Olivia Arias
Biography
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1948
May 18- Olivia Trinidad Arias
was born in Mexico City, Mexico to Zeke and Mary Louise Arias
1974
-George Harrison and Olivia Arias met at a party for A&M Records in Los Angeles,
California after speaking to each other over the phone many times.
November 2- December 20-
Olivia accompanies George on his Dark Horse North American Tour
December 13- George, Olivia,
Harry Harrison, Ravi Shankar, and Billy Preston visit United States President
Gerald Ford for lunch at the White House in Washinton D.C.
December 15- George and
Olivia met up with John Lennon and May Pang at the Plaza Hotel, New York City,
New York
December 25- George and
Olivia spend Christmas in Hawaii
1975
March 24- Paul and Linda
McCartney celebrated that end of recording sessions for "Venus and Mars" on the
Queen Mary boat from Long Beach, California. George, Olivia, Heather McCartney,
Mary McCartney, Stella McCartney, Wings, Led Zeppelin, the Jackson 5, Faces,
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Marvin Gaye, Rudy Vallee,
Phil Everly, Bob and Sarah Dylan, Ryan and Tatum O'Neal, Dean Martin, Tony
Curtis, Paul Williams, Cher, David Cassidy, Peter Grant, Mal Evans, and Derek
Taylor all attended
July- George and Olivia
attended the premiere of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in Hollywood,
California
1976
November 17- George and Olivia went for a dinner party
at Chasen's on Hollywood Boulevard thrown by Warner Brothers to announce a
worldwide distribution deal with Dark Horse Records
November 20- George performed on "Saturday Night Live"
in New York City, New York with Paul Simon. Olivia attended and the after party
1977
January- George and Olivia traveled to India to attend
Ravi Shankar's niece's wedding
February 6- George and Olivia traveled to Acapulco,
Mexico for a press party and traveled to Los Angeles, California
June- George and Olivia attended the Monte Carlo rally
with Ringo Starr and Nancy Andrews
June 28- George and Olivia attended a party at the
Savoy Hotel in London, England for "Farewell from Britain" luncheon honoring
Derek Taylor
December 17- George and Olivia traveled to Hawaii for
Christmas
1978
-Olivia announced that she was pregnant
April- George and Olivia attended the Grand Prix in
Long Beach, California
April 4- George and Olivia arrived back in London,
England
May- George and Olivia intended to marry, but George's
father, Harry Harrison, died and the couple decided to cancel the wedding plans
June 2- George and Olivia traveled to Madrid, Spain
June 5- George and Olivia arrived back in London,
England
August 1- Olivia gave birth to a son, Dhani, at
Princess Christian Nursing Home in Berkshire, London, England.
August 25- George took Olivia to Amsterdam, Holland
for her to recover from childbirth
September 2- George Harrison and Olivia Trinidad Arias
were secretly married at the Henley-on-Thames Registry Office
September 7- George and Olivia announced that they
were married and traveled to Tunisia for their honeymoon and for George to
oversee the filming of "Life with Brian" with Monty Python
October 21- George and Olivia arrived in England
1979
January 31- George, Olivia and Gary Wright went to the
Brazilian Grand Prix in Rio, Brazil
February 8- George and Olivia traveled to Paris,
France and then to London, England
May 19- George and Olivia attended Eric and Patti
Clapton's wedding reception. George joined Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr on
stage, jamming to old tunes- making the first "Beatles" reunion since their
breakup in 1970
May 24- George and Olivia traveled to Monte Carlo
May 26- George and Olivia joined with Ringo Starr at
the Monaco Grand Prix
May 28- George and Olivia arrived in England
August 1- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to Athens,
Greece
August 17- George, Olivia, and Dhani arrived in
England
December 6- George and Olivia attended the Springfield
Boys Club Christmas Show in Big Hill, London, England
1980
January 21- George and Olivia sent Paul and Linda
McCartney a telegram. Paul and Linda were on tour with Wings when Paul got
arrested for possession of marijuana
February 11- George, Olivia and Dhani arrived at the
airport to travel to St. Bartholomys, New York, but their flight was cancelled
due to a fault wheel. The family went on Maurice Gibb's private jet
March 7- George, Olivia, and Dhani travelled from New
York to Miami, Florida to catch a flight in England
March 8- George, Olivia, and Dhani arrived in England
March 29- George and Olivia joined Friends of the
Earth anti-nuclear march through London
April 14- George, Olivia, and Dhani were spotted at
Cornwall, England looking for a home
May 20- George and Olivia attended Chelsea Flower Show
July 12- George and Olivia took a private helicopter
to Brands Hatch's British Grand Prix
August 8- George, Olivia, and Dhani took a holiday
August 18- George, Olivia, and Dhani arrived in
England
September 26- George traveled to Montreal, Canada to
Los Angeles, California
October 1- Olivia and Dhani traveled to Los Angeles,
California to join George
October 24- George, Olivia, and Dhani arrived in
England
December 9- In the early hours of the morning, Olivia
took the call from Louise Harrison (George's sister) who told her the news of
John Lennon's death. Olivia woke George up to inform him the news
1981
March 16-19- George and Olivia spent their time at
Birmingham Metropole & Warwick NEC Hotel
March 21- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to
Copenhagen
March 22- George, Olivia, and Dhani arrived in England
March 30-31- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to
Rome, Italy and stayed at the Ergife Palace Hotel
May 31- George and Olivia decline the wedding
invitation for Dave Herman in Connecticut, USA. The Harrisons sent a bouquet of
flowers
October- George and Olivia traveled to Hawaii, staying
at Maui plantations for Dr. Zion Yo to celebrate his rejuvenation center.
October- George and Olivia
attended the premiere of "Time Bandits"
December- George, Olivia, and
Dhani spent Christmas at Hamilton Island, Australia, cruising on a charter boat
through the barrier reef
1982
January- George, Olivia, and
Dhani arrived in England
February 15- George and Olivia stayed at the
L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills, California to receive the UNICEF Award
February 18- George and Olivia returned to England
June- George and Olivia attended
Simon & Garfunkel's concert at Wembley Stadium. Later, the couple when to a Jazz
club
October 28- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to
Washington D.C. and stayed at the Watergate Hotel
1983
January 24- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to
Singapore
January 25- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to
Perth, Australia
1984
February- George celebrates his 41st birthday with
Olivia and Dhani
1985
November 5- Ringo, Barbara, and Olivia attended
"Fashion Aid" at Royal Albert Hall to aid the African famine relief fund and the
Band Aid trust
1986
-Carl Perkins hosted a made-for-TV concert special
with George, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, and more. Olivia, Barbara Bach, and
Patti Clapton were in the audience
June 15- Olivia and Mary Hopkin team up to protest
against plans to turn the only cinema into a supermarket at Henley, Oxfordshire.
1987
February 16- George and Olivia traveled to Los Angeles,
California
December 28- George and Olivia traveled to Los Angeles,
California to promote "Cloud Nine" for the next two months
1988
Olivia made an appearance in George's music video for
"This is Love" from his Cloud Nine album
March 1- George and Olivia attended a party for Renata
John at Brown's in Covent Garden, London, England
1989
November 18- George and Olivia attended "Parents For
Safe Foods" concert at Royal Albert Hall. The charity features the panel Linda
McCartney, Barbara Bach, and Olivia
1990
April 9- Olivia gave her first interview in 15 years,
talking about Romanian Angel Appeal, launched by Olivia, Barbara Bach, Yoko Ono,
and Linda McCartney
April 20- George and Olivia appear on Simon Bates' BBC
Radio One program
June 20- George and Olivia were interviewed for the
RAA documentary
June 22- 'Nobody's Child' for "Wogan" was shown to
help promote RAA
July 18- George, Olivia, Ringo Starr, and Barbara Bach
attended a party at Hyde Park Hotel in London, England to launch the RAA album
July 23- the Romanian Angel Appeal charity album was
released
1991
November 28- Olivia and Dhani accompanied George to
Japan for his joint tour with Eric Clapton
December 1-17- The Japanese tour starts
December 4- George, Olivia, and Dhani visit that
Hankyu Department Store in Osaka
December 7- George, Olivia, and Dhani visit the
Hiroshima Peace Park
December 8- George, Olivia, and Dhani visit Fukouka,
Japan
December 16- George, Olivia, and Dhani visit Tokyo's
International Market
December 18- After the tour ended, the Harrisons
arrived back in England
1992
October 14- George and Olivia travel to New York City,
New York
October 20- George and Olivia returned to England
1993
February 25- George celebrates his 50th birthday party
at London's Town & Country Club in Kentish Town, London
1995
July 15- George, Olivia, and Dhani attended the Ravi
Shankar recitial at the Barbican in London, England
July 19- George and Olivia attended a secret Rolling
Stones gig at Brixton Academy. Later, George and Olivia visited Ronnie Wood at
home
December- Olivia announced that the sum of proceeds of
the Beatles Anthology is to be donated to the RAA
1996
-Olivia appeared in the Beatles' "Real Love" music video, released on the
Beatles Anthology
May 20- George and Olivia
attended the Chelsea Flower Show
July 1- George and Olivia
were guests of honor at a dinner at Bhatitivedanta manor held to celebrate
ISKCONS victory in the battle to continue holding public worship at the temple
and to build an access road through the back of the site
1997
March- George, Olivia, and Dhani traveled to Australia
1998
June 8- George, Olivia, and Dhani attended Linda
McCartney's memorial service in London, England
1999
May 24- George, Olivia, Ringo Starr, and Barbara Bach
attended the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London, England
June 2-
George, Olivia, and Patti Boyd attended Eric Clapton's 100 guitar collection at
Christie's Charity auction
October 9-
George, Olivia, and Dhani attended Ravi Shankar's concert at the Barbican Center
in London
December 30-
George and Olivia were attacked in the early hours of the morning.
George and Olivia were admitted to Royal Berkshire Hospital. Dhani, home for the
holidays from college, took care of the parents.
2000
-George and Olivia invited Paul McCartney and Heather Mills to Los Angeles,
California to see Cirque du Soleil's "O"
January 16- George and Olivia traveled to Ireland and
stayed at Ronnie and Jo Wood's home. They released a picture and a statement,
thanking fans for their support and concern
June 20-
Olivia, Dhani, and Mary McCartney attended Ravi Shankar's concert at the
Barbican Center in London, England
June 25-
George, Olivia, Dhani, and Beth Earl attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed in
London, England
June 27- George, Olivia, Dhani, Mary and James
McCartney attended Ravi Shankar's birthday concert at the Barbican Center in
London
2001
May- Paul McCartney and Heather Mills traveled to
Euproe to have dinner with George and Olivia. Paul and George fooled around with
the ukuleles
May- Dhani graduated from Brown University in Rhode
Island
November- Paul McCartney and Heather Mills visited
George after getting a call from Olivia telling them that George is unwell in
New York
November 29-
George Harrison dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California. Olivia
and Dhani were at his side. A few hours later, George was cremated
December 3-
Olivia and Dhani held a private memorial service for George in California. Yoko
Ono and Tom Petty attended
2002
-Olivia sued her former brother in law, Carl Roles, for stealing George's
possessions from their home to sell them for money
-Olivia and Eric Clapton announced that there will be a concert for George's
memory on November 29th (the anniversary of George's death) at the Royal Albert
Hall in London, England
April 13- Olivia attended the Rainforest Foundation
Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall. Sting, Elton John, Patti LaBelle, Smokey
Robinson, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar were among the performers
October 30-
Olivia and Dhani attended the British Independent Film Awards at the Pacha Club
in London, England
November 23- Olivia attended Tommy Campaign Christmas
dinner and dance in London, England. Barbara Bach also attended
November 26-
Olivia gave her first interview since George's death with NBC's anchor, Katie
Couric (that was taped a couple of days previously)
November 29-
Olivia attended the tribute concert for George's anniversary death. Eric Clapton,
Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne, and others performed alongside Dhani.
2003
January 27- Olivia attended the London premiere of "Catch
Me If You Can", starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio
September 24- Olivia, Dhani,
Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Paul and Heather Mills McCartney, Tom Petty, and Yoko
Ono attended the premiere of "The Concert for George" (filmed November 29, 2002)
in Burbank, California