# George Harrison Dead at 58 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095 "2001-11-30T08:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/1 "2001-11-30T08:24:13Z")
Both MSNBC and Fox News are reporting that former Beatle George Harrison has died of cancer at the age of 58. No further details yet. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/2 "2001-11-30T08:30:41Z")
☹ Damn, he asked the media many months ago to just leave him alone and let him do what he had to do and spend his remaining days out of the media glare. Thanks for the memories George. _Vale_. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/3 "2001-11-30T08:31:49Z")
Fear, this would be better suited to MPSIMS, really… No offense to you but you may ask a mod to close this and put it in MPSIMS. Egads, that is sad but we all have our time to come. \< note, Fear this isn’t a question, sorry dude \> ---
**Author:** ![ejrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ejrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejrn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/4 "2001-11-30T08:38:49Z")
Yes - everybody is reporting this now. So sad. He was very sexy (IMHO). Now my two favorite Beatles are gone. God, I’ve **got** to quit smoking. ---
**Author:** ![ejrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@ejrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ejrn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/5 "2001-11-30T08:41:26Z")
Hey, techdchik68, this is **not** mundane pointless stuff. Will probably wind up in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/6 "2001-11-30T08:41:54Z")
Off to MPSIMS. bibliphage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/7 "2001-11-30T09:23:17Z")
I think that we should all take very special care of Eric Clapton from here on in. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/8 "2001-11-30T09:55:32Z")
☹ Thank you, **George**! Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/9 "2001-11-30T10:02:45Z")
Oh, _no!_ ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/10 "2001-11-30T10:07:25Z")
Damn. ☹ Now my guitar gently weeps. ---
**Author:** ![Joyfulgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/11 "2001-11-30T10:08:39Z")
☹ Thanks for all the music. We’ll miss you. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/12 "2001-11-30T10:19:34Z")
I hope I’m not being corny, posting this. I had to dig it up and listen. “And in the end, the love you take Is equal to the love You make…” ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/13 "2001-11-30T10:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I hope I’m not being corny, posting this. I had to dig it up and listen. > > “And in the end, the love you take > Is equal to the love > You make…” \*\* You aren’t being corny. I thought about posting the whole song but I knew I couldn’t do it without violating the copyright laws which the SDMB enforces. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/14 "2001-11-30T10:25:28Z")
**expletive deleted** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/15 "2001-11-30T10:34:35Z")
He was not my favorite musically: that was Lennon. But he was my favorite in terms of personality. I had great respect for him because it seemed like he matured the most during his tenure as a Beatle. He was younger than Lennon and McCartney, also Sutcliffe and Best when they were in the group, at an age when two or three years made a big difference. He got them to take him seriously anyway. I thought it was great that when the group started having friction, he was the one who said he didn’t want to stay together if it was going to be like that. He had other options by that time: playing with Clapton or Shankar if it came to that. He started out needing the others, but ended up self-sufficient. He did well at everything he tried: producing, performing with the Traveling Wilburys, and he was a lot more ebullient than his “quiet one” image. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/16 "2001-11-30T10:51:30Z")
☹ All things must pass All things must pass away All things must pass None of life’s strings can last So, I must be on my way… ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/17 "2001-11-30T10:56:48Z")
Douglas Adams and George Harrison in the same year. Reality sucks sometimes, but they each left us such amazing legacies. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/18 "2001-11-30T11:15:45Z")
_Nothing in this life that I’ve been trying can equal or surpass the art of dying_ Bye, George. We’ll miss you. ☹ [link](http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/30/harrison.obit/) ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/19 "2001-11-30T11:22:19Z")
My favorite Beatle. I don’t think he ever really got the recognition that he deserved, but he did what made him happy and that’s what counts in life. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095/20 "2001-11-30T12:09:57Z")
\*Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be There’s a shadow hanging over me. Oh, I believe in yesterday. \* ☹ As the spiritual Beatle, I’m sure that George has gone on to his better place. God speed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-dead-at-58/96095.md?page=2)