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A doctor forced George Harrison to autograph a guitar for his teenage son two weeks before he died of cancer, according to a lawsuit filed in New York.

The suit, filed by Harrison's estate, alleges that the musician tried to resist the request by saying, "I do not even know if I know how to spell my name any more."

The suit claims Dr Gilbert Lederman responded by saying, "Come on, you can do this," and held Harrison's hand as he wrote his name on the guitar "with great effort and much obvious discomfort".

The estate seeks possession of the guitar and two cards it says Harrison signed as he was treated by Dr Lederman, a Staten Island-based expert in treating large tumours with high doses of radiation.

Harrison died in November 2001 after battling lung cancer and a brain tumour.

"This lawsuit is strictly allegations. Frankly, I think it's absurd," Dr Lederman's lawyer, Wayne Roth, said. "He didn't coerce Mr Harrison."

Harrison's wife and son believe a National Enquirer story about Harrison's death which featured Dr Lederman's son holding the instrument was orchestrated by the doctor to raise the guitar's value, a lawyer for the Harrison estate said.

"George was literally lying there dying and the doctor forced George to sign a guitar,"