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| George Harrison's widow is suing her former brother-in-law claiming he stole items from their former home. Olivia Harrison is taking Carl Roles and his current wife Carol Roles to court. She accuses the couple of wrongfully possessing, selling, and profiting from the material. The items are described as "household and personal items of sentimental value". Harrison wants the property returned as well as unspecified damages, and legal fees and other costs. She has filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court and a preliminary injunction hearing is set for February 1st. Carl Roles is the ex-husband of Olivia's sister Linda Arias. According to the court papers, Roles rang a reporter in Arizona on November 30, just one day after Harrison died, about selling some of Harrison's personal property. Olivia claims Roles took the property from the Los Angeles home without the family's knowledge or permission. The papers say Roles and his wife met a collector, who was actually an undercover FBI agent. They brought with them 10 boxes of items, one of which was labeled "GH $tuff". The couple admitted the material was taken from the Los Angeles house and that they had even more stuff in storage. Story filed: 09:01 Tuesday 15th January 2002 | |
| Place of George Harrison's death still a mystery | |
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site of George Harrison's death remains a mystery. Postal services
have been unable to track down the address given on the ex-Beatle's
death certificate. Some think it may be bogus - to stop the real location
becoming a shrine. George's death certificate, filed with the Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services, lists the place of death
as a Coldwater Canyon address in Beverly Hills occupied by his wife,
Olivia. But the location cannot be found by the Beverly Hills post
office, which says it has no record of it as a postal address. The
county tax assessor has no record of the property either. Newspaper
reporters could not track it down. When George died on November 29,
a statement by the family said he "left this world surrounded by family
and friends" but did not state the place of death. A Los Angeles company
cremated his remains. Gavin De Becker, an author acting as the family
spokesman, said Harrison died at a property that Mr De Becker owns,
but a search of property records didn't show anything owned by Mr
De Becker on Coldwater Canyon Drive. To wilfully falsify the address
on a death certificate is a misdemeanour, says Scott Carrier, a spokesman
for the county coroner. Someone would have to make a formal complaint
about it, "and so far, no one has," says Jane Robison, spokeswoman
for the county district attorney's office. We at BeatleCity think George suffered enough and should be left to rest in peace. His family should also be given some privacy to grieve. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Story filed: 20:44 Wednesday 12th December 2001 |
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Stage
where Lennon met McCartney fails to sell
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stage on which John Lennon first met Paul McCartney has failed to
sell at an auction of Beatles memorabilia. It was expected to fetch
up to £50,000. McCartney was in the audience in July 1957 when Lennon
performed on the stage with his skiffle group The Quarrymen, during
a garden fete at St Peter's Church Hall at Woolton in Liverpool. The
stage, which survived a fire at the hall two months ago, was being
sold as part of the building's restoration. Light fittings from the
hall sold for £750 at the auction but other items, including a door
and an exit sign, failed to reach their asking price. George Harrison's
first guitar and a piano owned by Lennon also failed to sell. The
auction was held by Fleetwood Owen auctioneers at London's Sticky
Fingers Cafe. 28/11/01 |
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Estate
of 'fifth Beatle' goes on sale
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| The complete estate of Stuart Sutcliffe is going on display to the public. The collection will be auctioned later this month. It has been put together over the past four decades by Sutcliffe's sister, Pauline. It comprises artwork, sketches and drawings as well as private correspondence between him and the Beatles. The lot also contains photographs of the band taken by his then girlfriend, the noted photographer Astrid Kircherr. Until recently the collection was on display in New York at the Westwood Gallery, but is opening today at the Proud Gallery in London. The whole estate will be sold on December 5th as part of a sealed bid auction organised by the entertainment auction house Fleetwood Owen. A total of £100,000 from the sales proceeds will go the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. As John Lennon's best friend, Sutcliffe was one of the founder members of the Beatles. Although he left the band in 1961 to pursue a career in art, Sutcliffe had an undeniable influence on the Fab Four. Many in the art fraternity believe that his tragic death from a brain haemorrhage at the age of 21, robbed the world of one of the most promising painters of his generation. 13/11/01 | |
Cancer
pioneer refuses to confirm George Harrison treatment
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