It was kind of a surprise to me because he had just released a statement saying he was doing fine with his treatments. My Mom had called me at work to ask me something and she just mentioned him dying like I already knew about it.

I didn't know at the time, I mean, I knew it was George, but I didn't really know who George was then.

But I was going through a magazine to find stuff about Beatles and I found the US Weekly from the week George died, and I read it and just cried. It was so sad. Specially since I had seen all these articals from months earlier that were saying "George Harrison has cancer, but he'll beat it" and all. It was all very sad.

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Frankly, I was not that blown away when George went...John was the first and the worst.  Being assassinated is not the same of a known long and lingering illness when you're much later in life.  Not to say there was no sense of loss, but John's was such an uncalled for shock, and a real slap to people my age about their own mortality, that none of the other's deaths will ever have as much meaning for me.

I couldn't agree more.

The sad thing about George was that he didn't live to a ripe old age, but it's not as much of a shock as it was with John.

Generally speaking, and on another angle, I generally don't feel too badly when a person lives to an old age, and we KNOW the person's got to die sometime (as long as it's not some sort of tragedy). We lost KING KONG actress Fay Wray yesterday, and she was 96.
I am not at all saddened or shocked, if you see what I'm trying to say. As far as I'm concerned, getting to at least 80 is a good run and no cause for grief.

Quoted from Joe_Karlosi, posted August 9, 2004, 10:14pm at here

I couldn't agree more.

The sad thing about George was that he didn't live to a ripe old age, but it's not as much of a shock as it was with John.

Generally speaking, and on another angle, I generally don't feel too badly when a person lives to an old age, and we KNOW the person's got to die sometime (as long as it's not some sort of tragedy). We lost KING KONG actress Fay Wray yesterday, and she was 96.
I am not at all saddened or shocked, if you see what I'm trying to say. As far as I'm concerned, getting to at least 80 is a good run and no cause for grief.

Exactly. 

In the grander scale it's a terrible shame ANYone has to die.  But to do so after a generally alright life at a ripe old age is pretty much the ideal to shoot for.  That and going out in your sleep.

Quoted from Joe_Karlosi, posted August 9, 2004, 10:14pm at here

As far as I'm concerned, getting to at least 80 is a good run and no cause for grief.

80! Thats icing on the cake. I'm 34 now and if I last another 20 years, i'll consider that a good run.

As for the question, like some others, I wasnt shocked or surprised. Deeply, deeply, saddened, but not shocked.

Not shocked but very sad. The time that it happened was also strange because it wasn't that long after 9/11 and I was still in shock from that. I think it would have been a bigger thing if that had not happened 2 months earlier.

I was somewhat shocked and sad, but not to the point where I wanted to cry or anything. At that time, I wasn't as into George as I am now--I knew hardly any of his solo stuff (which I'm still just starting to get into) and I only knew him as a Beatle. Watching Concert for George made me begin to realize how great of a musician he was, and I'm more sad about his passing now than I was when he actually died. I still have the Chicago Tribune articles they wrote about him when he died... very glad I kept those.

i remember the day john died, like people remember where they were when kennedy died, i woke up and my mom told me on the phone...i was 21...i made it to work then had to leave, spent all day listening to the radio...i have at least 50 magazines from across the world of the trajedy.....when george died it was totally different, no shock at all, just kinda thought, oh well...he was ill for awhile...hmmm,    then a couple days later, i was listening to some beatles and then george and then it hit me....like a truck, the sadness, in a most selfish way, hit me...i was old, the beatles soul and spirit had died, paul and ringo were the fun...but john and george were the depth....the deep had become shallow, the world seemed a little different.  it really was like losing a friend, i thought about how he wrote "all those years ago" for john....and if john coulda written something for him, what he would have said.....i'm sure the two of them are cutting jokes up there as we speak. ........we still have the music!

I wasn't even born when Joh died, but I still grief over it in December. I was...negative-20-years-3-months-and-10-days....
I was only 11 years old when George died and it really hit me hard, I completely changed personalities and I stopped being so outgoing and now I'm just so quiet and reserved, and my grades in school always go down in November. I agree with what was said before...and everytime I hear American Pie by DonMclean and hear that part of the song it makes me think...and yer right, as long as the music is still with us...I keep thinking they're all still alive, like they are living forever or something like immortal gods

I knew he died but I wasn't a fan. Now I wish I was as it was such a sad event. When they all pass away I know that my days after that will be very sad ones.

I want to meet Ringo and Paul before they die.

I was just watching the Concert for George again yesterday and when Ringo and Paul come out I just cannot help breaking into tears. It's SO sad. I just keep thinking about what it would be like if they were all still with us. I took if for granted when they were all still here I guess. Just always prayed for a reunion and stuff. Wish I would have been old enough to take the train to NY and meet John. I don't even think I knew he lived there at the time though!! If I did I would have begged my mother every day to take me!!!

I haven't seen it. I want to, it would make me cry.

I Know how it is when one is dead

I've been thinking...would you guys be sad if another (ex)Beatle died? I would. I wasn't a fan at the time George (and John) died. But it was really sad to hear that two of them passed away.