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George Harrison memorial tree killed by beetles

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George Harrison memorial tree in Los Angeles killed by beetles


PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 July, 2014, 10:57pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 July, 2014, 10:57pm

Agence France-Presse in Los Angeles

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A plaque marks where the Harrison memorial tree stood. Photo: AP

A tree planted in a Los Angeles park in memory of the late George Harrison of the Beatles has been killed by beetles, a city councilor said.

Tom LaBonge, whose district includes Griffith Park, said the Japanese black pine tree, planted about 12 years ago, would be replaced in November.

The four-metre-high tree succumbed to bark beetles thriving in the vast and popular inner-city park amid one of California's worst droughts in years.

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George Harrison in 1972. Photo: AP

"A number of trees in Griffith Park has been hit by this beetle," LaBonge said.

The tree stood about 300 metres from the Griffith Observatory, made famous in the knife-fighting scene in the 1955 movie Rebel Without A Cause starring the late James Dean.

Harrison, the Beatles' lead guitarist as well as a chart-topping solo artist and avid gardener, lived in Los Angeles prior to his death in 2001.

A plaque at the base of the tree read: "In memory of a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and a gardener."

"He died in the City of Angels, and he went straight to the angels," said LaBonge, who underscored Harrison's charity work including the landmark Concert for Bangladesh in 1971.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' US concert debut. Beatle Ringo Starr performed in Los Angeles with his All-Star Band last weekend. He'll be followed on August 10 by former bandmate Paul McCartney.


 
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