Bare: George Michael, His Own Story

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George Michael was a prolific philanthropist both publicly and privately". NBC News. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016 . Retrieved 28 December 2016. Wieder, Judy (2001). Wieder, Judy (ed.). Celebrity: The Advocate Interviews. New York: Advocate Books. p.15. ISBN 978-1-55583-722-8. In February 2012, two months after leaving hospital, Michael made a surprise appearance at the 2012 Brit Awards at the O 2 Arena in London, where he received a standing ovation, and presented Adele the award for Best British Album. [131] In March, Michael announced that he was healthy and that the Symphonica Tour would resume in autumn. [132] The final concert of the tour—which was also the final concert of Michael's life–was performed at London's Earls Court on 17 October 2012. [133]

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George Michael and Michael Caine accused of tax avoidance through Liberty scheme". The Independent. London. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014 . Retrieved 11 July 2014. In 2004, Michael said, "I used to sleep with women quite a lot in the Wham! days but never felt it could develop into a relationship because I knew that, emotionally, I was a gay man. I didn't want to commit to them, but I was attracted to them. Then I became ashamed that I might be using them. I decided I had to stop, which I did when I began to worry about AIDS, which was becoming prevalent in Britain. Although I had always had safe sex, I didn't want to sleep with a woman without telling her I was bisexual. I felt that would be irresponsible. Basically, I didn't want to have that uncomfortable conversation that might ruin the moment, so I stopped sleeping with them." In the same interview, he added: "If I wasn't with Kenny [his boyfriend at the time], I would have sex with women, no question". He said he believed that the formation of his sexuality was "a nurture thing, via the absence of my father who was always busy working. It meant I was exceptionally close to my mother", though he stated that "there are definitely those who have a predisposition to being gay in which the environment is irrelevant." [160] In 2007, Michael said he had hidden his sexuality because of worries over what effect it might have on his mother. [161] Two years later, he added: "My depression at the end of Wham! was because I was beginning to realise I was gay, not bisexual." [164]a b "George Michael arrest over drugs". BBC News. 20 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010 . Retrieved 20 September 2008. Bego, Mark (10 February 2010). Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul. Hachette Books. p.249. ISBN 978-0-7867-5229-4. Walsh, Ben (23 August 2011). "First Night: George Michael – Symphonica Tour, State Opera House, Prague". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011 . Retrieved 23 August 2011.

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a b Paine, Andre (6 July 2010). "George Michael Arrested After London Car Crash". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013 . Retrieved 12 August 2010. George Michael's memorial garden – in pictures". The Guardian. 2 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017 . Retrieved 3 December 2017. Michael issues 'marriage' denial". BBC News. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009 . Retrieved 28 October 2009.Qualen, J. (1985). The Music Industry: The End of Vinyl?. Comedia's Media and Communications Industry Profile Series. Vol.5. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-906890-58-5. Michael's first solo single, " Careless Whisper" (1984), reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US. [13] [14] The singles " A Different Corner" and the Aretha Franklin duet " I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" also reached number one. Michael's debut solo album, Faith (1987), topped the UK Albums Chart and stayed at number one on the Billboard 200 for 12 weeks. It sold 25 million copies worldwide, and the singles " Faith", " Father Figure", " One More Try", and " Monkey" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Michael became the best-selling music artist of 1988, and Faith was awarded Album of the Year at the 1989 Grammy Awards. His second solo album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990), was also a number one in the UK and yielded the Billboard Hot 100 number one " Praying for Time" and the worldwide hit " Freedom! '90". [15] Michael went on to release a series of multimillion-selling albums, including Older (1996), Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998), Songs from the Last Century (1999), Patience (2004), and Twenty Five (2006). The albums earned him multiple hits such as “ Jesus to a Child”, “ Fastlove”, “ Outside”, “ Amazing”, and “ An Easier Affair”. Sander L. Gilman Diseases & diagnoses: the second age of biology p.50. Transaction Publishers, 2010

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Cope, Michael (24 October 1993). "Inside Story: Sony faces a test of faith: George Michael, who has cast off the leather look for a suit and horn-rimmed glasses, went to court last week for a divorce from his Japanese bosses, Norio Ohga, below left, and Akio Morita. No matter who wins, writes Nigel Cope, the case will put a different spin on the record business". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 September 2015 . Retrieved 29 December 2016. Royes, Luke (26 December 2016). "George Michael remembered as gay trailblazer who pushed pop boundaries". ABC. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016. Hooper, Ryan (26 December 2016). "How George Michael became one of the world's most important LGBT rights campaigners". The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016.

Michael formed the duo Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981. On the cusp of fame, he decided to legally change his name to the more accessible George Michael. [4] The band's first album Fantastic reached No. 1 in the UK in 1983 and produced a series of top 10 singles including " Young Guns", " Wham Rap!", and " Club Tropicana". Their second album, Make It Big, reached No. 1 on the charts in the US. Singles from that album included " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" (No. 1 in the UK and US), " Freedom", " Everything She Wants", and " Careless Whisper" which reached No. 1 in nearly 25 countries, including the UK and US, and was Michael's first solo effort as a single. [13] [14] In December 1984, the single " Last Christmas" was released. [38] In 1985 Michael received the first of his three Ivor Novello Awards for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. [39] George Michael's Oprah Winfrey Show Interview (2004)". GM Forever. 7 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023 . Retrieved 25 April 2021.

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In the early hours of Christmas Day 2016, Michael died in bed at his home in Goring-on-Thames, at the age of 53. He was found by his partner, Fadi Fawaz. [182] [183] [251] In March 2017, a senior coroner in Oxfordshire attributed Michael's death to natural causes due to dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and a fatty liver. [252] [253] [254] [255] Leight, Elias (20 October 2017). "George Michael Doc 'Freedom': 9 Things We Learned". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018 . Retrieved 13 February 2018. Staff, Wonderland (16 September 2022). "Sony Music Celebrate George Michael's Iconic Album, Older". Wonderland. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022 . Retrieved 30 September 2022. The “Freedom!” singer admitted that he “was too young and too immature to know that I was sacrificing as much as I was.”George Michael: A Different Story Review". Empire. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018 . Retrieved 28 October 2018. Making George Michael: Older". 19 July 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021 . Retrieved 14 October 2021. 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. Michael came out as gay in 1998, and was an active LGBT rights campaigner and HIV/AIDS charity fundraiser. His personal life, drug use, and legal troubles made headlines following an arrest for public lewdness in 1998 and multiple drug-related offences. The 2005 documentary A Different Story covered his career and personal life. Michael's 25 Live tour spanned three tours from 2006 to 2008. Michael fell into a coma in 2011 during a bout with pneumonia, but later recovered. He performed his final concert at London's Earls Court in 2012. Michael died of heart disease on Christmas Day in 2016, at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.