George Harrison (by marina prieto)

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time". His interests included gardening and motor racing

In the group of The Beatles , the songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, but Harrison wrote one song : Help! .Later he wrote more compositions with The Beatles: “Here Comes the Sun", "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and successful triple album. After the band’s breakup, Harrison continued writing, releasing the acclaimed and successful triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the number one single "My Sweet Lord".

He had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, the super group he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.

George Harrison embraced Indian culture and Hinduism in the 1960s, and with Ravi Shankar he organized a major charity concert with the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh.

In his work as a film producer, he collaborated with people as diverse as Madonna and the members of Monty Python. He was a close friend of Eric Clapton.

He was married twice, to the model Pattie Boyd in 1966, and to the record company secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias in 1978, with whom he had one son, Dhani Harrison.

George Harrison died of cancer the 29th November of 2001.