Tree planted in Los Angeles park in memory of Beatles guitarist George Harrison

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FILE - In this July 22, 2014, file photo, visitors walk past a plaque marking the George Harrison Tree, and the stump where it formerly stood at lower left, in Los Angeles\' Griffith Park. A tree has been planted in the park in memory of Harrison to replace one that was killed by a beetle infestation. City News Service says a yew pine honoring the late Beatles guitarist was planted Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in the park on what would have been Harrison\'s 72nd birthday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A tree has been planted in a Los Angeles park in memory of George Harrison to replace one that was killed by a beetle infestation.

City News Service says a yew pine honouring the late Beatles guitarist was planted Wednesday in Griffith Park on what would have been Harrison’s 72nd birthday.

It was placed near the Griffith Observatory and replaces a Canary Island pine that was planted in 2004.

Harrison died in 2001.

A plaque near the tree site says it honours “a great humanitarian who touched the world as an artist, a musician and gardener.”

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