George Michael, the pop star who died in the middle of Christmas: what happened to him

Christmas 2016 brought sad news with a great loss in the music world George Michael. The British pop singer died on 53 yearsbut it took a while for the autopsy results to arrive and there was great doubt about the facts.

Finally, two and a half months after Michael’s death, the reports came out. The coroner said the British singer died of “natural causes.” Researchers practical They ruled out that it was a “suspicious death.”. A doctor added that the musician suffered from “dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.”

The creator of pop anthems like Careless whispers And Believe was found dead in his apartment by her boyfriend Fadi Fawaz from Goring-on-Thames, in Oxfordshire, England, on December 25th, just before the traditional Christmas dinner.

“We were supposed to go to Christmas dinner. I went over to wake him up and he was just gone.” Lie down peacefully in bedsaid the Lebanese friend two days after the death.

After the successive successes of Wham! (Michael’s duet with his schoolmate Andrew Ridgeley) and especially after his first solo album (Believe1987) the singer was overcome by “dissatisfaction”. This was written in the mainstream media.

The music contained on this album, hitera That wasn’t enough, it forced him to continue acting like a child. Plus, those were the glory days of the station. MTV and there was no way to distance yourself.

Drugs, pop and homosexuality. In the order you prefer, this was the trident that ended his career. In 2015, a year before his death, he claimed to be “healthy and clean” and downplayed statements that accused him of checking himself into a rehab clinic for the illness to his addiction crack and cocaine.

“To my fans: Don’t believe the nonsense that someone says that I haven’t seen in about 18 years,” the singer said after his cousin’s wife explained to the press that Michael had checked into a clinic weeks ago.

“I’m perfectly fine“Here I am enjoying Wimbledon like the rest of you,” wrote the author of Careless whispers.

Rumors also circulated in 2013 that he had suffered a relapse, and not just because of that He admitted to smoking up to 25 marijuana cigarettes per day.. There they talked about these coordinates: clinic in Switzerland and “detoxification treatment”.

George Michael: One Life is a biography that reveals the darkest shadows of an artist overwhelmed by his addictions (particularly “Liquid Ecstasy”), his eating problems, his mental health struggles and his relationship with sex.

Michael’s sexuality was a central chapter in his and his life internal and public struggles against secrecy, shame and homophobia. This combination turned him into one Symbol of the LGBTQ+ community by using her platform to defend her rights and challenge norms, despite her ongoing personal struggles and media pressure.

He came out of the closet in an interview cnn: “I have no problem with people knowing that I’m in a relationship with a man. at the moment. “I’m not ashamed, I feel stupid, reckless and weak for exposing my sexuality in this way.”

Part’s confession did not bury his career. In 2004 he published patienceone of the best-selling albums in his country with a double platinum certification thanks to songs like Flawless (Go to Town).

George hadn’t left that Wardrobe before, because Wham! had one Fandom essentially female and was believed to only date women. As before with villagersthe public believed Michael was heterosexual. Of course, not the entire public, there were people who were already insidiously thinking about their preferences, and one of them did it Young Georgeby Culture Club.

It took a long time Believe reached the top and became a superstar. He had been arrested for an indecent act in a public toilet and this gossip spread through the media. But George is not remembered as a gay man.

According to a Dec. 25, 2016, call to 911 Fawaz, Michael’s partnerI would have tried to wake him up for an hour before calling for help. When he spoke to the emergency dispatcher, he responded that the singer was “cold” and “sad.”

When the operator questioned him further, Fawaz said: “No, no, no, no, no, I was waiting for him to wake up and he didn’t wake up. I went to wake him up and he wasn’t there, you know, he’s not there.”