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With the tenth anniversary of Beatle George Harrison鈥檚 death yesterday, Harrison鈥檚 sister Louise says she鈥檚 planning to write a book about her famous brother. She says she's hoping to correct inaccurate accounts that have been released over the years.

鈥淪o much garbage has been written about George and the Beatles,鈥� she told . 鈥淚 think it's my duty to get the truth out.鈥�

Harrison, who is now 80, says she will be able to bring a perspective no one else would because of her closeness to her brother and her memories of the Quarrymen and the Beatles when they were a fledgling band.

鈥淗alf of the stuff has been written by people who spent maybe an hour on a plane with the Beatles,鈥� Harrison said in an interview with the Herald-Tribune. 鈥淭here's been all kinds of myths and fantasies written about them. At least I have some facts to go on, because I was there 鈥� from even before they were the Beatles.鈥�

Harrison said she hopes to include never-before-seen photos as well as letters between herself and her brother. She says she鈥檒l also provide insight into how the Beatles started on their meteoric rise to fame, including how, she says, she was the one to convince them to make their historic appearance on 鈥淭he Ed Sullivan Show.鈥� Harrison was already living in America at the time.聽

鈥淚 told [Brian Epstein] that the Beatles weren鈥檛 getting any airplay over here," she said. "That they really needed to play on 鈥楾he Ed Sullivan Show,鈥� which they had never heard of but it was the most popular show on television, and that they needed to find a major record label here.鈥澛�

Harrison says she鈥檒l also be putting to rest some Beatles myths, including the idea that her brother was 鈥渢he quiet Beatle.鈥� She says the reason for this label was George Harrison getting sick before the band鈥檚 interviews in New York before their 鈥淓d Sullivan鈥� performance.

鈥淕eorge was told to use his voice as little as possible,鈥� Harrison told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 鈥淭hat's why at all the press conferences he was so quiet, and so the press thought he was the quiet one. George used to have a good laugh about it.鈥�

Harrison鈥檚 ex-husband Walt Kane will also be contributing to the book. He told the Herald-Tribune how Harrison implemented more stringent security measures at his home after John Lennon鈥檚 death in 1980, electrifying fences and using a bodyguard.

鈥淗e said, 鈥業t takes only one maniac to take me out,鈥� 鈥� Kane remembered. 鈥淗e got tired of the fame; he just wanted to be a gardener. He said he was planting for the next generation.鈥�

Harrison said her brother worried about her after Lennon鈥檚 death.

鈥淗e did say to me, 鈥楧on鈥檛 be too out in the public, because I don鈥檛 want some lunatic to have their 15 minutes of fame,鈥欌�� she told the Herald-Tribune. 鈥淗e was more worried about his family than himself. That was George.鈥�

Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.

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