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| Cherry Oh Baby |
Some news said he's in some Staten Island hospital now recovering from his cancer, others said that it's untrue, and some said - hate to repeat their words, but still - they said he died yesterday!!!!! Could somebody please tell me what's actually happened, for like a real Beatle fan I'm quite embarrased with all this?? |
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| Jaxx |
here's a few recent articles on the subject. hope this helps to alleviate the confusion:
Saturday, November 10, 2001
Harrison treatment
FORMER Beatle George Harrison has reportedly received experimental cancer treatment at Staten Island University Hospital in New York.
Harrison, 58, has been treated by Dr Gil Lederman, the hospital's director of radiation oncology, according to reports.
America's Daily News reports Harrison is in a private suite in the hospital. However the New York Post says he checked out on Sunday in the company of his wife after a visit from Ringo Starr.
Jeff Kramer, Harrison's manager, has not confirmed the reports, and the hospital, citing patient confidentiality policies, would not comment.
Dr Lederman offers a technique known as fractionated sterotactic radiosurgery, which attacks tumours with high radiation doses while leaving surrounding tissues intact. It is for patients with advanced tumours.
Harrison, the youngest of the four Beatles, was diagnosed with lung cancer and a brain tumour this year.
He lives in Friar Park, a heavily guarded estate in Henley-on-Thames, with his wife and son.
Lederman refused to say if he was treating Harrison. But he said the treatment's success rate is 90 per cent and is usually performed as an outpatient procedure.
Stories of Harrison's failing health have circulated for months. Some news outlets reported in July that he was close to death and Harrison called the reports "unsubstantiated, untrue, insensitive and uncalled for".
Once a heavy smoker, Harrison overcame throat cancer in 1997. He developed lung cancer earlier this year and had a cancerous growth removed from his lung in March, according to reports.
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Harrison Out of the Hospital?
by Mark Armstrong
Nov 9, 2001, 2:00 PM PT
George Harrison's health remains a question mark, but media outlets are now reporting that the Quiet Beatle has quietly checked out of a New York hospital after undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.
While Harrison's camp remained mum Friday regarding reports of a "last-chance" cancer treatment, the New York Post reported that the 58-year-old music legend left Staten Island University Hospital on Sunday. He was expected to remain in New York for several weeks while completing outpatient treatment under the care of cancer specialist Dr. Gil Lederman, the Post reported.
Lederman, director of radiation oncology for the hospital, refused to comment Friday on reports that he treated Harrison with a procedure called sterotactic radiosurgery.
But he did tell E! Online that the procedure does not require invasive surgery and is "very successful." Lederman adds that his department has been using the procedure for the past five years and now treats up to 100 patients a day from around the globe.
"It's a precise way of giving radiation treatment to specific areas," Lederman said. "It's non-invasive...and in the area we treat, it's successfully done about 90 percent of the time."
Still, Harrison's exact condition remains shrouded in mystery. The musician's publicist said Wednesday she was no longer representing him, and there was no one to answer questions or clear up reports regarding Harrison's health.
London's Daily Telegraph first reported the hospitalization Wednesday, describing Harrison as "frail and gaunt," and saying "the word around the hospital is that the procedure he is having is the last chance of saving his life."
Harrison reportedly checked into the hospital under the name George Arias, the maiden name of his wife Olivia. According to the Telegraph, Harrison first sought treatment in Switzerland and then moved to the New York hospital last week, where he was to undergo treatment from Lederman.
Harrison's wife and 23-year-old son Dhani were reportedly keeping vigil by his bedside, and former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr also paid a visit to him, the Post reported.
It was only in July that Harrison was dispelling initial rumors about a losing battle with cancer, after London's Mail on Sunday published a supposedly exclusive interview with former Beatles producer George Martin saying Harrison "knows he is going to die soon and he's accepting it perfectly happily."
Turned out, however, that the quote was fabricated. Harrison, who had been working on a new album, released a statement insisting he was "active and feeling very well." Furthermore, the guitarist-songwriter and his wife said they were "disappointed and disgusted" by the rumors.
What is known is that Harrison's health has suffered in recent years. Earlier this year he was treated at a Swiss clinic, reportedly for a brain tumor. Prior to that, he checked into the Mayo Clinic to have a cancerous lung operated on. And in 1998, he underwent radiation therapy for throat cancer, which he attributed to years of smoking.
His closest brush with death came in 1999, when a deranged fan broke into Harrison's suburban London estate and stabbed him with a knife in the chest, puncturing his lung and nearly killing him.
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