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Published on Wednesday, July 02, 2008
By Greg Hernandez
Paul McCartney is finally opening up about the time he spent with George Harrison shortly before the former Beatle's death in 2001.
"I sat with him for a few hours when he was in treatment just outside New York," Paul said in an interview with the United Kingdom's Uncut magazine. "He was about 10 days away from his death, as I recall. We joked about things - just amusing, nutty stuff. It was good. It was like we were dreaming. He was my little baby brother, almost, because I'd known him that long.
"We held hands," he added. "It's funny, even at the height of our friendship - as guys - you would never hold hands. It just wasn't a Liverpool thing. But it was lovely."
George was just 58 years old when he died of cancer, leaving Paul and Ringo Starr as the only surviving members of The Beatles, the most successful music group of all time. John Lennon was murdered in 1980
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