Entertainment Daily: Harrison Obit - Former Beatle dies of cancer after long fight
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London June 8, 1998
1. George Harrison wearing raincoat arriving at Linda McCartney memorial service
CONUS
2. Various black and white archive (from 1963) of The Beatles in London
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Harrison - "I mean it is both a record, a video, a television programme, a book and, somewhere down the line, I have no doubt it will be a T-shirt."
4. Archive material of The Beatles on tour
APTN
5. Black and white still of George Harrison
6. Colour still of Ringo, Paul McCartney and George Harrison
7. Colour still of Harrison at the funeral of Carl Perkins
BBC
8. George Harrison singing 'Taxman' at Natural Law party
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9. Various file of Harrison performing on stage
BBC
10. Harrison arriving at the High Court
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11. Black and white archive footage of Beatles material
BBC
Henley on Thames 30th December 1999
12. Aerial shots of Harrison's house
13. Various police outside Harrison's house
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Rochester Minnesota, USA 1997
14. Various exteriors of Mayo Clinic
APTN
New York - 8 November 2001
15. Various of Staten Island University Hospital
CANCER KILLS GEORGE HARRISON
George Harrison, the Beatles' lead guitarist and spiritual explorer who added both rock 'n' roll flash and a touch of the mystic to the band's timeless magic, has died. He was 58.
Harrison died at 1330 local time (2130 GMT) on Thursday at a friend's Los Angeles home following a battle with cancer, longtime friend Gavin de Becker told The Associated Press late on Thursday.
"He died with one thought in mind - love one another," De Becker said.
He added that Harrison's wife, Olivia Harrison, and son Dhani, 24, were with him when he died.
With Harrison's death, there remain two surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
John Lennon was shot to death by a deranged fan in 1980.
In 1998, when Harrison disclosed that he had been treated for throat cancer, he said: "It reminds you that anything can happen."
The following year, he survived an attack by an intruder who stabbed him several times.
Harrison shot to fame in the early sixties with the group which became one of the world's most famous bands.
Once on every television screen and in every newspaper during Beatlemania, Harrison largely ducked out of the public eye in later years.
Here he is seen at a memorial service for Linda McCartney in London in June 1998.
Just a few weeks later, he revealed that he had been battling against throat cancer since the summer before.
Linda McCartney - wife of Harrison's fellow ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney - died of breast cancer in May 1998.
After the Beatles broke up, Harrison had several solo hits - but it is for his part in the legendary group that he will be remembered.
Beatlemania was a phenomenon the world had not experienced before.
The Fab Four, as they came to be known, played sell out concerts to fans who could barely contain their hysteria.
The Beatles broke up in 1970 amid bitter recriminations.
But Beatle fans continued to buy the records and Beatlemania was passed down through the generations.
Despite Lennon's death, the flame was rekindled in November 1995, when Harrison, McCartney and Starr released a new song featuring the voice of John Lennon.
Sales of 'The Beatles Anthology', the album on which the song was included, showed the passion for the singers had not disappeared.
In an interview in November 1995, Harrison joked about the relaunch.
The singer and guitarist said he had got cancer from smoking - explaining he quit the habit many years ago, then started again before finally giving up in 1997.
In January 1997, he went to an American clinic for tests and was told the cancer had not returned.
He returned to the clinic in May the same year for further tests and was given the all-clear.
He said that the battle had made him aware of the fragility of human existence.
In late 1999, the former Beatle faced another life threatening situation when he was almost killed by an armed intruder at his home In Henley on Thames.
His wife Olivia struck the knife-wielding attacker over the head with a poker and table lamp almost certainly saving him.
In early 2001, the cancer seemed to have returned and Harrison had a cancerous infection removed from his lung at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
In July that same year, he released a statement asking fans not to worry about reports that he was still battling cancer.
But not long after, he was treated at a Swiss clinic for a brain tumour.
As the fight against cancer grew more serious, the former Beatle travelled to New York for treatment.
But despite undergoing experimental radiosurgery, he lost his long battle with the disease, dying on Thursday..