It was 17 years ago today (November 29th, 2001) that George Harrison died after a long battle with cancer, at age 58. Harrison, the first of the Beatles to embrace Eastern philosophies and culture, will also be remembered for his humanitarian efforts, such as his 1971 Concert For Bangladesh for famine relief.
Harrison’s son, Dhani Harrison, supervised the recent release of the box set, The Apple Years: 1968-’75, which features such beloved solo works as Wonderwall Music (1968), Electronic Sound(1969), All Things Must Pass (1970), Living In The Material World (1973), Dark Horse (1974), andExtra Texture (Read All About It) (1975). The collection, which came 10 years after the release of the first Harrison box — The Dark Horse Years 1976-92 — features an exclusive DVD with “several video pieces, including a new seven-minute film with previously unreleased footage, an exclusive perfect-bound book with an introduction by Dhani, new essays by award-winning radio producer and author Kevin Howlett, and rare and previously unpublished images.
In 2012, the Martin Scorsese HBO documentary George Harrison: Living In The Material Worldsnagged two awards at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony held at L.A.’s Nokia Theatre. The critically acclaimed doc won the prizes for Outstanding Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming.
