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. Abram was finally stopped by Olivia, who repeatedly struck him with a fireplace poker and a lamp.

In the hospital, George had to have part of his punctured lung removed.

Abrams 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.

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