Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr pay homage to George Harrison
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have shared touching online tributes to George Harrison on the 20th anniversary of the death of their late Beatles companion.
Harrison died on November 29, 2001 at the age of 58, following a battle with cancer. “Hard to believe we lost George 20 years ago,” McCartney wrote on Twitter. “I miss my friend so much. Love, Paul.”
In a separate post, Starr said, “Peace and love to you, George. I miss you man. Peace and love, Ringo.”
McCartney said he was grateful he had one last visit with Harrison in 2001. “He was still laughing and joking, a very brave man,” McCartney told reporters the day Harrison died. “I’m just privileged to have known him and love him like he’s my brother. It’s a very sad day for me and a lot of other people, but I think he would have wanted us to we got along well, loved and remembered him as the great man he was.
Starr last caught up with Harrison in Switzerland, where he was being treated for his illness. “I was going to Boston, because my daughter had a brain tumor,” Starr called back later in the 2011 Harrison documentary, Living in the material world. “And I said, ‘Well, I have to go to Boston’, and [Harrison] goes away – those were the last words I heard him say, actually – and he said, “Would you like me to come with you?” So that’s the incredible side of George.
The anniversary of Harrison’s death comes on the heels of The Beatles: Come Back series, which aired on Disney + last week. The documentary focuses on images shot during the making of the group’s last album, So be it.
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