Mystery About George Harrison's Final Hours

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Article below says that there's a mystery about George Harrison's final hours, only Paul Mc Cartney and a few others would know.

 

Macca-Mills Divorce At A Standstill Over 'Engagement Present' Beverly Hills Mansion

 

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November 18, 2007 - Courtney Love, Heather Mills, Paul McCartney and George Harrison

 

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' divorce settlement has come to a standstill over a Ł6 million house. The Beatles legend, who split from the former model in May 2006 following a four-year marriage, bought the Beverly Hills mansion from rocker Courtney Love as an engagement present for Heather in 2001.

Heather, 39, insists the house belongs to her, but Paul has become emotionally attached to the property and is reluctant to let it go.

A source said: "Neither side will budge. It is deadlock. Heather helped choose the house, she persuaded Paul to buy it and it was an engagement gift to her. That is certainly what she is telling people.

"To Heather the home represents the glitzy lifestyle she was thrilled to marry into. And she intends to spend a lot of time in Los Angeles, building up her profile over there."

Paul, 65, is unwilling to relinquish the house - situated on Heather Road - because of its "mysterious" ties to fellow Beatle George Harrison's death in November 2001.

The source added to a British newspaper: "Paul has never been a fan of California - he prefers the quiet life. But Heather Road became very important to him around the time of George's death.

There is still a mystery, known only to Paul, George's family and a few others about his final hours. His death certificate had a false address. It has been said he passed away in Heather Road in the presence of his wife Olivia and Hare Krishna mentors. Paul invited George to stay at the house just days before he died."

Paul spends most of his time at his Ł12 million Peasmarsh estate in West Sussex.

He also owns a Ł2 million Mull of Kintyre estate, in Scotland, a Ł5 million London mansion and a ranch in the U.S.

Last week, it was reported Heather had demanded a Ł50 million divorce settlement from Paul and vowed to take him to court if he didn't pay up.

Heather was even said to be threatening to take their three-year-old daughter Beatrice to the U.S. for an extended stay in a bid to convince Paul to agree to the staggering sum.

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Within him, without him

 

Ajay Mankotia, Hindustan Times

December 02, 2007

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First Published: 22:56 IST(2/12/2007)

Last Updated: 22:57 IST(2/12/2007)

 

It’s 11 pm on December 3, 2001. I am at a Varanasi hotel lobby. The media and tourists are vying for space. There’s an air of hushed expectancy. Lights are subdued and people are speaking in low whispers. The bitter cold and the fog outside sneaks in with every visitor and produces a collective shiver.

George Harrison has died four days earlier in Los Angeles after battling cancer. He has been cremated in a cardboard coffin. Media reports have it that his ashes are to be immersed in the Ganga at Varanasi. Harrison’s widow Olivia and son Dhani are to carry out the ritual. A throng has descended on the pilgrim town hoping to catch a last glimpse.

Harrison, the ‘quiet Beatle,’ had a long, intimate relationship with Indian mysticism, music and Hinduism. In 1967, Harrison introduced the other Beatles to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. A year earlier, after the Beatles had stopped touring, he came here to study the sitar with Ravi Shankar. Shankar was present during Harrison’s final hours.

That night the vigil continues. Rumours fly thick and fast about the details of the visit. Some say that the ashes would arrive by a special aircraft early on the 4th. There is no official word about the exact programme. I get into a lively discussion with an international channel about the raw deal meted out to Harrison by the other Beatles, and how he deserved equal space with John and Paul. Others join in.

 

 

Harrison spent his last moments chanting ‘Hare Krishna’ with his family next to him and pictures of Rama and Krishna near his bed. His 1970 song, My Sweet Lord, introduced millions to the ‘Hare Krishna’ mantra, which he gently interspersed between choruses of Hallelujah.

In a 1982 interview, Harrison said that his song, The Lord Loves the One that Loves the Lord from the album, Living in the Material World, was written about Srila Prabhupada, founder of the Hare Krishna movement. In 1969, he financed the first hardbound printing of the Krishna Book. In 1973, he donated Bhaktivedanta Manor, a 23-acre estate outside London to the Krishna Society.

It is 4 a.m. The wait is becoming painfully long. Word comes that the local administration and air traffic control have received no communication about the arrival of the ashes. Most people get up and leave. But our vigil was not in vain. We have paid our respects to a great musician and a greater human being by sharing our love for his music and his humanness with each other on a cold winter night.

I don’t retire to my room that night. Instead, I head to the ghats and wait for the sun.