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Afraid of being found out, Michael did not visit his boyfriend on his death bed. George Michael’s Symphonica tour wound through Europe in 2011. Unfortunately, Michael had to cancel or reschedule quite a few stops due to various frightening and potentially life-threatening medical emergencies.

Michael told the press that he had undergone a tracheotomy, that the staff at the hospital had saved his life, and that he would perform a free concert for them. After waking from the coma, Michael had a temporary West Country accent, and there was concern he had developed foreign accent syndrome. Symphonica was released on 17 March 2014, and became Michael’s seventh solo No. 1 album in the UK, and ninth overall including his Wham! The album was produced by Phil Ramone and Michael; the album was Ramone’s last production credit. On 2 November 2016, Michael’s management team announced that a second documentary on his life, entitled Freedom, was set to be released in March 2017.

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As a solo artist, he sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists. He is estimated to have sold up to 30 million records with Wham!. His debut solo album Faith sold more than 25 million copies. In 2020, Michael was commemorated with a mural in his native borough of Brent. The artwork, which formed part of the Brent Biennial, was commissioned to pay tribute to his contribution to the fields of music and entertainment.

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Wonderful and lovely Mum of Gillian, Hilary and Simon. Loving Grannie of Anna, Susan, Katy, Mark, Jonathon and Jason. A funeral will take place on Wednesday 5th April at 11am at Penmount Crematorium.

Channelling a less scantily clad, arguably more handsome Tom Of Finland, George Michael made the Clint Eastwood-approved Western-style double denim his own. Both on stage and in music videos, matchy-matchy denim was a mainstay in Michael’s wardrobe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, long before Britney and JT even gave it a go. Down below, Levi’s 501 jeans were Michael’s go-to and he was never afraid to try out different washes or distressed numbers, while, up top, a sleeveless jacket was key. Whether during his leather-clad and short-short-heavy Wham!

“I can barely encompass in words what George means to me, I treasured our #specialfriendship – to just scratch the surface with no exaggeration, he was the most generous, hilarious, brilliant, talented, #truefriend,” she said. The pair were regularly photographed together at parties and in private, with Kathy joining the ‘Club Tropicana’ singer on his tour of Japan in 1988 . Michael is believed to have dated Goss for roughly 13 years, although it took years after the split for Michael to admit the two were no longer together. “Kenny and I haven’t been together for two and a half years,” Michael said on stage in 2011. “I love him very much … This man has brought me a lot of joy and pain.” To celebrate LGBTQ pride, TODAY is sharing this community’s history, pain, joy and what’s next for the movement.

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In 2006, Michael embarked on his first tour in 15 years, 25 Live. The tour began in Barcelona, Spain, on 23 September and finished in December at Wembley Arena in England. On 9 June 2007, Michael became the first artist to perform live at the newly Muzz renovated Wembley Stadium in London. On 25 March 2008, a third part of the 25 Live Tour was announced for North America, with 21 dates in the US and Canada. Released in 1999, Songs from the Last Century is a studio album of cover tracks.

Pressing into this line of questioning, Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O’Dell made a joke about the singer’s love life when she grabbed her for a red carpet chat. Us confirmed in April 2013 that the actress started dating the Google program manager. The duo called it quits after 10 months of dating in 2014. A year later, Fredinburg died during an avalanche on Mt. Everest that was caused by the devastating Nepal earthquake. During a time when bisexuality and homosexuality were globally taboo subjects, Michael announced he was gay. British pop star George Michael and his partner Kenny Goss attend the Japanese Premiere of his film “A Different Story” on December 15, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan.

This is the story of how his response to a potentially career-crushing event changed history. The ER star dated the Supermarket Superstar host for two years before their split in 2013. “She knew he wasn’t looking to get married,” a source exclusively told Us of their breakup. Having recently divorced, Clooney started a three-year relationship with Russell whom he met on the set of a martini commercial.

Michael and Sally have known each other since they were kids, but George Bluth continually embarrassed Michael around her, so he never got up the courage to ask her out. In Season 2, as an adult, he wants to prove to Sally he’s not a kid anymore, but he continually runs into scenarios that would make her think otherwise. We’re here to look at every girlfriend Michael has had to determine which ones are better than the rest.

The song was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for four consecutive weeks, becoming the best-selling single of 1988 in the US. It also reached No. 1 in Australia, and No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The video provided some definitive images of the 1980s music industry in the process—Michael in shades, leather jacket, cowboy boots, and Levi’s jeans, playing a guitar near a classic-design jukebox. According to a Daily Mail interview with George Michael’s former Wham!

A month after, English songwriter Naughty Boy confirmed plans to collaborate with Michael, for a new song and album. Naughty Boy claimed that the song is “amazing but […] bittersweet”. On 7 September 2017 (months after Michael’s death), the single “Fantasy”, featuring Nile Rodgers, was released.

During his university years, he studied the works of influential avant-garde composers, while also keeping an ear toward jazz and traditional Japanese folk music. The film cue Forbidden Colors, which was also released in a version featuring vocals by David Sylvian, became a hit for the composer and helped introduce him to a global audience. Died 28th March 1981, our dad, you are always in our thoughts and in our hearts loved always by Geoffrey and Trudy.