Only 58 when he passed away, George Harrison knew that his time was coming.
In the lead-up to his death, Harrison told his friend and former producer, George Martin, that he "knows that he is going to die soon" and that he accepted it.
George had to keep dealing with cancer that kept on coming back; first a tumour developed in his throat.
The year was 1997 when he learned of the cancerous mass, which he blamed on smoking.
"I got it purely from smoking," Harrison had said at the time. "I gave up cigarettes many years ago, but had started again for a while and then stopped in 1997."
Source:Chanelle Georgina/express.co.uk