Ex-Beatle 'accepted he was dying', says widow

LOS ANGELES (NBC) - George Harrison's widow has spoken for the first time about how he accepted his fate long before his death from cancer last year.

Olivia Harrison said her husband of 23-years never felt in control during his lengthy battle with the disease.
She told NBC that "he gave his life to God a long time ago. He wasn't trying to hang on to anything. He was fine with it". She added: "Sure, nobody likes to be ill and nobody likes to be uncomfortable. But he went with what was happening."

According to Mrs Harrison, he spent years trying to achieve self realisation and peace with God. She added: "George dedicated a lot of his life to obtain a good ending, and I don't have any doubt that he was successful."
She also told how Harrison saved her life when the couple were attacked in their Henley-on-Thames mansion in December 1999.

Olivia was praised for fighting off paranoid schizophrenic Michael Abram with a fireplace poker and an antique lamp after he repeatedly stabbed the millionaire guitarist.
But she said her husband had "coaching" her through the ordeal. She said: "George was very brave, and people don't know that, because he had already been injured and he had to jump up and bring him down to stop him from attacking me. He saved my life, too."