Place of George Harrison's death still a mystery

The site of George Harrison's death remains a mystery.

Postal services have been unable to track down the address given on the ex-Beatle's death certificate.

Some think it may be bogus - to stop the real location becoming a shrine.

Harrison's death certificate, filed with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, lists the place of death as a Coldwater Canyon address in Beverly Hills occupied by his wife, Olivia.

But the location cannot be found by the Beverly Hills post office, which says it has no record of it as a postal address, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The county tax assessor has no record of the property either. Newspaper reporters could not track it down.

When Harrison died on November 29, a statement by the family said he "left this world surrounded by family and friends" but did not state the place of death. His remains were cremated by a Los Angeles company and flown to India, where they were strewn over the Ganges River.

Gavin De Becker, an author acting as the family spokesman, said Harrison died at a property that Mr De Becker owns. But a search of property records didn't show anything owned by Mr De Becker on Coldwater Canyon Drive.

To willfully falsify the address on a death certificate is a misdemeanour, says Scott Carrier, a spokesman for the county coroner.

But someone would have to make a formal complaint about it, "and so far, no one has," says Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the county district attorney's office.