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George Harrison's Cancer Relapse
Representatives for George Harrison announced Thursday that he recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous growth from one of his lungs.
Harrison had the operation at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, but did not say when (there's a reason he's known as the Quiet Beatle).
"The operation was successful and George has made an excellent recovery," reads a statement from the rocker's lawyers. "He is in the best of spirits and on top form--the most relaxed and free since the attack on him in 1999. He is now enjoying a holiday in Tuscany.
"Although All Things Must Pass Away, George has no plans right now and is still Living in the Material World, and wishes everyone all the very best, God Bless and not to worry."
The 58-year-old musician was diagnosed with throat cancer about four years ago after discovering a lump on his neck. In 1997, he was treated with two rounds of radiation therapy at the Royal Marsden Hospital. The reclusive Harrison admitted at the time that he got the disease from his heavy smoking habit.
"I gave up cigarettes many years ago, but had started again for awhile and then stopped in 1997," he said at the time. "Luckily for me they found that this nodule was more of a warning than anything else. There are many different types of cancerous cells and this was a very basic type."
While his throat problems persisted, Harrison had another dose of bad karma. In late 1999, a disturbed fan, 34-year-old Michael Abram, broke into the ex-Beatle's home in Henley-on-Thames, west of London, and stabbed Harrison with a knife, nearly killing him. Harrison's wife, Olivia, was credited with saving him by clubbing the attacker over the head with a fireplace poker and table lamp.
Harrison was hospitalized with a punctured lung and subsequently recovered. Abram was acquitted by reason of insanity and remanded to a mental institution. (The attack came almost 19 years after John Lennon was assassinated in front of his New York apartment building by an obsessed fan.)
In an interview with the Associated Press earlier this year while promoting the 30th anniversary rerelase of his All Things Must Pass, Harrison reflected on his problems.
Said Harrison: "I had a little throat cancer. I had a piece of my lung removed in 1997. And then I was almost murdered. But I seem to feel stronger. I don't smoke anymore. I'm a little more short of breath than I used to be, so I don't see myself on stage lasting a full 14 rounds."
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