the year 1967.
• For the album, his sole composition was the Indian-inspired “Within You Without You” where he played sitar and tambura on the track, backed by musicians from the London Asian Music Circle on dilruba, swarmandal, and tabla for the album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. 
• He then had hits such as “Here Comes the Sun”, “Something” and “For you Blue”. 
• His song “For You Blue” was coupled on a US single with McCartney’s “The Long and Winding Road” in May 1970. 
• He then had his last recording session with the Beatles on 4th January 1970 when he, McCartney, and Starr recorded his song “I Me Mine” for the “Let It Be” soundtrack album.

George Harrison Solo Career Work 

• Prior to his break-up with the Beatles’, Harrison had already recorded two solo albums; “Wonderwall Music” and “Electronic Sound”. 
• “My Sweet Lord” was his first single as a solo artist.
• Next, he released “All Things Must Pass”, a triple album with two discs of his songs and the third of recordings of Harrison jamming with friends which have been regarded as his best work. The album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
• In the year 1971, he contributed to the “Concert for Bangladesh” along with Ravi Shankar at the New York Madison Square. 
• In 1973, he released his next album “Living in the Material World”. 
• He became the first ex-Beatle to tour North America when he began his 45-date Dark Horse Tour. It was in November 1974. 
• After that, he released “Dark Horse”, which was an album that earned him the least favorable reviews of his career in December 1974. 
• His final studio album for EMI and Apple Records was “Extra Texture” (Read All About It) in 1975 which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard chart and number 16 in the UK.
• He released two singles from the LP: “You”, which reached the Billboard Top 20, and “This Guitar (Can’t Keep from Crying)”, Apple’s final original single release. 
• His first album release on his own Dark Horse Records label was “Thirty Three & 1/3” which produced the hit singles “This Song” and “Crackerbox Palace”. 
• Additionally, he performed on Saturday Night Live with Paul Simon. 
• He released “George Harrison”, his eighth album in 1979 and his ninth album was “Somewhere in England” which was released on 1st June 1981.  
• Then, he released his tenth album “Cloud Nine” in November 1987. The album reached number eight and number ten on the US and UK charts and several tracks from the album achieved placement on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock chart – “Devil’s Radio”, “This Is Love” and “Cloud 9”. 
• During his later career, he formed the group “Traveling Wilburys” in the year 1988 with Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Tom Petty. 
• The LP, “Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1”, was released in October 1988 which reached number 16 in the UK and number 3 in the US, where it was certified triple platinum.
• Next, he alongside Starr appeared in the music video for Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down” in 1989. 
• Furthermore, he assembled and released “Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989” in October which included three new songs, including “Cheer Down”. 
• Their second album, issued in October 1990, was mischievously titled Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3.  
• He joined Clapton for a tour of Japan in December 1991. 

The Beatles Anthology

• George Harrison started a collaboration with McCartney, Starr, and producer Jeff Lynne for the “Beatles Anthology” project in 1994. 
• In December 1995, “Free as a Bird” was released which was the first new Beatles single since 1970. 
• They then released a second single, “Real Love” in March 1996. 
• Harrison refused to participate in the completion of a third song and later he commented on the project: “I hope somebody does this to all my crap demos when I’m dead, make them into hit songs.” 
• His final album, “Brainwashed” (2002), was released posthumously after it was completed by his son Dhani and Jeff Lynne. 

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Film Productions and HandMade Films

• George Harrison helped finance Ravi Shankar’s documentary “Raga” which was released via Apple Films in the year 1971. 
• Further, he produced, with Apple manager Allen Klein, the “Concert for Bangladesh” film. 
• He produced the feature film “Little Malcolm” in 1973. 
• He financed the production of “Life of Brian” which grossed $21 million at the box office in the US.
• The first film distributed by HandMade Films was “The Long Good Friday” (1980), and the first they produced was “Time Bandits” (1981), a co-scripted project by Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. The film featured a new song by Harrison, “Dream Away”. 
• “Time Bandits” became one of HandMade’s most successful and acclaimed efforts; with a budget of $5 million, it earned $35 million in the US within ten weeks of its release. 
• Further, he served as executive producer for 23 films with HandMade, including A Private Function, Mona Lisa, Shanghai Surprise, Withnail and I and How to Get Ahead in Advertising. 
• Not only this but also he made cameo appearances in several of these films, including a role as a nightclub singer in “Shanghai Surprise”. 

George Harrison Awards and Achievements

• Academy Awards in 1971
• Billboard Century Award in 1992
• British Independent Film Awards in 2002
• Evening Standard British Film Awards in 1986
• Ivor Novello Awards in 1969
• Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 2009
• Grammy Awards in 1964, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2014, 2015
• NME awards in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971
• Raindance Film Festival in 2002
• Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 

George Harrison Wife: Who was he married to?

George Harrison was a married man and he married twice in his lifetime. Firstly, he married his wife, Pattie Boyd in the year 1966. Pattie was a model by profession. Their relationship ended via divorce in 1977. After then, he tied the knot with Olivia Trinidad Arias in the year 1978. The couple was blessed with a son, namely Dhani Harrison who was born on 1st August 1978. Their son, Dhani Harrison is a British musician, composer, and singer-songwriter by occupation. Before his demise, their married life was blissful. His sexual orientation was straight and he was not gay. 

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In the past, Harrison had dated Monika Pricken, Twinkle, Jennifer Brewer (1954), Iris Caldwell (1957-1958), Ruth Morrison (1958), Pauline Behan (1960), Judith Everly (1960-1961), Bernardette Farrell (1962-1963), Ann Guirron (1962), Estelle Bennett (1964), Pattie Boyd (1964-1977), Hayley Mills (1964), Charlotte Martin (1968-1969), Maureen Starkey (1973-1974) and more. 

How much was George Harrison Net Worth?

George Harrison was a musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer whose net worth was estimated to have $400 Million as of 2021. He left an estate of almost £100 million after his death. He left his entire estate to widow Olivia Harrison (pictured) and their son Dhani. When Harrison was alive, he was known for using his wealth for charitable causes. Regarding his cars, he was an avid motorsports enthusiast who owned many rare automobiles, including a rare McLaren F1 road car that retailed for $984,000 and was one of only 100 units produced. His other automobiles included a Jaguar XKE, a Ferrari 365 GTC, and an Aston Martin DB5, the latter of which was later purchased by a Beatles collector for 350,000 pounds. His major success came with the creation of HandMade Films, a production company that later went on to produce “Monty Python’s Life of Brian”. The film was a box office success, grossing over $20 million worldwide on a $4 million budget. HandMade Films later went on to produce Time Bandits in 1981. The film grossed over $42 million in the US and Canada alone on a budget of $5 million. His main source of wealth was from the music industry. He was living a lavish lifestyle from his career earnings. He was appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in June 1965.

How tall was George Harrison?

George Harrison was a handsome musician at his time who had a slim body type. He stood at the perfect height of 5 ft 10 in or 178 cm and his balanced body weight was 70 kg or 154.5 lbs. He had dark brown hair color with long hair and also, he had the same eyes color. His other body measurement had not been disclosed yet. 

Knife Attack To George Harrison and His Wife, Olivia Harrison

On December 30, 1999, Harrison and his wife, were attacked with a kitchen knife at their home, Friar Park. Michael Abram, a 34-year-old man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, broke in and attacked Harrison with a kitchen knife, puncturing a lung and causing head injuries before Olivia Harrison incapacitated the assailant by striking him repeatedly with a fireplace poker and a lamp. He then commented, “I felt exhausted and could feel the strength draining from me. I vividly remember a deliberate thrust to my chest. I could hear my lungs exhaling and had blood in my mouth. I believed I had been fatally stabbed.” After the attack, he was hospitalized with more than 40 stab wounds, and part of his punctured lung was removed.