George Harrison Dead at 58

Sad news from the Associated Press today: Beatles guitarist George Harrison died yesterday afternoon at the age of 58. Harrison was staying at the home of his longtime friend Gavin De Becker in Los Angeles, and passed away of throat cancer at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. His wife, Olivia Harrison, and his 24 year-old son Dhani were with him when he died.

It's 3:00 a.m. as I write this. I just found out half an hour ago and have been trying, to no avail, to come up with an acceptable homage to a man for whom words like "innovative" and "brilliant" seem grotesque understatements. We may have more on this later. In the meantime, here's a link to the full story:

Ex-Beatle George Harrison Dies at 58

Posted by Ryan Schreiber on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 1:00am