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Inside Charles and Camilla's state dinner: King and Queen enjoyed lobster ravoli andsalmon with Champagne... While Michael's father wasn't known for being supportive or affectionate towards his son, his mother did as much as she could to encourage him in his pursuits. Though she too had an issue at first with her son's sexual orientation as years went on, it was attributed to her fears that Michael would end up like his uncle, Lesley's brother Colin, who died by suicide when the singer was only a baby. It was believed that Colin was secretly gay, and Michael's mother feared a similar path for her son, according to biographer James Gavin, who conducted hundreds of interviews with Michael's friends and family after his death. Rebekah Vardy shares first snap of her plastic air boot following 'horror accident'... after Coleen Rooney wore similar brace at Wagatha Christie trial A nation of wheeler dealers: Half who sold a car online did so to an online buying service... and three-quarters were HAPPY with the experience! Read without prejudice and be prepared to be rattled and moved. Only James Gavin could do justice to this story of mercurial creativity, sex, and self-destruction in the glittery, harrowing, ethereal heights of pop stardom.”— David Hajdu, author of Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn and Positively 4th Street: The LiveBradley Cooper sweetly holds hands with daughter Lea, 6, as they enjoy an after-school ice cream run in NYC There were reasons for the reticence. Gavin brings the hostile culture of the time to life: Tabloid editor Piers Morgan ran an article headlined “The Poofs of Pop.” Straight journalists felt entitled to ask Michael questions like “Have you had an AIDS test?” Record company president Walter Yetnikoff threw around expressions like “Don’t be such a fag.” Butcher, Asa (20 November 2014). "30 years later... the original Band Aid performers". gbtimes.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 25 December 2016. to George’s music, watch his iconic videos and find out everything you want to know about the man himself. Also

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Our Yorkshire Farm's Amanda Owen 'is using her son Reuben's popularity to bolster her brand as she relaunches TV career after secret affair was exposed' Ben Cohen's ex-wife Abby gives an insight into 'much needed holiday' with her twin daughters and new partner Dave after all clear from bowel cancer British woman trapped in Gaza says she was sent a sad face emoji by Foreign Office as she pleaded for help escaping warzone 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." From the early days of Wham! he has displayed a rare talent for capturing the musical zeitgeist. He proved as much with such singles as Young Guns (Go For It!), Club Tropicana and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, all of which became signature tunes for the 1980s. As a solo artist his classic song Careless Whisper had a comparable effect. Since then his albums Faith, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, Older and Patience have become multi-million selling collections, each spawning several hit singles.Inside Matthew Perry's former Malibu mansion he turned into a sober living center amid his decades-long sobriety journey that became 'too expensive to run' The Challenge star Nelson Thomas charged with DWI... months after being rescued from burning vehicle following car crash James Gavin is an ace biographer, and in George Michael: A Life he tells the heartrending tale of a pop legend who couldn’t love himself but made the whole world feel good.”— Danny Fields, manager, the Ramones He is rarely out of the headlines – from his very public battle with his record label Sony to his turbulent personal life and repeated brushes with the law – yet he remains an intensely private man. After going solo, it was reported that Michael fell into a cycle of substance abuse, which many around him believed stemmed from the depression he felt after losing both his mother and his partner coupled with living a life of secrecy. That cycle would also trap Michael in a revolving door of legal issues, including the aforementioned arrest in Beverly Hills.