Paul McCartney's Beatle brother

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Jul 1, 2008, 10:25 GMT

Sir Paul McCartney says George Harrison was like his "baby brother". 04/23/2008 - Paul McCartney - © Solarpix / PR Photos

04/23/2008 - Paul McCartney - © Solarpix / PR PhotosThe 66-year-old music legend enjoyed such a close relationship with George, who died in 2001, he saw him as family.Paul, who first met George in 1954, said: "He was my little baby brother, almost, because I'd known him that long."Paul also spoke about the last time he saw George, just days before he died from cancer.He added in an interview with Uncut magazine: "We held hands. It's funny, even at the height of our friendship - as guys - you would never hold hands. I sat with him for a few hours when he was in treatment. He was about 10 days away from his death. But it was lovely and the years just stripped back. We joked about things. "One of the things I remember him saying - because he'd been moved from Switzerland to a clinic in New York, and then somewhere else - was, 'Can't we just stop in one place?' And I was going, 'Yeah! Let's go to Speke Hall!' Which is an old Tudor tourist place in Speke, where me and George are from. And he's going, 'Oh, that'd be great.' Just amusing, nutty stuff. "It was good. It was like we were dreaming."Paul and drummer Ringo Starr, 67, are the two surviving Beatles. John Lennon was shot dead outside his New York apartment building by Mark David Chapman in 1980. He was just 40 years old.

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Robert PotterJul 1st, 2008 - 11:54:08

Anyone with any respect for the Beatles
NEVER says or prints the name of Johns killer.
NEVER mention his name
or give him the satisfaction of fame.

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JeremyAug 1st, 2008 - 02:21:22

Amen to that. Why on earth end the otherwise enjoyable article with someting as irrelevant as that name?

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