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George Harrison: Death
George died at the home of a friend in Los Angeles, California on Thursday, November 29, 2001, at the age of 58. His death was ascribed to lung cancer that had metastasized to the brain. He was cremated, and although it was widely reported that his ashes were scattered in the River Ganges, the ceremony was not conducted at the expected time
http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/11/30/1038386359453.html. The actual disposition of the ashes has not been publicly disclosed.
After his death, the Harrison family released the following statement: "He left this world as he lived in it: conscious of God, fearless of death and at peace, surrounded by family and friends. He often said: 'Everything else can wait but the search of God can't wait, and love one another'".
His final album, Brainwashed, was completed by Dhani Harrison and Jeff Lynne and released in November 2002.
On November 29, 2002, the first anniversary of his death, the Concert For George saw the two remaining Beatles
Paul McCartney and
Ringo Starr join many of Harrison's friends for a special memorial concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London that benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation. Ravi Shankar's daughter Anoushka Shankar joined Jeff Lynne in a performance of "The Inner Light," Clapton and Lynne performed "I Want To Tell You" and "If I Needed Someone," Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (with Jools Holland and
Sam Brown) performed "Taxman" and "I Need You," Starr performed "Photograph", members of Monty Python (
Michael Palin,
Terry Jones,
Eric Idle and
Terry Gilliam) performed "The Lumberjack Song," and McCartney and Starr performed "For You Blue". For the finale, all of the artists went back on stage to end with "Something," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "My Sweet Lord" (with Billy Preston on keyboards) and "Wah-Wah". Joe Brown concluded with the Gus Kahn/Isham Jones classic "I'll See You In My Dreams".
George Harrison and Aaliyah Haughton made UK Chart History when they scored the first, and to this date only, back to back posthumous number one hits when Aaliyah's "More than a Woman" (Released on 07 January 2002 and topped the chart on 13 January 2002) was followed by George's "My Sweet Lord" (Re-released on 14 January 2002 and topped the chart on 20 January 2002).
Harrison was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 15, 2004.
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