George Harrison was many things during his lifetime: An underrated guitarist, crucial to The Beatles’ success, and the one who forced the members of the supergroup The Traveling Wilburys to check their egos at the door. Harrison was perpetually in good spirits, even as he battled cancer near the end of his life. His final words to Ringo Starr illustrate it, and so does how Harrison and Paul McCartney interacted when the former was near death.
When The Beatles needed to replace original drummer Pete Best, Harrison talked McCartney and John Lennon into adding Starr. Lennon and McCartney took up a lot of the spotlight, but Starr’s steady timekeeping on drums and Harrison’s underrated guitar-playing helped the band achieve legendary status. Harrison and Starr spent years working together closely, and Starr made sure to see his former bandmate before his death.
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