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Fri, August 19, 2022 | 17:38
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Irony: Beetles kill George Harrison memorial tree
비틀스 멤버 추모나무, '비틀스'가 죽여
Posted : 2014-07-23 15:39
Updated : 2014-07-23 19:48
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A Los Angeles pine tree planted in honor of the late George Harrison, a former member of The Beatles, has been killed by, well, a beetle infestation.

The tree, planted in Griffith Park in 2004, three years after Harrison's death, finally succumbed to the onslaught of bark beetles, ladybug beetles and other "tree-unfriendly creatures," the Los Angeles Times reported.

Los Angeles councilman Tom LaBonge told the newspaper the tree would be replanted.

The tree had grown to more than three meters before its beetle battle began. A plaque at the base reads, "In memory of a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and a gardener."

It concludes with a quote from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who Harrison followed, reading: "For the forest to be green each tree must be green."

"Yes, the George Harrison Tree was killed by beetles. Except for the loss of tree life, Harrison likely would have been amused at the irony," the Los Angeles Times quipped.

Harrison once said his biggest break in life was getting into the Beatles. His second biggest was getting out.

Harrison died at a friend's home in Los Angeles in 2001 after combating throat and lung cancer and a brain tumor.


비틀스 멤버 추모나무, '비틀스'가 죽여

비틀스 멤버였던 조지 해리슨을 추모하기 위한 소나무가 딱정벌레 탓에 고사했다고 로스앤젤레스 시의회 관계자가 22일(현지시간) 밝혔다.

팬들 사이에서 '딱정벌레'(Beetles)는 비틀스(Beatles)의 별칭으로도 통용된다.

소나무는 지난 2001년 사망한 해리슨을 추모하기 위해 그리피스 천문대 인근에 심어졌다. 이 나무는 3.7m까지 자랐지만, 나무껍질에 해를 끼치는 딱정벌레 때문에 고사했다.

당국은 올가을에 해리슨을 추모하기 위해 새 나무를 심을 예정이다.

비틀스의 기타리스트였던 해리슨은 원예에도 조예가 깊었던 것으로 알려져 있다. (연합뉴스)
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