On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999: George Harrison and wife Olivia were attacked by home intruder

On This Day, Dec. 30, 1999 …

The Beatles‘ George Harrison and his wife, Olivia Harrison, were attacked in their Friar Park estate by a 34-year-old mentally ill intruder named Michael Abram.

Abram punctured George’s lung with a kitchen knife and stabbed him more than 40 times, before Olivia intervened and repeatedly struck Abram with a fireplace poker and a lamp.

George had to have part of his punctured lung removed.

Abram was tried and found not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to a mental health facility. He was released in 2002 and apologized to the Harrisons.

George died in 2001 after a battle with cancer. He was 58.

A new video was just released for Harrison’s classic song “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” directed by Stranger Things actor Finn Wolfhard. The stop-motion clip is set in the gardens at Friar Park.

Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.