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11. In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978.

12. Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer.

13. In 1988 co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.

14. A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy Preston, and collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Tom Petty, among others.

15. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".

16. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee - as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and (posthumously) for his solo career in 2004.

17. Harrison's first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977.

18. Then he married Olivia Harrison.

19. With Olivia Harrison he had one son, Dhani.

20. Harrison died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer.

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