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TAPE: EF01/0382 IN_TIME: 03:06:59 - 07:36:58 DURATION: 1:20 SOURCES: APTN/BBC/ VNR RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video/tv clips without clearance DATELINE: Various - File SHOTLIST: BBC London, UK - File 1 Various of George Harrison walking past camera outside High Court APTN London, UK - June 1998 - File 2 Long view of George Harrison stepping out of car and walking across to church for Linda McCartney memorial service BBC Henley-on-Thames, UK - File 3 Aerial of Harrison's mansion EMI (VNR) - MANDATORY ON-SCREEN CREDIT EMI USA - 1966 - File 4 Various colour footage of Beatles concert showing musicians playing and fans 5 Various black and white footage of Harrison singing on stage intercut with screaming fans APTN Rochester, Minnesota, USA - 1997 - File 6 Close-up sign for Mayo Clinic 7 Wide view of exterior of clinic - tilts down STORYLINE: Former Beatles star George Harrison has undergone cancer surgery in the United States, the singer's lawyers said in a statement on Thursday Harrison had surgery to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, according to the statement released to the British media The lawyers did not say when the surgery occurred but said it had been successful They said Harrison was relaxing in Tuscany, Italy In 1999, Harrison suffered a punctured lung when he was stabbed by a man who broke into his home in Henley-on-Thames, west of London A 34-year-old man, Michael Abram, was acquitted by reason of insanity and confined to a mental hospital The operation was successful and George has made an excellent recovery He is in the best of spirits and on top form - the most relaxed and free since the attack on him in 1999, the statement said Harrison was treated for throat cancer in the late 1990s after he found a lump on his neck in 1997 The Beatles broke up in 1970 and Harrison, the youngest and quietest of the Fab Four went on to a successful solo career with hits including My Sweet Lord