# George Harrison memorial tree killed by infestation of beetles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751 "2014-07-22T16:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/1 "2014-07-22T16:58:33Z")
[Link](http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/78702) > [@](#): > > A tree planted in memory of George Harrison has died after being infested by beetles. > > The pine in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park was planted in 2004 as a tribute to the late guitar player in The Beatles, who passed away in 2001 in the city… > > The LA Times says that Councilman Tom LaBonge has promised that a new tree will be planted to honour Harrison. How ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/2 "2014-07-22T17:22:23Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Link](http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/78702) > > How ironic. How is it ironic? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/3 "2014-07-22T17:30:20Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > How is it ironic? Beetles/Beatles. Also, rain on your wedding day. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/4 "2014-07-22T17:40:01Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Also, rain on your wedding day. That’s just bad luck. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/5 "2014-07-22T17:41:06Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > How is it ironic? [The third meaning](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony): a tree, planted to honor a Beatle, is instead destroyed by beetles. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/6 "2014-07-22T17:42:15Z")
Maybe next time they’ll plant something from the Norwegian wood. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/7 "2014-07-22T17:42:26Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > How is it ironic? Because Yoko couldn’t break up the beetles. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/8 "2014-07-22T17:43:53Z")
Hmmph. I’d have thought it’d have been knocked down by a rolling stone. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/9 "2014-07-22T17:45:31Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Maybe next time they’ll plant something from the Norwegian wood. That’s just _asking_ for someone to light a fire. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/10 "2014-07-22T18:14:50Z")
All things must pass. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/11 "2014-07-22T18:15:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s just _asking_ for someone to light a fire. hmmm…Did Jose Feliciano ever play alongside George Harrrison? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/12 "2014-07-22T18:23:20Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > hmmm…Did Jose Feliciano ever play alongside George Harrrison? _Norwegian Wood_ lyrics. “And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown So I lit a fire, isn’t it good, Norwegian wood?” ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/13 "2014-07-22T18:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > The LA Times says that Councilman Tom LaBonge has promised that a new tree will be planted to honour Harrison. It better be new and not like the Chiffons’ tree. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/14 "2014-07-22T19:37:49Z")
Perhaps a tangerine tree? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/15 "2014-07-22T19:41:58Z")
No one, I think, was in that tree. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/16 "2014-07-22T19:44:14Z")
The beetles didn’t listed when the tree said “Don’t bother me.” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/17 "2014-07-22T21:19:14Z")
Did anyone click the link and notice the article incorrectly identified George as the **bass** player? Besides **Johnny L.A.** , that is. I see he made the correction in his OP. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/18 "2014-07-22T22:28:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Maybe next time they’ll plant something from the Norwegian wood. I got my mind set on yew. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/19 "2014-07-22T22:47:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I got my mind set on yew. I LOLed. :smack: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751/20 "2014-07-22T23:31:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I got my mind set on yew. But it’s going to take timber. A whole lot of precious timber. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-harrison-memorial-tree-killed-by-infestation-of-beetles/693751.md?page=2)