George Harrison in Cannes in 1976.
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In 1999, George Harrison narrowly escaped death. An assassin stabbed the Beatles member 40 times. Shortly after the attack, the musician could probably be joking. That’s now revealed in author Philip Norman’s biography “George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle,” out October 24th.
The incident occurred on December 30, 1999 at the guitarist’s property in Henley-on-Thames. Michael Abram, the assassin’s name, was probably driven by his hatred of the Beatles – and made his way onto the property. George Harrison and his wife Olivia woke up from the alarm and tried to overpower the intruder. Abrams stabbed the Beatles member 40 times in the attempt until the musician’s wife hit him with a lamp. The assassin was not sent to prison, but to a psychiatric hospital. Harrison, on the other hand, was taken straight to the hospital and narrowly escaped death.
Not only the event itself is described in detail in the biography, but also the musician’s reaction. George Harrison’s son Dhani said his father must have recounted the incident with a good amount of sarcasm. “He wasn’t a burglar and he certainly didn’t audition for the Traveling Wilburys,” the guitarist is said to have said afterwards.
At the time of the attack, Harrison had already been diagnosed with cancer. Doctors suspect that the attack may have made his condition worse. In 2001, the musician finally lost his battle against the disease.
A new song by the Beatles is scheduled to be released in 2023. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr probably used AI for the new production to use previously recorded demos of their deceased band members and extract new sounds. “We got him [den Song] “It’s just finished and it’s coming out this year,” McCartney said on a British radio show. However, he didn’t give any information about which song will be released, but rumor has it that it will be “Now and Then”. An exact release date has not yet been set.