In 1997, Governor Don Sundquist proclaimed June 23 as Wilma Rudolph Day in Tennessee. Wilma died in her home in Nashville, Tennessee. She had been in and out of hospitals for several months after brain cancer was diagnosed.
George Harrison died on 29 November 2001 at 1.20pm. The cause of death was listed on his Los Angeles County death certificate as metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. His body was wrapped in a shawl and covered with holy oils. Twenty minutes after he passed away, staff from the Hollywood Forever Cemetery arrived to collect Harrison's body.
George Harrison, the quiet Beatle, died yesterday afternoon at the Los Angeles home of a friend after a lengthy fight with cancer. He was 58. Harrison died with his wife and son at his bedside, said longtime family friend Gavin De Becker. He died with one thought in mind -- love one another,  said De Becker. The nature of George Harrison's cancer had not been disclosed. De Becker called it a very private thing..