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 | | Monday, 25 February, 2002, 16:17 GMT Wall tribute to George Harrison  Fans can add their personal tributes to the wall A "tribute wall" dedicated to former Beatle George Harrison is being unveiled in his home city of Liverpool. Directors of The Beatles Story museum at the city's Albert Dock commissioned the display in response to requests by visitors who wanted to pay their respects to the late musician. Mr Harrison lost his battle with cancer last year and the official opening of the wall on Monday coincides with what would have been his 59th birthday. Bosses at the museum say they hope to eventually open a "fitting and more permanent form of tribute" within the exhibition.
The wall will display tributes in the form of poetry, or artwork and displayed in the foyer of the museum. It was being officially unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool Councillor Gerry Scott who described Mr Harrison as "one of the great Liverpudlians". "He was a special individual who cared about the world and his fellow man. "He will be missed by everyone in his home city and this is a lovely - and very personal - way for people to share their memories of him." Guests at Monday's ceremony are expected to include contemporaries from the Merseybeat scene including Colin Hanton, of The Quarrymen, The Swinging Blue Jeans' Ray Ennis and Beatles press officer Tony Barrow. It follows a sell-out tribute concert to the guitarist staged at Liverpool's Empire Theatre on Sunday night. The Beatles Story museum charts the history of the "Fab Four" from their Liverpool childhood through their meteoric rise to fame and their eventual break-up in 1970. | |  
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