George Michael: The biography

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Jones, Owen (26 December 2016). "George Michael was a defiant gay icon. His memory must not be sanitised". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016. George Michael jailed for eight weeks". The Daily Telegraph. London. 14 September 2010. Archived from the original on 17 September 2010 . Retrieved 14 September 2010. Despite facing the valleys of his life, Michael released his first album of original material in eight years. His album "Patience" felt worth the wait after all. It went #1 in the U.K., though it didn't fare as well in the U.S. The Washington Post pop music critic Chris Richards wrote that the album gave "Michael an opportunity to sort out some important truths about pop itself: that our pleasure is not frivolous, and that heavy ideas travel further when they're floating on bright melodies."

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a b "George Michael's sister Melanie Panayiotou is found dead on Christmas Day aged 59". BBC News. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021 . Retrieved 14 October 2021. George Michael: I woke up from coma with a West Country accent". The Daily Telegraph. London. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 17 December 2012.On the surface, he appeared to have it all. He was handsome, talented, and charming. He was a beloved figure in mainstream music by the time he had graduated high school. His career was getting bigger and bigger with each passing year. Michael's smoldering stare and perfect grin were splayed across every tween, teen, and music magazine in existence, and there appeared to be no stopping his success. Michael: 'Music saved me from depression' ". Digital Spy. 24 July 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013 . Retrieved 17 December 2012. After his death, it was also revealed that Michael had been anonymously paying for an annual Christmas tree erected where he lived in Highgate, as well as funding the Christmas lights, for the previous decade. He was also the largest funder of Highgate's annual Fair in the Square for those ten years, donating anonymously as "a local resident". [246] [247] Assets Between the success of Wham! and Michael's solo career, it would feel hard to believe that he was silently suffering behind the spotlight, but he was silently suffering through the depression caused by the deaths of the two most important people in his life: Brazilian designer Anselmo Feleppa (the love of his life) and Lesley (his mother and most fervent supporter as a child). Lesley died at 60 in 1997 from cancer.

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a b Leonard, Charles (13 December 2019). "Shoot the Dog – George Michael". New Frame. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021 . Retrieved 20 March 2021. At the age of 44, George Michael has already notched up six US Number One singles, 11 Number One British singles and six Number One albums to date. He has been showered with awards and has also played some of the music industry's biggest and most important concerts in history, including Live Aid, and most recently when he opened the newly completed Wembley Stadium in June 2007, with a spectacular sell out show. In 1986, Michael took part in the Prince's Trust charity concert held at Wembley Arena, performing " Everytime You Go Away" alongside Paul Young. [228] In 1988, Michael participated in the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute at Wembley Stadium in London together with many other singers (such as Annie Lennox and Sting), performing "Sexual Healing". [229] Songwriters Hall of Fame 2012 Nominees For Induction Announced" (Press release). Songwriters Hall of Fame. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011 . Retrieved 18 October 2011.George Michael in 'first' Carpool Karaoke". BBC. 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 29 December 2016 . Retrieved 22 June 2018. On 26 October 2011, Michael cancelled a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London due to a viral infection. On 21 November, Vienna General Hospital admitted Michael after he complained of chest pains while at a hotel two hours before his performance at a venue there for his Symphonica Tour. Michael appeared to be "in good spirits" and responded well to treatment following his admission, but on 25 November hospital officials said that his condition had "worsened overnight". This development led to cancellations and postponements of Michael's remaining 2011 performances, which had been scheduled mainly for the United Kingdom. [208] The singer was later confirmed to have suffered from pneumonia and, until 1 December, was in an intensive care unit; at one point, he was comatose. On 21 December, the hospital discharged him. Michael told the press that he had undergone a tracheotomy, [209] that the staff at the hospital had saved his life, and that he would perform a free concert for them. [210] After waking from the coma, Michael had a temporary West Country accent, and there was concern he had developed foreign accent syndrome. [211]

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to George’s music, watch his iconic videos and find out everything you want to know about the man himself. Also BPI Highest Retail Sales" (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009 . Retrieved 17 January 2011.HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide is delighted to announce a record-breaking deal with pop legend George Michael to write his long-awaited autobiography. George Michael pleads guilty to driving under the influence of drugs". BBC News. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010 . Retrieved 12 September 2011. While many people know of his infamous arrest in a public restroom, it was not his only run-in with the law. He was caught before—but released—for possession. He was also involved in multiple traffic incidents, many of which seemed to be under the influence of alcohol or substances. In 2006, he was found half asleep behind the wheel of his Mercedes. In 2010, he crashed his Range Rover into the front of a film processing center. In 2013, he reportedly fell out of his car in the middle of the M1 freeway when he was trying to close the door properly.