George Harrison's two biggest passions saved his life during crazed knife attack
The Beatles star was stabbed multiple times by an intruder at his home in 1999, and now his widow Olivia has revealed George's obsessions prevented fatal wound
When George Harrison was the victim of a frenzied knife attack, he was saved by some paper with song lyrics on, his wife Olivia says.
She said the notes, which were in a pocket in front of his heart, were folded thick enough to protect the organ during the stabbing. The couple were attacked at their home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxon, in 1999 by intruder Michael Abram. Beatles legend George was stabbed dozens of times including to the chest.
Olivia tells a Radio 3 show being aired on Sunday: “He had notes in a pocket right over his heart and he had them folded. You can only fold paper so many times. He had them folded and stuck in the pocket and it’s what saved him... Gardening notes and lyrics were his passions and they saved his life.”
Source: Mark Jefferies/mirror.co.uk
