George Harrison - interesting facts

  • George Harrison was born on February 24, 1943 in Liverpool, England.
  • Harrison was the youngest of The Beatles.
  • It was Paul McCartney who brought George into the band (The Quarrymen).
  • John Lennon stated that his relationship with George was "one of young follower and older guy."
  • Dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
  • Height: 5'11" (1.80 m)
  • Favourite color: purple.
  • Favourite candy: jellybeans.
  • George Harrison is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980.
  • Some of his famous songs: "Something", "Here Comes the Sun", Taxman and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
  • Brothers: Harry and Peter, and one sister, Louise.
  • George Harrison was first married to Pattie Boyd in 1966 (divorced in 1977).
  • George embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the mid 1960s,
  • George Harrison married Olivia Arias in 1978.
  • Harrison had one son named Dhani.
  • George died of lung cancer in 2001.