Memorial at George's star
My boss let me off from work early, so I went to the memorial that Chris Carter from Breakfast with the Beatles hosted at George's star. It was an open mike affair, with fans paying tribute and singing, and Chris providing pizza for the fans. It was all the more emotional because many of the attendees knew Susan Hancock, one of George's biggest fans who cleaned and polished George's star, who died of Lou Gehrig's Disease a week ago. It was said she died wearing a George t-shirt. She's seen in the photo below, holding the original mock-up of the star, which Dhani signed for her (and that was an amusing story in itself, as Dhani didn't seem to be aware of the Walk of Fame and didn't understand how his father was going to be immortalized in the sidewalk).
After the open mike tributes, we held hands around George's star while listening to "All Things Must Pass," and that's when I got a bit weepy. And then we sang to "Here Comes the Sun" while a woman played tambourine.
It was an incredibly poignant tribute. This morning, I'm listening to Saturday Morning with the Beatles, naturally dedicated to George, as well as to Susan.
