George Harrison
George Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group include "Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something".
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| Full name at birth | George Harold Harrison
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| Claim to fame | The Beatles
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| Date of birth | 25 February 1943
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| Place of birth | Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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| Date of death | 29 November 2001
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| Age | 58 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Hollywood Hills, California, USA
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| Cause of death | Lung cancer
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| Occupation | Guitarist, Bassist, Singer, Songwriter, Composer, Producer, Actor
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| Height | 5' 10" (178 cm)
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| Weight | 155 lbs (70 kg)
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| Dress size | 8
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| Shoe size | 10
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| Net worth | $400,000,000 USD
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| High school | Dovedale Primary School, Merseyside, England, UK
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| University | Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Liverpool, England, UK
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- Is portrayed by Chris O'Neill in Backbeat (1994).
- Overcame both hepatitis in the mid-1970s (which caused a delay in the release of his album "Thirty-Three and 1/3"), and a cocaine addiction in the early 1980s.
- A controversy arose in the days after Harrison's death, when it turned out his death certificate listed a bogus address; it was revealed he had died at Paul McCartney's Los Angeles house, whose address they'd wanted to keep secret. McCartney described the late Harrison as "my baby brother".
- He was the youngest member of the Beatles.
- A good deal of confusion as to his real birthday was solved when a family birth record noted him as being born shortly before midnight around 11:50 P.M.) on February 24th, 1943. He had believed his birthday was February 25th for his entire life.
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