John Lennon died 42 years ago this week on December 8, 1980. The Beatles star was murdered outside his home, Dakota, in New York City. His death affected people all over the world, but his closest and dearest friends were devastated by the tragic loss. Everyone except George Harrison, who was said to have been very angry at the events.
Harrison’s life is chronicled in Martin Scorsese’s documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World. In this feature, Harrison’s wife, Olivia Harrison, reveals her husband’s thoughts after Lennon’s tragic murder. She said Harrison was “really angry” at Lennon for his lack of preparation.
He was angry, she said, because “John didn’t have a chance to leave his body in a better way.”
The widow went on to reveal that Harrison practiced “daily practices” to ensure that his transition from life to death would be “easier” for him. This was a practice of Hare Krishna beliefs.
Olivia said, “George put so much emphasis and importance on the moment of dying, leaving your body. That was very—that’s really what he was training for.”
Harrison explained, “If we were still in a working relationship, she would have changed it more. The thing is, I haven’t seen him in a long time. I mean, for all I know he’s still there now because I haven’t seen him in two years anyway. He’d probably send a postcard sometimes.” “.
He added, “Knowing he’s on the phone if you want to call him, that’s the difference. Now, you need the big cosmic phone to talk to him.”
Added Harrison: “I guess life goes on. As for me, I can’t feel sad. I’m sad I can’t go and play guitars with John, but then I did anyway. We’ll meet again, somewhere down the line.”
On the other hand, Ringo Starr was furious about the circumstances of Lennon’s death.
Ringo had also known Lennon since he was a young man in Liverpool. And when he learned that the star had been killed, he “didn’t know what to do.”
“We lost a lot of people in our business early on,” he recalled. “When John was gone I was in the Bahamas. I was getting a phone call from my sons in L.A. saying, ‘Something happened to John.’ Then they called out and said, ‘John is dead.'”
“I didn’t know what to do,” he said, crying, “and I’m still OK because some bastard shot him. But I just said, ‘We have to get a plane.'” We got on a plane to New York, and you don’t know what you can do. We went to the apartment. .. And Yoko just said, “Well, you’re just playing with Shun. Keep Shawn busy.” And that’s what we did.
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