Acclaimed-music biographer James Gavin interviewed hundreds of George Michael's friends and colleagues to create this expansive portrait of the late artist.
when he was 53 years old on Christmas Day in 2016. The iconic singer was survived by his father and two sisters, one of whom passed exactly three years after her brother’s death in 2019. But two decades before his death, Michael experienced a series of losses which would change the course of his life from then on.
Lesley — on the other hand — was described as a “tremendously compassionate” wife and mother. However, she found her own struggles with Michael’s identity, adopting some of her husband’s views after her brother — who struggled with mental illness and was believed to be secretively gay — died by suicide when Michael was just a toddler.
“Over time, George heard stories about his uncle Colin and he came to understand that his mother’s echoes of the father’s homophobia were born out of fear that George might wind up like Uncle Colin."The “Faith” singer was said to have a “rare mother-son relationship.” Gavin described his mother as a woman who wanted nothing from her son, except for him to be happy.
“From that point on, he could not easily face reality cold any more, it was too painful for him. He had to buffer himself from all of the pain around him,” Gavin said.
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