Christmas isn’t Christmas without last Christmas
& (sorry ) Die Hard
i absolutely loved George Michale’s music
i remember the year he died lots of other famous people died but he was the only one I was upset by his death
i think because George Michale and Wham were a big part of my youth - late teens early twenties and it was like a part of my youth was gone
I’ saw him in concert twice and he was absolutely amazing and I saw Wham
I think his appeal was that he could truly sing and he was liked by both men and women .
he did a huge amount of work for charities and centrepoint in London
and I remember when he was interviewed about the time he spent in prison he jokingly said that the worse bit was the other prisoners singing freedom every morning 😂😂
when his mum died he did a free show for all the staff in the hospital where she was treated
he donated money to a couple who were having IVF ( and they were on This Morning talking about it being there last chance
They only found out when there baby was born and they were sent a letter from GM
I think he was one of those very rare artist who truly appreciated what he was able to do with his wealth and he was also able to laugh at himself and take the piss ( let’s go outside video was brilliant )
The car pool video was also one of my favourite ones
Sadly his sister also died on Christmas Day 3 years later in George’s house that she inherited