Editing George Harrison (section)

==Later life and death: 1997–2001==
After the ''Anthology'' project, Harrison collaborated with Ravi Shankar on the latter's ''[[Chants of India]]''. Harrison's final television appearance was a [[VH1|VH-1]] special to promote the album, taped in May 1997.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=568}} Soon afterwards, Harrison was diagnosed with [[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]];{{sfn|Greene|2006|p=260}} he was treated with [[Radiation therapy|radiotherapy]], which was thought at the time to be successful.<ref name=NYTimes1299>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/world/george-harrison-stabbed-in-chest-by-an-intruder.html|title=George Harrison Stabbed in Chest by an Intruder|date=31 December 1999|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Sarah|last=Lyall|access-date=22 February 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704054829/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/world/george-harrison-stabbed-in-chest-by-an-intruder.html|archive-date=4 July 2010}}</ref> He publicly blamed years of smoking for the illness.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/george-harrison-tells-of-battle-with-cancer-1168375.html|title = George Harrison tells of battle with cancer|work = [[The Independent]]|access-date = 28 May 2018|first = Vanessa|last = Thorpe|date = 28 June 1998|archive-date = 28 May 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180528142233/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/george-harrison-tells-of-battle-with-cancer-1168375.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

In January 1998, Harrison attended [[Carl Perkins]]' funeral in [[Jackson, Tennessee]], where he performed a brief rendition of Perkins' song "[[Your True Love]]".{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=586}} In May, he represented the Beatles at London's High Court in their successful bid to gain control of unauthorised recordings made of a 1962 performance by the band at the [[Star-Club]] in Hamburg.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=444}}{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=326–27}} The following year, he was the most active of the former Beatles in promoting the reissue of their 1968 animated film ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)|Yellow Submarine]]''.{{sfn|Clayson|2003|p=444}}{{sfn|Huntley|2006|p=279}}

=== Attack at Friar Park: 1999 ===
{{Main|Stabbing of George Harrison}}
[[File:Lodge at Friar Park - geograph.org.uk - 1588804.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|The entrance and gatehouse at Harrison's [[Friar Park]] estate in [[Henley-on-Thames]]. In December 1999, he and his wife [[Olivia Harrison|Olivia]] were the victims of a knife attack by an intruder.]]

On 30 December 1999, Harrison and his wife Olivia were attacked at their home, [[Friar Park]]. The perpetrator was 34-year-old [[Paranoid schizophrenia|paranoid schizophrenic]] man Michael Abram, who broke in and attacked Harrison with a kitchen knife, puncturing a lung and causing head injuries before he was incapacitated by Harrison's wife, who struck him repeatedly with a [[Fire iron#Types of fire irons|fireplace poker]] and a lamp.<ref name=NYTimes1299 />{{sfn|Idle|2005|pp=277–278}} Harrison later commented, "I felt exhausted and could feel the strength draining from me. I vividly remember a deliberate thrust to my chest. I could hear my lung exhaling and had blood in my mouth. I believed I had been fatally stabbed."<ref>{{cite news |first = Lou |last = Haviland |url = https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-horrifying-night-when-former-beatle-george-harrison-was-stabbed-by-a-crazed-fan.html/ |title = The Horrifying Night When Former Beatle George Harrison Was Stabbed by a Crazed Fan |date = 29 November 2019 |access-date = 29 November 2019 |work = Showbiz Cheat Sheet |archive-date = 28 January 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200128173918/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-horrifying-night-when-former-beatle-george-harrison-was-stabbed-by-a-crazed-fan.html/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Following the attack, Harrison was hospitalised with more than 40 stab wounds, and part of his punctured lung was removed.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=328–29}} He released a statement soon afterwards regarding his assailant: "He wasn't a burglar, and he certainly wasn't auditioning for the Traveling Wilburys. [[Adi Shankara]], an Indian historical, spiritual and groovy-type person, once said, 'Life is fragile like a raindrop on a lotus leaf.' And you'd better believe it."{{sfn|Greene|2006|p=266}}{{refn|group=nb|Abram, who believed he was [[demonic possession|possessed]] by Harrison and that he was on a mission from God to kill him,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1024930.stm|title=Beatle's attacker says sorry|date=16 November 2000|access-date=31 December 2012|work=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103063715/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1024930.stm|archive-date=3 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/nov/15/stevenmorris|title=The night George Harrison thought he was dying|last=Morris|first=Steve|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 November 2000|access-date=31 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023073438/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/nov/15/stevenmorris|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> was later acquitted of [[attempted murder]] on [[Insanity defense|grounds of insanity]] and was detained for treatment in a secure mental hospital. He was released in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2096082.stm|title=Freed Beatle's attacker sorry|work=BBC News|access-date=13 December 2008|date=5 July 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508233534/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2096082.stm|archive-date=8 May 2009}}</ref>}} Upon being released from a psychiatric institution in 2002, Abram said: "If I could turn back the clock, I would give anything not to have done what I did in attacking George Harrison, but looking back on it now, I have come to understand that I was at the time not in control of my actions. I can only hope the Harrison family might somehow find it in their hearts to accept my apologies."<ref>{{Cite web|first=Helen|last=Carter|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jul/05/hospitals.mentalhealth|title=George Harrison's attacker released from hospital|date=5 July 2002|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=13 August 2021|archive-date=27 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827173654/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jul/05/hospitals.mentalhealth|url-status=live}}</ref>

The injuries inflicted on Harrison during the home invasion were downplayed by his family in their comments to the press. Having seen Harrison looking so healthy beforehand, those in his social circle believed that the attack brought about a change in him and was the cause for his cancer's return.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=328–29}}

=== Death: 2001 ===
In May 2001, it was revealed that Harrison had undergone an operation to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs,<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709050511/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-harrison-undergoes-surgery-for-cancer-683674.html|archive-date=9 July 2010|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-harrison-undergoes-surgery-for-cancer-683674.html |title=George Harrison undergoes surgery for cancer|date=4 May 2001|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=29 December 2012|last=Jury|url-status=dead|first=Louise}}</ref> and in July, it was reported that he was being treated for a [[brain tumor|brain tumour]] at a clinic in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1333302/George-Harrison-being-treated-in-cancer-clinic.html |title=George Harrison being treated in cancer clinic|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 July 2001|access-date=27 December 2008|first1=Fiona|last1=Fleck|first2=Sandra|last2=Laville|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524042854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1333302/George-Harrison-being-treated-in-cancer-clinic.html|archive-date=24 May 2008}}</ref> While in Switzerland, Starr visited him but had to cut short his stay to travel to Boston, where his daughter was undergoing emergency brain surgery. Harrison, who was very weak, quipped: "Do you want me to come with you?"<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Thorpe|first1=Vanessa|last2=Dowell|first2=Ben|title=George Harrison and his women – Martin Scorsese's new documentary reveals the candid truth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/04/beatles-george-harrison-martin-scorsese|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 September 2011|access-date=22 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228210338/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/sep/04/beatles-george-harrison-martin-scorsese|archive-date=28 December 2013}}</ref> In November 2001, he began radiotherapy at [[Staten Island University Hospital]] in New York City for [[lung cancer|non–small cell lung cancer]] that had [[metastasis|spread]] to his brain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117128&page=1|last=Carpenter|first=Jeff|title=George Harrison Receives Radiation Treatment|date=9 November 2001|work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=2 April 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604101323/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=117128&page=1|archive-date=4 June 2011}}</ref> When the news was made public, Harrison, who would die within the month, bemoaned his physician's breach of privacy, and his estate later claimed damages.{{refn|group=nb|Harrison's estate complained that during a round of experimental radiotherapy at Staten Island University Hospital, the [[oncology|oncologist]] Dr Gilbert Lederman repeatedly revealed Harrison's confidential medical information during television interviews and forced him to autograph a guitar.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|pp=330–331}}<ref>[http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/beatles/ghldrmn10604cmp.pdf Civil Action CV040033 (NGG)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918034406/http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/beatles/ghldrmn10604cmp.pdf|date=18 September 2017}} (PDF), Complaint, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, The Estate of George Harrison v Gilbert Lederman. The allegations about the autograph appear on page 10 of the Complaint.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/10817/|title=The Doctor Can't Help Himself|newspaper=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=21 May 2005|access-date=31 May 2010|last=Goldman|first=Andrew|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820070223/http://nymag.com/nymetro/health/features/10817|archive-date=20 August 2009}}</ref>{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=331}} The suit was ultimately [[legal settlement|settled out of court]] under the condition that the guitar be "disposed of".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/17/nyregion/harrison-estate-settles-suit-over-guitar-autographed-by-dying-beatle.html|title=Harrison Estate Settles Suit Over Guitar Autographed by Dying Beatle|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 January 2004|access-date=31 May 2010|last=Glaberson|first=William|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505121639/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/17/nyregion/harrison-estate-settles-suit-over-guitar-autographed-by-dying-beatle.html|archive-date=5 May 2013}}</ref>}}

On 29 November 2001, Harrison died at a property belonging to McCartney, on Heather Road in [[Beverly Hills, California]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fleming|first=E.J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hi-SCgAAQBAJ&dq=george+harrison+died+heather&pg=PA125|title=Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites|publisher=McFarland|year=2015|isbn=978-0786496440|pages=125|access-date=8 December 2021|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422080817/https://books.google.com/books?id=hi-SCgAAQBAJ&dq=george+harrison+died+heather&pg=PA125|url-status=live}}</ref> He was 58 years old.<ref>{{harvnb|Harry|2003|p=119}}: Harrison's date of death</ref>{{sfn|Norman|2017|p=733}} He died in the company of Olivia, Dhani, Shankar and the latter's wife Sukanya and daughter [[Anoushka Shankar|Anoushka]], and Hare Krishna devotees Shyamasundar Das and [[Mukunda Goswami]], who chanted verses from the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]''.{{sfn|Tillery|2011|p=148}} His final message to the world, as relayed in a statement by Olivia and Dhani, was: "Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait, and love one another."{{sfn|Kahn|2020|p=543}}{{refn|group=nb|Another of his last messages was to actor and comedian [[Mike Myers]] on the set of ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]''. Harrison thanked Myers for the [[Austin Powers|''Austin Powers'' films]] and said that he had searched throughout Europe before finding his bedside companion, a [[Dr. Evil]] doll.{{sfn|Kahn|2020|pp=542–43}}}} He was [[Cremation|cremated]] at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]], and his funeral was held at the [[Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine]] in [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles|Pacific Palisades, California]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Inner-peace movement: ''Many in L.A. turn to Eastern spiritualism to be 'interior designers' of their minds. It's a tonic for frenzied lives''|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/25/news/wk-cover25/2|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|last=O'Connor|first=Anne-Marie|date=25 March 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212746/http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/25/news/wk-cover25/2|archive-date=5 March 2016|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> His close family scattered his ashes according to [[Ganga in Hinduism|Hindu tradition]] in a private ceremony in the [[Ganges]] and [[Yamuna]] rivers near [[Varanasi]], India.<ref>{{harvnb|Lavezzoli|2006|p=198}}; {{harvnb|Doggett|2009|p=332}}</ref> He left almost £100&nbsp;million in his will.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2525443.stm|title=Harrison leaves £99m will|quote=Harrison left £99,226,700, reduced to £98,916,400 after expenses, a High Court spokeswoman confirmed.|work=BBC News|date=29 November 2002|access-date=19 September 2009|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422080751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2525443.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Final studio album and singles: 2002–2004 ===
Harrison's final studio album, ''[[Brainwashed (George Harrison album)|Brainwashed]]'' (2002), was released posthumously after it was completed by his son Dhani and Jeff Lynne.<ref>{{harvnb|Inglis|2010|p=118}}; {{harvnb|Leng|2006|p=293}}.</ref> A quotation from the ''Bhagavad Gita'' is included in the album's liner notes: "There never was a time when you or I did not exist. Nor will there be any future when we shall cease to be."{{sfn|Inglis|2010|p=118}} A media-only single, "[[Stuck Inside a Cloud]]", which Leng describes as "a uniquely candid reaction to illness and mortality", achieved number 27 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Adult Contemporary chart.{{sfn|Leng|2006|p=300}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/brainwashed-mw0000230837/awards|title=Brainwashed – George Harrison: Awards|website=AllMusic|access-date=31 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211040211/http://www.allmusic.com/album/brainwashed-mw0000230837/awards|archive-date=11 February 2013}}</ref> The single "[[Any Road]]", released in May 2003, peaked at number 37 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="UKSingles">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/george%20harrison|title=George Harrison|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=31 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104100242/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/george%20harrison|archive-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> "[[Marwa Blues]]" went on to receive the [[46th Annual Grammy Awards|2004 Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]], while "Any Road" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance|Best Male Pop Vocal Performance]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html|title=Grammy Award Winners|work=The New York Times|access-date=24 December 2008|date=16 January 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211113211/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/arts/music/08grammy-list.html|archive-date=11 February 2009}}</ref>