{"id":31527,"date":"2025-02-26T00:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/paul-mccartney-eric-clapton-more-remember-george-harrison-on-what-would-have-been-82nd-birthday\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T00:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:03:25","slug":"paul-mccartney-eric-clapton-more-remember-george-harrison-on-what-would-have-been-82nd-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/paul-mccartney-eric-clapton-more-remember-george-harrison-on-what-would-have-been-82nd-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton &amp; more remember George Harrison on what would have been 82nd birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-02-25\/M_GeorgeHarrison_051023.jpg\" alt><figcaption>ABC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tuesday would have been the late <strong>George Harrison<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a082nd birthday, and he was on the minds of some of his rock star friends, who paid tribute to him on social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Beatles<\/strong>\u2019 official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thebeatles\/status\/1894344462031036760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>social media accounts<\/strong><\/a> shared a video set to Harrison\u2019s \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d to mark the occasion, while bandmate <strong>Paul McCartney<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGfrkgNPt-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>posted<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0a black-and-white photo of the two of them together with the caption, \u201cTime to celebrate my good mate George\u2019s birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Clapton <\/strong>\u2014<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>who had an affair with, and later married, Harrison\u2019s first wife,\u00a0<strong>Pattie Boyd\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 marked Harrison\u2019s birthday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGgEwIvOUHD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>sharing video<\/strong><\/a> of an all-star performance of Harrison\u2019s tune \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d from The Prince\u2019s Trust Rock Gala in 1987. 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