It wasn't a crazed fan, vandal, or weather accident that took down a George Harrison Memorial Tree, but, an infestation of actual beetles.

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(Photo by Jim Gray/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Reported by the L.A. Times:

In the truth is stranger than fiction department, Los Angeles Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district includes Griffith Park, told Pop & Hiss over the weekend that the pine tree planted in 2004 near Griffith Observatory in memory of George Harrison will be replanted shortly because the original tree died as the result of an insect infestation.

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. He once said his biggest break in life was getting into the Beatles; his second biggest was getting out.

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