<p id=”par-1_54″>While <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/george-harrison/?swcfpc=1″>George Harrison</a> and Pattie Boyd’s <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/celebrity-relationships/?swcfpc=1″>marriage</a> ended poorly, they were able to establish a friendlier relationship in the years after their divorce. Boyd saw Harrison just months before his death. In their final conversation, Harrison made a passing comment about Boyd’s garden. Boyd said it was something only he would think to say.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-pattie-boyd-recalled-her-last-conversation-with-george-harrison”>Pattie Boyd recalled her last conversation with George Harrison</h2>
<p id=”par-2_20″>In the months <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/george-harrisons-wife-said-george-lit-room-died.html/”>before Harrison’s death</a>, he visited Boyd at her home. She believed he dropped in as a goodbye.</p>
<p id=”par-3_44″>“He came with some little gifts and we played music and had some tea,” Boyd said, per <a target=”_blank” href=”https://people.com/music/pattie-boyd-recalls-her-final-meeting-with-ex-george-harrison-said-to-her-before-his-2001-death/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>People</a>. “It was lovely to see him, but I knew he wasn’t well. I sensed that he wanted to see me rather than leave it too late.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/George-Harrison-Pattie-Boyd.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”George Harrison sits with his arm around Pattie Boyd. He wears a suit and she wears a maroon jacket and matching beret.” class=”wp-image-3787971″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Pattie Boyd and George Harrison | Fox Photos/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_17″>As they walked <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/paul-simon-said-george-harrison-fussy-garden.html/”>in Boyd’s garden</a>, Harrison pointed to a small group of flowers in the breeze.</p>
<p id=”par-5_18″>“‘The flowers are shivering,’” she recalled him saying. “Only George would think flower shiver. It was so sweet.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-pattie-boyd-and-george-harrison-remained-friends-after-their-divorce”>Pattie Boyd and George Harrison remained friends after their divorce</h2>
<p id=”par-6_36″>Harrison and Boyd’s relationship ended poorly. He treated her with cold distance and had an <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/george-harrison-laughed-1st-wife-realized-another-woman.html/”>affair with Ringo Starr’s wife</a>; Boyd had an affair with Harrison’s friend, Eric Clapton. They were far friendlier after separating, though.</p>
<p id=”par-7_60″>“You can meet someone and just recognize the essence of their being,” Boyd said. “And they’re always a joy to be with. Even if a year goes by and you don’t see them, when you will reunite, you’re still on the same page. Just because things didn’t work out as we planned, it didn’t diminish our love for each other.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_12″>She said that Harrison even congratulated her on her <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/eric-clapton-addressed-love-letters-pattie-boyd-layla-name-song-wrote.html/”>wedding to Clapton</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-9_21″>“He said, ‘Well, I’m glad you’re going off with Eric instead of some idiot,’” Boyd said. “So he appreciated my choice!”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ringo-starr-and-paul-mccartney-also-recalled-their-final-conversation-with-their-bandmate”>Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney also recalled their final conversation with their bandmate</h2>
<p id=”par-10_24″>During <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ringo-starr-recalled-george-harrisons-final-words-before-death-incredible-side-george.html/”>Ringo Starr’s last conversation</a> with Harrison, Starr told his former bandmate he was on his way to visit his daughter in the hospital. </p>
<p id=”par-11_63″>“I was going to Boston, ’cause my daughter had a brain tumor,” Starr said in the documentary <em>Living in the Material World</em>. “And I said, ‘Well, I gotta go to Boston,’ and [Harrison] goes — they’re the last words I heard him say, actually — and he said, ‘Do you want me to come with ya?’ So that’s the incredible side of George.”</p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Beatles-3.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”A black and white picture of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr of The Beatles wearing suits.” class=”wp-image-3777789″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-12_19″>Paul McCartney also visited with Harrison before his death. They’d <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/paul-mccartney-saw-george-harrison-younger-brother-damaged-friendship.html/”>known each other the longest</a> of all the Beatles.</p>
<p id=”par-13_94″>“I sat with him for a few hours when he was in treatment just outside New York,” McCartney told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/paul-mccartney-reveals-his-last-moments-with-george-harrison-47705/” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Uncut</a>. “He was about 10 days away from his death, as I recall. We joked about things – just amusing, nutty stuff. It was good. It was like we were dreaming. He was my little baby brother, almost, because I’d known him that long. We held hands. It’s funny, even at the height of our friendship – as guys – you would never hold hands. It just wasn’t a Liverpool thing. But it was lovely.”</p>