Olivia Arias
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In April 2009
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| Born |
Olivia Trinidad Arias 18 May 1948 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Spouse(s) | George Harrison (m. 1978; his death 2001) |
| Children | Dhani Harrison |
Olivia Trinidad Harrison (née Arias; born 18 May 1948) is a Mexican author, film producer, and the widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles.
Arias was born in Mexico City, Mexico. She was a secretary at Dark Horse Records, where she met George Harrison in 1974. Arias gave birth to the couple's son, musician Dhani Harrison, in August 1978. Olivia and George married in a private ceremony in September 1978 at the Henley-on-Thames Register Office in England.
Harrison attended ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach's wedding in 1981 without her wedding ring, giving rise to the mistaken speculation that her marriage to George was a hoax. In the early 1990s, along with the other Beatles' wives Barbara Bach Starkey, Linda McCartney, and Yoko Ono, Harrison founded the Romanian Angel Appeal to provide aid to children living in devastation in Romania.
Harrison produced the memorial Concert For George in 2002 at London's Royal Albert Hall, which featured Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, and her son, Dhani. Proceeds from the event were given to George's Material World Charitable Foundation. Harrison's video production received the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video in 2004. She wrote the introduction for the 2002 book I Me Mine and authored the book Concert for George: A Celebration of the Life of George Harrison in 2006.
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