The Beatles’ George Harrison’s sarcastic reaction to being stabbed 40 times

The biography George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatlereleased this Tuesday, 24th, abroad (there is still no forecast for its arrival in Brazil), tells a very unusual story: a sarcastic reaction from the legendary guitarist of the Beatles by being stabbed 40 times.

Written by Philip Normanthe book addresses the 1999 incident that was almost fatal for the artist (via Far Out). All this happened when George Harrison and the wife, Olivia, were victims of a home invasion. When he heard noises in the house, the musician got out of bed to investigate.

Then he was confronted by a man named Michael Abram, who had a knife in his hands. Upon seeing this scene, the guitarist tried to take the weapon away from the attacker, who managed to climb onto the band member. Beatles and stab him 40 times. The criminal stopped attacking after Olivia hit him in the head with a lamp.

George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle describes how the artist described the attack on his son, Dhani, with a dark and witty sense of humor. Harrison described the criminal. “He wasn’t a thief and he certainly wasn’t auditioning for the Traveling Wilburys,” says the book.

It is worth remembering how, at the time, Harrison was diagnosed with throat cancer – and one of the stab wounds punctured his lung. According to doctors, the attack worsened the artist’s condition. He died from the disease two years later, in 2001, at the age of 58.

Detained after the attack, Michael Abram He was sent to a psychiatric hospital and was not arrested because he was diagnosed with insanity. A few years later, he revealed remorse and regret for his actions and asked for forgiveness from his family. George Harrison.