George Harrison’s last performance was never meant to be a farewell — yet it became one of music’s most haunting goodbyes.On July 24, 1997, in a quiet New York studio, he picked up his acoustic guitar. Then came a voice: “All Things Must Pass.” George smiled, strummed, and unknowingly gave the world his final gift — a fragile, eternal goodbye that still echoes through Beatles history.

When George Harrison stepped out of the Beatles’ long shadow in 1970, he carried with...