![]() ![]() ![]() George remembered that I had ghosted his column on the 1964 tour. The three of us talked – not about that 1964 tour, but of Derek’s loyalty to George. And back at the house after the service, George and Eric stood unobtrusively in the corner with drinks in hand. George didn’t speak, but someone read a letter sent from Derek’s post-Beatles client Beach Boy Brian Wilson. There were no paparazzi, just family and friends of Derek. The funeral was low-key, held in a picture-postcard church not far from the Taylor house. George was the only Beatle to show up at Derek’s funeral, and he did so quietly, accompanied by Eric Idle, the Monty Python alumnus whom George had befriended after the Beatles’ breakup. The Beatles and Me On Tour by Ivor Davis Excerpt #6: Above: Derek Taylor and George Harrison in Derek’s office at Apple (1969), Below: George Harrison and Eric Idle on the set of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1987/1988) ![]()
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