Olivia Harrison

Olivia Harrison ( born May 18, 1948 in Mexico as Olivia Trinidad Arias ) is the widow of the late Beatles member George Harrison. The couple married on September 2, 1978 after the birth of their son Dhani Harrison ( * August 1, 1978 ). Olivia was Harrison's second wife Pattie Boyd after.

Olivia Harrison, the daughter of an employee of a chemical cleaning and a seamstress, has two siblings. In 1963 she graduated from the school. She worked as a secretary at A & M Records, where her future husband George Harrison signed a record deal.

Since the 1990s, Olivia Harrison sets along with Yoko Ono, Linda McCartney (now deceased) and Barbara Bach in the charitable foundation " Romanian Angel Appeal" for children who live in poverty in Romania. In the early 1990s she said: "It was sort of a gradual assault on my conscience. It was slowly wearing away at me and I Decided did Perhaps we should try to raise some money [ ... ] I went to Romania and was just overwhelmed, devastated and shocked by the situation. "

In 2005 she received as a producer of the film music Concert for George a Grammy in the category Best Long Form Music Video ( Best Music Video Long ).

Today, Olivia Harrison managed her late husband 's musical legacy.

Works

• Concert for George. Genesis, Guildford 2006, ISBN 0-904351-92-0
• Astrid Kirchherr, Olivia Harrison, George Harrison: When We Was Fab. Genesis, Guildford 2003, ISBN 0-904351-88-2