Olivia Harrison writes poems about late George Harrison
NEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatle George Harrison and a philanthropist and film producer, has a few words of her own to share. She has compiled 20 original poems about her husband for the book “Came the Lightening,” which comes out June 21. “Came the Lightening” also will include photographs and images of mementos and will have an introduction by Martin Scorsese, who directed a 2011 documentary about George Harrison. Olivia Arias met George Harrison in the mid-1970s while she worked in the marketing department of A&M Records. They married in 1978, a month after the birth of their son, Dhani.