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I have never met a star
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who didn't come from
the same kind of insecurity.
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Man: Mm-hmm.
You know, it's the things
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that are missing
that make you a star.
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It's not the things
that you have.
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♪♪
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♪♪
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Welcome
to "How It Really Happened."
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I'm Hill Harper.
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George Michael --
musical genius,
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singer, songwriter,
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a charitable and legendary
international superstar
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but haunted by demons.
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He had the voice of a maestro
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but the darkness
of extreme regret,
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all of which turned him
into a tabloid target.
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Deeply dispirited and all alone
behind the doors
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of his country home
on Christmas Eve,
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George Michael went to sleep
and never woke up.
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This is how it really happened.
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♪♪
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Halperin: You know that song
"Last Christmas"?
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It's one of George Michael's
most famous songs of all time.
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♪ Last Christmas,
I gave you my heart ♪
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♪ The very next day,
you gave it away ♪
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Halperin:
He loved Christmas so much.
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It was his favorite day
of the year,
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and the saddest part
of everything is,
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he died on Christmas.
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♪♪
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Telling: George and his
boyfriend, Fadi Fawaz,
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began spending a lot of his time
at his country house.
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Velez-Mitchell: Which is halfway
between London and Oxford.
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It's a gorgeous area,
very traditional,
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and it being Christmastime,
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there was this huge parade
past his home,
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and everyone's carrying torches.
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And so it's just
very spectacular.
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Steele: One night, I saw him
looking out the window,
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and it's a very sad,
kind of ghostly image,
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just caught his face
behind the glass
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sort of looking at the world
but detached from it.
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Fadi Fawaz seems to have been
the final regular boyfriend
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in the last decade
of George's life.
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Velez-Mitchell: Fadi said he had
been there that weekend,
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and he'd gone out
on Christmas Eve.
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And the next day,
Christmas Day,
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at about noon,
a little bit after noon,
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he goes in to wake
George Michael up,
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and he can't wake him up.
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Steele:
He makes a hurried phone call
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to the emergency services
in Oxfordshire at 1:42 p.m.
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My goodness, what's going on?
What happened to George Michael?
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♪♪
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Michael:
Good evening, London!
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This is the last night.
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Everyone around the world
knew who he was.
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Moret: He was sexy.
He had a great voice.
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He had a swagger about him.
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I defy you to watch the video
"Faith" and not think,
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"That is a cool guy."
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♪ Yes, I got to have faith ♪
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♪ Ooh, I got to have faith ♪
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Oh, my God.
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George Michael was serving it,
choreography and everything.
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♪ I got to have faith,
faith, faith ♪
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He was suddenly
a real sex symbol.
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I mean, everyone remembers those
ripped jeans and the aviators.
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I was so impressed
with his work.
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I was in awe of his talent.
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Woman: George!
We love you, George!
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George, we love you!
George, we love you!
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George Michael was born
in East Finchley, London.
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His father was a restaurateur.
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His mother, Lesley,
was a dancer.
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It was at age 7 she even started
encouraging him to sing.
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She thought he had talent.
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She was extremely sensitive
and proud
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that her son had a liking
toward art and music.
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When George was 12,
they moved to the suburbs,
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and that's where he met
Andrew Ridgeley.
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Michael: What did I
first think of him?
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I thought
he was pretty loud,
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you know, brash,
young thing.
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You admired him,
in other words?
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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I thought, "Now, there's a boy
I want to sit next to."
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They hit it off really well.
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George Michael always knew
he wanted to write music.
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Andrew Ridgeley always knew
he wanted to be famous.
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Napier-Bell: Andrew was like
the lad about the classroom,
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the one who made
everybody laugh,
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and he was good-looking
and handsome.
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And George looked at him,
"oh, I want to be like that."
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Telling:
By the time they were 16,
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they decided to pursue
their dreams
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and started mapping out
their future as pop stars.
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Halperin: Andrew Ridgeley really
was the influence
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to George Michael
to convince him
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he had what it took
to become a singing superstar.
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Especially people
who managed to get tickets,
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you know, we'd love to have
seen everyone off personally,
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but can't do it.
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One day, you're a kid
going to school
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and then, boom, WHAM!
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Napier-Bell: I met WHAM! first
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after I'd seen them
on "Top of the Pops."
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The very first thing they did
when they walked in the room
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was for George
to look at us and say,
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"Can you make us
the biggest stars in the world?
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You've got one year."
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Their first hit was
"Young Guns."
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♪ Well, I hadn't seen your face
around town awhile ♪
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♪ So I greeted you
with a knowing smile ♪
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♪ When I saw that girl
upon your arm ♪
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♪ I knew she'd won your heart
with a fatal charm ♪
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♪ I said, "Soul Boy" ♪
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Halperin: It exploded.
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Nobody had ever seen
a group like WHAM!
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arrive on the scene,
exude so much sexuality.
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They were so cute and young
and charming and exuberant,
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and they were optimistic,
and the songs were poppy.
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They became overnight
sensations.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
this is WHAM!
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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On "American Bandstand,"
you take one look at him,
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and you say,
"That guy's a star."
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♪ You got soul on the Dole? ♪
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♪ You're gonna have a good time
down on the line ♪
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♪ I said get, get,
get on down ♪
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♪ I said get, get,
get on down ♪
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Kahane: I saw WHAM!
come on and do their show,
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and I realized immediately
that George's voice
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and his skills onstage
were far beyond his years.
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I was blown away.
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Halperin: The records were just
flying off the shelves,
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and women were going crazy.
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Young girls wanted to marry
the members of WHAM!
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They were obsessed
with Andrew and George.
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Who's hotter, Andrew or George?
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Telling: He had these women
throwing themselves at him,
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and he didn't quite know
how to react to that.
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I was seriously underdeveloped
emotionally,
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never had any crushes
on anyone at school,
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never fell in love
at school.
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DeCurtis: There was always
kind of, you know,
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ambiguity to his sexuality.
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Yeah, but that was just fine.
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I mean, you know,
everybody liked it.
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You know, the boys liked it.
The girls liked it.
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The biggest thing was
♪ wake me up before you go go ♪
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♪ Because I'm not planning
on going solo ♪
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♪ Wake me up
before you go go ♪
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♪ Take me dancing tonight ♪
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♪ I want to hit that high! ♪
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Telling: It was really their
second album --
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"WHAM! Make It Big" --
that everybody remembers.
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It came out in 1984,
and it had the hits like
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"Everything She Wants,"
"Freedom," "Careless Whisper."
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♪ Time can never mend ♪
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♪ The careless whispers
of the good friend ♪
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George Michael just had
a kind of sophistication
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as a vocalist,
even when he was doing
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the most sugary kind of pop.
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He managed to bring
that across in a way
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that was convincing and fun.
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It shows the real brilliance
of George Michael.
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his sensitivity
and his profoundness
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in cultivating a song.
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He was a genius.
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Napier-Bell:
A lot of people say,
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"What did Andrew do
in the group?
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It was all George.
He wrote the songs.
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He performed.
He was the singer."
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That's rubbish.
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The image of WHAM!
is really Andrew,
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that happy-go-lucky lad
around town.
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George was a copycat of Andrew.
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So the image of WHAM!
was the real Andrew
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and the fake Andrew.
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And the image of a group
is, in the end,
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really more important
than the music.
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There's no question
that George Michael
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was the major talent in WHAM!
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But that doesn't mean that
Andrew Ridgeley
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wasn't important.
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His importance was significant
in emotional terms.
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He needed Andrew there.
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Right from the beginning
with WHAM!,
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George had in mind that WHAM!
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would be like a 3-
or 4-year period.
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Reporter: You can see behind me,
people are still coming.
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We've seen them this morning
laying flowers,
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messages, candles,
some people just weeping openly.
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Their grief, well,
it's pretty extraordinary.
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They're all here because
George Michael
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meant so very much to them.
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They all want to know
why he died at such a young age.
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He would constantly have
this fear of dying young.
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He said, "I know I'm going to."
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I said, "Why do you say that?"
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And he said, "I don't know.
I just know it."
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When WHAM! were invited to play
in China in 1985,
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it was a huge deal.
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Nobody had even thought
of playing China.
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Napier-Bell: Being the biggest
stars in the world
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means being the biggest star
in America, too.
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My partner said, "Well, maybe
we can find a gimmick.
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Maybe we can make you
the first Western pop group
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ever to play
in Communist China."
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And George said,
"Yep, I like that.
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Do that."
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When the concert
took place in Beijing,
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there were over 118 television
crews from around the world.
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Halperin: I think it's
the biggest accomplishment
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of the legacy of WHAM!
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was to go to China
and do the "Freedom" video
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and the "Freedom" song.
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No other Western artist
had performed in China.
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♪ I don't want your freedom ♪
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♪ I don't need to play around ♪
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Napier-Bell: It did exactly
what we wanted because,
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in the course of two weeks,
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WHAM! were broken totally
in America.
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Halperin:
It was unparalleled.
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It just set them so further
apart than everybody else.
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They were real, true innovators.
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Right from the beginning
with WHAM!,
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George had in mind that WHAM!
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would be, like,
a 3- or 4-year period.
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DeCurtis: George Michael
was mature enough as an artist
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to not need WHAM!
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He had outgrown what that
collaboration represented,
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but emotionally,
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I don't think he was
necessarily in that place.
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Kahane: George said, "I know
you're not gonna like this,
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but there is no more WHAM!"
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And I took a pause, and I said,
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"Well, of course
there's a WHAM! I mean --"
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"No, no, there is no more WHAM!
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I've just broken up WHAM!
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WHAM! is me."
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DeCurtis: George Michael was
ready to go out on his own,
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but I think some of the things
that he needed from Andrew
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from a partnership maybe weren't
so apparent to him until later.
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I think he felt kind of exposed
and isolated.
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The bigger he got,
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in a sense, the shakier
the ground underneath him felt.
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He always felt inside himself
a bit of a fraud,
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and I think more and more
and more bubbling inside himself
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was the feeling of being
this slightly fake character.
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He wasn't really George Michael
he was projecting.
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He was projecting this
copycat image of Andrew.
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No regrets
about splitting up,
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so with a huge thank you
to everyone,
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not only today
but for the last four years.
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Halperin: I don't think that
either of them
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wanted to continue
in the WHAM! vein.
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They thought they'd
exhausted it completely,
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and there wasn't
much more to say.
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Are you jealous of his
solo success?
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Don't mention the solo.
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No, I feel
I'm a big part of it.
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You know, actually, we did
write the record together.
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Hilton: George went solo,
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and he went from being one of
the biggest stars on the planet
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to beingthe
star on the planet.
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George Michael's first
solo album, "Faith,"
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which came out in 1987...
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♪ I got to have faith ♪
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♪ Ooh, I got to have faith ♪
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♪ Because I got to have
faith, faith, faith ♪
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It was a breakthrough, you know,
a dramatic breakthrough.
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♪ Before this river ♪
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Velez-Mitchell:
Then he does something
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very bold and very brave.
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♪ Wait for something more ♪
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In "Faith," he releases
"I Want Your Sex."
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♪ I want your sex ♪
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And that was the moment
where he was like,
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"I've got
the world's attention."
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♪ When you tell me that
you're going to regret it ♪
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♪ Then I tell you that I love
you, but you still say, "No"! ♪
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I originally was not for that
being the first single,
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but George said, "Trust me.
I know what I'm doing."
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♪ Sex is best when it's... ♪
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♪ One on one ♪
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Kahane: He wanted to let
everybody know
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that "I Want Your Sex"
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wasn't about not being
responsible for sex
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but about being with one person.
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♪ One on one ♪
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Telling: That single was banned
in the U.K.
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and the U.S.
for a little while.
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They changed it
to "I Want Your Love"
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when they were playing it
on the radio.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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Napier-Bell:
He made $50 million
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on his first solo tour
of America.
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He was there at the very top
of the top two
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or three artists in the world.
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Lobel: Every city we went to
was sold out.
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At the end of each show,
the fans were left breathless
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from this experience
of the "Faith" show
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that they had just witnessed.
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It was electrifying.
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Michael: That's right.
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We had five number one
hit singles on that record --
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"I Want Your Sex," "Faith,"
"Father Figure," "Monkey"...
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♪ Monkey, monkey, monkey ♪
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..."Kissing a Fool,"
"One More Try."
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♪ I wrote this song ♪
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♪ I know it's wrong ♪
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♪ Just let me go ♪
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He was very competitive
and more so every time
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the charts would come out.
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"Did we go to number one?"
318
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And, "Did we jump this artist?
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Did we knock Michael Jackson
and Prince down?"
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"Yes."
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He was...all about winning.
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Lobel: George didn't want to
hang backstage and socialize.
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He just wanted to go back
to the room and be alone,
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and I think that time alone
was just something
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that would wear
on him day after day.
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There was a tortured
soul inside.
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People have been
coming in all day.
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There's been a steady stream
of fans really in shock
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about the death of
the 53-year-old George Michael.
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Reporter 2: Local police say
they were called to the scene
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after someone found
Michael unresponsive.
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They say that they are
treating his death
333
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as unexpected
but not suspicious.
334
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I am confused as to what
the totality of his death was.
335
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What, his heart stopped
all of a sudden?
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Sorry.
I don't buy it.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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DeCurtis:
George Michael, he skyrocketed,
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and, you know,
in commercial terms
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and even artistic terms,
I mean, he did very well.
341
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But emotionally, I think
he struggled with all that.
342
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The "Faith" tour was one of
the most amazing concert tours
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I'd ever witnessed
in my life,
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and the adulation
that he would get,
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and then he'd go back
to his hotel room,
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close the door
and be alone.
347
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George didn't want to hang
backstage and socialize.
348
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I think that time alone
was just something
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that would wear on him
day after day,
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you know,
all around the world,
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from Australia to Europe
to the U.S. to Canada,
352
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going back
to your hotel room alone
353
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and not being
who you really are.
354
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Kahane: Yeah, there was
something missing from his life.
355
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I knew he was -- you know,
he was feeling lonely.
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When I was younger,
because I suppose
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I was so confused
about my sexuality
358
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and other things,
359
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I suppose I was prone
to loneliness
360
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and depression
around loneliness
361
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because it is very lonely
if you're surrounded by people,
362
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but you're not really
surrounded by anyone.
363
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Telling: George always struggled
with his sexuality.
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At a young age, he thought
he might be bisexual,
365
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and he told a few people,
and he dated women.
366
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I remember being at the hotel
on a weekend poolside with Rob,
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and this is two-thirds
through the tour,
368
00:16:39,183 --> 00:16:41,273
and Rob suddenly asked me...
369
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"Do you think
that George is gay?"
370
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I said, "Well, Rob, yes,
I believe he is gay."
371
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I found out as the tour
rolled along
372
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that George was very unhappy,
and it became obvious to me
373
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why because, you know,
he was so in the closet.
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As a gay man,
holding that secret,
375
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holding onto that secret,
then having fame,
376
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I can only imagine
the pressure with that.
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He was a tortured soul.
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Velez-Mitchell: He was keeping
this deep, dark secret.
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But then he falls in love.
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Telling: George Michael met
Anselmo Feleppa in 1991.
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It was in Brazil
at the Rock in Rio concert.
382
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Anselmo was this spirit
we all wished
383
00:17:27,450 --> 00:17:29,430
we carried around with us.
384
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George was incredibly happy
with Anselmo, incredibly.
385
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He was the part that George
was missing in his life.
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The day that I knew
that I was gay was the day
387
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that I knew
that I was in love with a man.
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Kahane: I've never seen him
happier in my life.
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♪♪
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Halperin: People weren't ready
for an artist
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of George Michael's stature,
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who women went gaga over for
so many years, to just come out.
393
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It would have been career
suicide for him to come out
394
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and say, "I am gay."
395
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Lemon: You may go, "Well, why
wouldn't he just come out?"
396
00:18:12,116 --> 00:18:13,246
You just didn't do that then.
397
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It didn't happen.
398
00:18:15,033 --> 00:18:18,153
There were very few people who
were out and proud in the '80s.
399
00:18:18,183 --> 00:18:21,323
But then his lover becomes ill
400
00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:24,170
six months
into the relationship.
401
00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,270
Telling: Anselmo found out
that he had HIV,
402
00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:29,330
and George was devastated.
403
00:18:31,433 --> 00:18:38,233
Imagine the horror of waiting
all your life for love,
404
00:18:38,266 --> 00:18:40,076
for authentic love,
405
00:18:40,116 --> 00:18:43,476
and then within months,
your lover says,
406
00:18:44,016 --> 00:18:46,076
"I have a deadly disease."
407
00:18:46,116 --> 00:18:48,216
But George stuck by him,
and he helped him.
408
00:18:48,250 --> 00:18:52,070
He was by his side 24/7.
409
00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:57,080
Anselmo dies in 1993,
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shattering George Michael.
411
00:19:00,050 --> 00:19:03,000
He goes into a deep depression,
412
00:19:03,033 --> 00:19:07,073
and he has depression
in his family history,
413
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so this is a real struggle,
414
00:19:10,466 --> 00:19:14,376
and he begins to medicate
with Prozac and pot,
415
00:19:14,416 --> 00:19:18,016
and he describes this
as a very dark time.
416
00:19:20,050 --> 00:19:23,000
Halperin:
People close to him admit
417
00:19:23,033 --> 00:19:25,423
that that perhaps was the most
devastating experience
418
00:19:25,450 --> 00:19:29,420
of George Michael's life,
was losing his lover.
419
00:19:29,450 --> 00:19:32,300
Velez-Mitchell:
By his own account
420
00:19:32,333 --> 00:19:35,373
of smoking 25 spliffs
of cannabis a day,
421
00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:38,050
which is a massive amount,
422
00:19:38,083 --> 00:19:40,103
and obviously,
that has to take a toll.
423
00:19:40,133 --> 00:19:42,223
That's addictive behavior,
424
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and the thing about addiction
is that it's progressive.
425
00:19:46,366 --> 00:19:49,046
Telling: He grieved for three
years before he really,
426
00:19:49,083 --> 00:19:51,253
you know, could come back
and make music again,
427
00:19:51,283 --> 00:19:54,153
and when he did, he came out
with "Jesus To a Child,"
428
00:19:54,183 --> 00:19:56,333
which was dedicated to Anselmo.
429
00:19:56,366 --> 00:19:58,466
♪ And heaven stole ♪
430
00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:07,080
♪ You smiled at me
like Jesus to a child ♪
431
00:20:07,116 --> 00:20:10,326
George was still grieving
the loss of Anselmo Feleppa,
432
00:20:10,366 --> 00:20:12,126
and then his mother got sick,
433
00:20:12,166 --> 00:20:14,216
and this was another
devastating blow.
434
00:20:14,250 --> 00:20:16,320
Halperin:
He was so close to Lesley,
435
00:20:16,350 --> 00:20:19,380
and she was the person
who really, in the family,
436
00:20:19,416 --> 00:20:22,046
encouraged him
to become a singer.
437
00:20:22,083 --> 00:20:27,153
Now, all of a sudden, he was
embroiled in helping his mother
438
00:20:27,183 --> 00:20:29,153
to fight her cancer.
439
00:20:29,183 --> 00:20:33,003
Not only did she have cancer,
she died three months later.
440
00:20:33,033 --> 00:20:36,103
Halperin:
He really was an emotional wreck
441
00:20:36,133 --> 00:20:39,003
and was in a manic state.
442
00:20:39,033 --> 00:20:42,203
I lost my mother, and, as has
been fairly well documented,
443
00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:45,103
I lost my first partner.
444
00:20:45,133 --> 00:20:46,333
I was afraid,
for the first time,
445
00:20:46,366 --> 00:20:50,046
that I was really scarred by the
things that had happened to me.
446
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:53,403
I was scared
that he was gonna --
447
00:20:53,433 --> 00:20:55,223
I was scared.
448
00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:58,030
He needed to be watched.
449
00:21:00,233 --> 00:21:03,183
Moret: Imagine
an international superstar
450
00:21:03,216 --> 00:21:06,126
arrested in a public park
men's room.
451
00:21:06,166 --> 00:21:09,366
People started questioning,
"What's going on here?"
452
00:21:14,033 --> 00:21:16,173
Welcome back to
"How It Really Happened."
453
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,370
His album "Faith" sold more than
20 million copies worldwide,
454
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,000
and George Michael had
eight number one songs
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00:21:23,033 --> 00:21:24,473
on the Billboard Hot 100.
456
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,470
He was now a superstar,
457
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,480
topping Madonna and
Michael Jackson on the charts.
458
00:21:30,016 --> 00:21:33,196
But his personal life was about
to spiral out of control.
459
00:21:33,233 --> 00:21:36,123
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
460
00:21:36,150 --> 00:21:41,100
Michael: My life should not turn
into a week-long debate
461
00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:43,373
when the world
is absolutely going crazy.
462
00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:48,400
Are we really gonna waste news
space on my sex life?
463
00:21:48,433 --> 00:21:51,323
Velez-Mitchell: He had come out
to his parents
464
00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:53,130
after Anselmo Feleppa died.
465
00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:57,166
He was open with his circle
of friends.
466
00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,120
What George Michael hadn't done
was gone on television
467
00:22:00,150 --> 00:22:03,180
and told the whole world,
"I'm gay."
468
00:22:03,216 --> 00:22:06,066
Napier-Bell: For a week,
George lay and sunbathed
469
00:22:06,100 --> 00:22:10,220
in a notorious
gay pickup area park in L.A.
470
00:22:10,250 --> 00:22:12,470
where there is also
a public bathroom.
471
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,380
He was photographed
by several photographers
472
00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:16,226
who spotted who he was.
473
00:22:16,266 --> 00:22:18,396
He was trying to create
a situation where he was forced
474
00:22:18,433 --> 00:22:22,203
to come out rather than
just managing to deal with it.
475
00:22:22,233 --> 00:22:24,453
And well, finally
that situation occurred
476
00:22:24,483 --> 00:22:27,183
when he went to the toilet
and met a policeman.
477
00:22:27,216 --> 00:22:30,066
Telling: That police officer
lured him into the bathroom
478
00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,120
under the guise of
maybe hooking up,
479
00:22:32,150 --> 00:22:36,380
and when George exposed himself,
that's when the cops swarmed in.
480
00:22:38,416 --> 00:22:40,166
Kreins: Beverly Hills
police officers
481
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,130
arrested the singer
known as George Michaels.
482
00:22:44,166 --> 00:22:45,216
Mr. Michaels was arrested
483
00:22:45,250 --> 00:22:49,430
for a violation
of 647a of the penal code,
484
00:22:49,466 --> 00:22:51,446
engaging in a lewd act.
485
00:22:51,483 --> 00:22:54,033
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
486
00:22:54,066 --> 00:22:56,146
George Michael's arrest,
you know, for, you know,
487
00:22:56,183 --> 00:22:59,383
cruising in a men's room
in Los Angeles in 1998,
488
00:22:59,416 --> 00:23:01,096
I mean,
that was a key moment.
489
00:23:01,133 --> 00:23:03,253
It was a global scandal.
490
00:23:03,283 --> 00:23:06,023
Moret: People started
questioning,
491
00:23:06,050 --> 00:23:07,320
"What's going on here?
492
00:23:07,350 --> 00:23:09,080
George Michael, is he gay?
493
00:23:09,116 --> 00:23:10,266
Is he reckless?
Is he both?
494
00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:11,480
Is he crazy?"
495
00:23:12,016 --> 00:23:16,396
And then, three days later,
three days after this arrest,
496
00:23:16,433 --> 00:23:19,333
we got the interview
with George Michael at CNN.
497
00:23:19,366 --> 00:23:21,276
Moret: You were actually
taken into custody
498
00:23:21,316 --> 00:23:22,296
at a park in Beverly Hills.
499
00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:23,323
Yes, exactly, yeah.
500
00:23:23,350 --> 00:23:25,430
You were alone.
Yeah, I was alone.
501
00:23:25,466 --> 00:23:28,296
He was so nervous
502
00:23:28,333 --> 00:23:30,273
that I actually stopped
the interview.
503
00:23:30,300 --> 00:23:33,370
You think to yourself,
all George Michael really wanted
504
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,050
was some compassion
and some understanding,
505
00:23:37,083 --> 00:23:38,373
maybe some respect.
506
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,030
Your sexuality
has been the focus
507
00:23:41,066 --> 00:23:42,326
of tremendous attention.
508
00:23:42,366 --> 00:23:43,346
Yeah.
509
00:23:43,383 --> 00:23:47,133
I spent the first half
of my career
510
00:23:47,166 --> 00:23:48,396
being accused
of being gay
511
00:23:48,433 --> 00:23:51,353
when I hadn't had anything
like a gay relationship,
512
00:23:51,383 --> 00:23:55,083
and in fact, I was 27
before that happened to me,
513
00:23:55,116 --> 00:23:58,996
so I spent my years
growing up being told
514
00:23:59,033 --> 00:24:01,023
what my sexuality
was really,
515
00:24:01,050 --> 00:24:04,300
you know, which is kind --
kind of confusing.
516
00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:07,073
And then by the time
517
00:24:07,100 --> 00:24:08,150
I had kind of worked out
what it was,
518
00:24:08,183 --> 00:24:11,283
and I stopped having
relationships with women,
519
00:24:11,316 --> 00:24:12,476
I was just so indignant
of the way
520
00:24:13,016 --> 00:24:14,346
I'd been treated until then,
I was just thought,
521
00:24:14,383 --> 00:24:15,403
"Well, I'll just
hold on to this.
522
00:24:15,433 --> 00:24:17,023
I don't think
they need to know.
523
00:24:17,050 --> 00:24:18,330
I don't think I should
have to tell them."
524
00:24:18,366 --> 00:24:21,146
But, you know, this is
as good a time as any.
525
00:24:21,183 --> 00:24:22,453
"I think he just told me
he's gay.
526
00:24:22,483 --> 00:24:24,233
Did he just tell me he's gay?"
527
00:24:24,266 --> 00:24:25,426
So in unambiguous terms,
528
00:24:25,466 --> 00:24:27,426
what is it
that you want to say?
529
00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:32,026
I want to say that I have
no problem with people
530
00:24:32,066 --> 00:24:34,266
knowing that I have a --
531
00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:36,050
I'm in a relationship
with a man right now.
532
00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:38,033
I have not been
in a relationship with a woman
533
00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:39,226
for almost 10 years.
534
00:24:39,266 --> 00:24:41,466
George, why do you feel
compelled to open up
535
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,420
a very private part of your
life and make it so public?
536
00:24:44,450 --> 00:24:49,400
I feel stupid, and I feel
reckless and weak
537
00:24:49,433 --> 00:24:54,083
for having allowed my sexuality
to be exposed this way,
538
00:24:54,116 --> 00:24:56,996
but I don't feel
any shame whatsoever.
539
00:24:57,033 --> 00:25:00,073
You could also see
that it was real,
540
00:25:00,100 --> 00:25:02,120
and he was telling the truth,
541
00:25:02,150 --> 00:25:04,300
and he felt comfort
in the truth.
542
00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:08,373
I'd hoped for him that this was
the beginning
543
00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:12,020
of a wonderful chapter
in his life,
544
00:25:12,050 --> 00:25:13,400
but it didn't
turn out that way.
545
00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:19,073
Napier-Bell: We all heard about
how many drugs he was doing
546
00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,030
and how unhappy
he was from time to time.
547
00:25:22,066 --> 00:25:23,466
Velez-Mitchell:
There's this time period,
548
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:24,480
compressed time period,
549
00:25:25,016 --> 00:25:27,076
where he does seem
to be engaging
550
00:25:27,116 --> 00:25:30,116
in very self-destructive
behavior.
551
00:25:30,150 --> 00:25:31,200
Telling: In the mid-2000s,
552
00:25:31,233 --> 00:25:33,003
George was
arrested several times
553
00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:35,283
for driving
under the influence.
554
00:25:35,316 --> 00:25:37,416
On one occasion, he was asleep.
555
00:25:37,450 --> 00:25:41,480
His car was parked, but he was
still arrested for narcotics.
556
00:25:42,016 --> 00:25:44,266
I was found to have drugs
in the car.
557
00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:46,430
It's something that I put my
hands up for and said,
558
00:25:46,466 --> 00:25:48,446
"It was stupid of me, right?"
559
00:25:48,483 --> 00:25:50,153
I was not unfit to drive,
560
00:25:50,183 --> 00:25:52,103
but it was stupid of me
to get in the car.
561
00:25:52,133 --> 00:25:53,453
Telling: And his arrests seemed
to keep coming.
562
00:25:53,483 --> 00:25:58,053
You know, they would be on the
news seemingly every other year
563
00:25:58,083 --> 00:26:00,303
he was arrested for
doing something in his car.
564
00:26:00,333 --> 00:26:03,103
Here we go again
with George Michael.
565
00:26:03,133 --> 00:26:05,353
He's been arrested
on drug charges again.
566
00:26:05,383 --> 00:26:09,153
Police found him in London,
slumped over in his car.
567
00:26:09,183 --> 00:26:12,433
When he was arrested,
he was unconscious at the wheel.
568
00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:15,446
I believe he was also
in possession at that time
569
00:26:15,483 --> 00:26:21,103
of the designer drug GHB,
the so-called sex drug.
570
00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:27,403
♪♪
571
00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:30,353
It was very late at night
because George had been out
572
00:26:30,383 --> 00:26:32,253
during the day
to the gay pride event,
573
00:26:32,283 --> 00:26:35,223
whereby he crashed his car
into the front
574
00:26:35,250 --> 00:26:38,100
of the Snappy Snaps
photographic store
575
00:26:38,133 --> 00:26:39,383
in Hampstead High Street.
576
00:26:39,416 --> 00:26:43,276
He was stoned out of his mind,
and the reports reveal that,
577
00:26:43,316 --> 00:26:45,326
and he shouldn't
have been on the road.
578
00:26:45,366 --> 00:26:49,126
Steele: And he was also taking
a drug called amitriptyline,
579
00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,126
which is a muscle relaxant,
580
00:26:51,166 --> 00:26:53,426
and I believe
it's severely disorientating.
581
00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:58,026
He really didn't even know
where he was or who he was.
582
00:26:58,066 --> 00:27:01,316
Steele: George was sentenced
to eight weeks in prison,
583
00:27:01,350 --> 00:27:05,000
which the standard period for
any prison sentence
584
00:27:05,033 --> 00:27:06,423
in the U.K. is,
585
00:27:06,450 --> 00:27:08,470
unless you misbehave,
you'll be considered
586
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,370
for parole halfway
through your sentence.
587
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:14,350
Reporter 5: Free after just
four weeks behind bars
588
00:27:14,383 --> 00:27:18,373
and now determined not to be
a prisoner in his own home.
589
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,430
I just thought, "There's no one
in the house.
590
00:27:21,466 --> 00:27:25,216
My minders have gone home,"
and I just thought,
591
00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:28,450
"If I'm gonna, you know --
I know, I've -- I'd like --
592
00:27:28,483 --> 00:27:31,453
As much as I'd love to play
cat and mouse with you all,
593
00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:34,083
I can't be [bleep] bothered."
594
00:27:34,116 --> 00:27:35,316
You know, I want to get out.
595
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:38,350
I want to go out, so if you'd
take a few pictures, then...
596
00:27:38,383 --> 00:27:40,253
-Thank you.
-...I'd really appreciate it.
597
00:27:40,283 --> 00:27:43,223
George Michael was a mess.
598
00:27:43,250 --> 00:27:44,380
Halperin:
People should have seen
599
00:27:44,416 --> 00:27:45,996
the writing on the wall then.
600
00:27:46,033 --> 00:27:47,403
They should have known
that something really,
601
00:27:47,433 --> 00:27:49,133
really was wrong.
602
00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:51,196
Even then, he didn't
change his habits.
603
00:27:51,233 --> 00:27:54,173
He still turned to drinks
and drugs
604
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,070
to help him cope
through his depression.
605
00:27:58,100 --> 00:28:00,230
This is a very sad man
in a sad life,
606
00:28:00,266 --> 00:28:02,996
seemingly desperately
trying to feel better.
607
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,430
I have a career that I love.
608
00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:14,366
I live in the most beautiful
house I've ever seen.
609
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,080
I have a wonderful partner
of 10 years.
610
00:28:17,116 --> 00:28:20,046
Now, how many men
on this planet,
611
00:28:20,083 --> 00:28:22,273
given the job they want,
the house they want, the partner
612
00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:26,280
they want and the sex they want,
have a right to complain?
613
00:28:31,183 --> 00:28:35,173
[ Indistinct conversations ]
614
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,280
The big shadow that had fallen
over George Michael's life
615
00:28:37,316 --> 00:28:40,066
came at the height
of the "Symphonica" tour.
616
00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:41,350
[ Cheers and applause ]
617
00:28:41,383 --> 00:28:43,353
♪ My baby don't care for shows ♪
618
00:28:43,383 --> 00:28:48,183
Steele: He showed he could be
the traditional entertainer.
619
00:28:48,216 --> 00:28:51,296
Backed by the string section,
heavily orchestrated,
620
00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:53,353
which I believe
is a career high point.
621
00:28:53,383 --> 00:28:56,333
♪ Don't care
for high-tone places ♪
622
00:28:56,366 --> 00:28:59,446
But it was disrupted
by an incident
623
00:28:59,483 --> 00:29:01,073
which I think began in London
624
00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:04,080
because he initially felt
that he had the flu.
625
00:29:04,116 --> 00:29:06,416
By the time he moved on
to Vienna,
626
00:29:06,450 --> 00:29:09,480
he suddenly reached
the point of collapse.
627
00:29:10,016 --> 00:29:12,446
And he gets pneumonia,
and he almost dies,
628
00:29:12,483 --> 00:29:15,383
and he's hospitalized
for something like a month,
629
00:29:15,416 --> 00:29:17,146
and they have to give him
a tracheotomy
630
00:29:17,183 --> 00:29:20,303
because he's literally
on death's door.
631
00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:21,483
Dr. Pinsky: George Michael
had a severe pneumonia,
632
00:29:22,016 --> 00:29:24,316
ended up in an ICU
on a ventilator,
633
00:29:24,350 --> 00:29:25,470
and for a man in his 40s
634
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,050
to develop that kind of
pneumonia, that's unusual.
635
00:29:29,083 --> 00:29:30,433
That's crazy.
636
00:29:30,466 --> 00:29:33,996
Halperin: And that's the time
my sources say
637
00:29:34,033 --> 00:29:36,303
when he was battling
heroin addiction.
638
00:29:38,166 --> 00:29:40,396
Steele:
When George came back to England
639
00:29:40,433 --> 00:29:45,403
after suffering
what he himself described
640
00:29:45,433 --> 00:29:47,303
as a near-death experience,
641
00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:49,373
he was visibly fragile.
642
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,030
He looks thinner.
He looks older.
643
00:29:52,066 --> 00:29:54,446
Halperin:
He looked really, really frail.
644
00:29:54,483 --> 00:29:58,023
It was the most frail
version of George Michael
645
00:29:58,050 --> 00:29:59,180
I had ever seen.
646
00:29:59,216 --> 00:30:02,346
Steele: For all that, in his
normal sentimental style,
647
00:30:02,383 --> 00:30:06,083
he managed to wish
all the assembled press
648
00:30:06,116 --> 00:30:09,146
around his Highgate home
a very, very Merry Christmas.
649
00:30:09,183 --> 00:30:10,303
Merry Christmas, everyone.
650
00:30:10,333 --> 00:30:12,353
Reporter 6:
He looked weak and unsteady,
651
00:30:12,383 --> 00:30:15,123
but George Michael was appearing
in front of the cameras
652
00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:18,230
near his North London home today
to speak about the illness
653
00:30:18,266 --> 00:30:21,076
that he said had
nearly ended his life.
654
00:30:21,116 --> 00:30:24,096
I got streptococcal something.
655
00:30:24,133 --> 00:30:26,133
It's a form of pneumonia,
656
00:30:26,166 --> 00:30:29,266
and they spent three weeks
keeping me alive, basically.
657
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:31,070
Reporter 6:
He became breathless
658
00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:33,150
but was clearly determined
to say, "Thank you."
659
00:30:33,183 --> 00:30:38,133
I've spent my --
the last 10 days since I woke up
660
00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:41,326
literally thanking people
for saving my life,
661
00:30:41,366 --> 00:30:44,046
which is something
I've never had to do before
662
00:30:44,083 --> 00:30:45,403
and never want to do again.
663
00:30:45,433 --> 00:30:47,223
Halperin:
I think he got teary-eyed
664
00:30:47,250 --> 00:30:50,150
was mainly because he felt he
has one last shot at life,
665
00:30:50,183 --> 00:30:53,373
and he felt remorse
over a lot of the drug usage
666
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,030
and a lot of the incidents
in the past.
667
00:30:56,066 --> 00:30:58,116
I really, really, really,
really,
668
00:30:58,150 --> 00:31:00,350
from the bottom of my heart
thank everybody
669
00:31:00,383 --> 00:31:05,473
who sent messages,
and everybody in that ICU unit
670
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,450
that made sure that
I'm still here today.
671
00:31:09,416 --> 00:31:14,026
Steele: Then there was a really
bizarre incident in 2013,
672
00:31:14,066 --> 00:31:19,066
which probably still defies
any rational explanation.
673
00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:23,380
Velez-Mitchell: He is being
chauffeured in a Range Rover
674
00:31:23,416 --> 00:31:29,026
and flies out of the car
on a freeway,
675
00:31:29,066 --> 00:31:32,376
and people have to literally
swerve to avoid hitting him.
676
00:31:32,416 --> 00:31:35,026
He is very badly injured.
677
00:31:36,450 --> 00:31:39,350
And he's flown to a trauma unit,
678
00:31:39,383 --> 00:31:42,223
and he's in the hospital
for weeks.
679
00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:46,070
His story is that the door
was not properly closed,
680
00:31:46,100 --> 00:31:48,030
and he tried to
close it and open,
681
00:31:48,066 --> 00:31:50,426
but for those who had been
watching his life,
682
00:31:50,466 --> 00:31:53,076
they suspected there might be
something more to it.
683
00:31:53,116 --> 00:31:55,446
People started to wonder
how you could fall out
684
00:31:55,483 --> 00:31:57,233
of a car moving at that speed,
685
00:31:57,266 --> 00:32:00,246
and some questioned whether it
was actually a suicide attempt.
686
00:32:00,283 --> 00:32:05,083
♪♪
687
00:32:05,116 --> 00:32:09,316
Velez-Mitchell: He gets
to the point where, in 2015,
688
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:11,280
he knows he needs help,
689
00:32:11,316 --> 00:32:15,016
and he goes to Zurich,
Switzerland,
690
00:32:15,050 --> 00:32:17,420
and reportedly checks
into one of the premier,
691
00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:22,000
most exclusive addiction
clinics in the world.
692
00:32:22,033 --> 00:32:24,303
Telling: There were rumors that
he was going to rehab
693
00:32:24,333 --> 00:32:26,423
for heroin addiction.
694
00:32:26,450 --> 00:32:29,000
Halperin: Let's face it,
George Michael,
695
00:32:29,033 --> 00:32:30,173
he was a drug addict.
696
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:34,400
He was admitted to drug rehab
on several occasions.
697
00:32:34,433 --> 00:32:37,473
Initially, you've got his loyal
press office saying that,
698
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,130
"Oh, yeah, he's still sort of
699
00:32:39,166 --> 00:32:41,346
dealing with his
marijuana addiction."
700
00:32:41,383 --> 00:32:45,333
But 18 months in Switzerland,
701
00:32:45,366 --> 00:32:48,266
I think there were
more serious issues.
702
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:51,020
And for George Michael to go
away to Switzerland for a year
703
00:32:51,050 --> 00:32:52,380
and a half,
that's very positive.
704
00:32:52,416 --> 00:32:55,126
The fact that he spent a year
or more anywhere,
705
00:32:55,166 --> 00:32:56,426
that's all good.
706
00:32:56,466 --> 00:33:05,216
♪♪
707
00:33:05,250 --> 00:33:07,120
[ Telephone rings ]
708
00:33:15,133 --> 00:33:16,383
My goodness, what's going on?
709
00:33:25,350 --> 00:33:27,030
What happened to George Michael?
710
00:33:34,050 --> 00:33:35,130
He's cold.
711
00:33:35,166 --> 00:33:36,476
He seems to be beyond hope
by that stage.
712
00:33:59,016 --> 00:34:02,996
Hilton: He had been trying to
revive him for nearly an hour.
713
00:34:03,033 --> 00:34:05,473
Why did you wait that long?
714
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,270
That's very strange.
715
00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:11,350
Halperin: I could understand
waiting 15 or 20 minutes,
716
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:15,383
trying to revive him,
but 1 hour is an excessive time.
717
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,250
Velez-Mitchell:
Imagine the horror
718
00:34:21,283 --> 00:34:23,053
of coming in on Christmas Day,
719
00:34:23,083 --> 00:34:25,103
say hello,
wake up your boyfriend,
720
00:34:25,133 --> 00:34:27,283
get ready
for a Christmas lunch,
721
00:34:27,316 --> 00:34:33,216
and he's dead, and you're trying
to resuscitate him desperately.
722
00:34:33,250 --> 00:34:35,070
It's a nightmare.
723
00:34:37,216 --> 00:34:38,216
Hilton: I don't know
724
00:34:38,250 --> 00:34:40,230
if we really, really know
what happened
725
00:34:40,266 --> 00:34:44,026
in the last 12 hours
of George Michael's life.
726
00:34:53,166 --> 00:34:55,146
Hilton: In the months leading up
to George Michael's death,
727
00:34:55,183 --> 00:34:57,273
he had pretty much become
a recluse.
728
00:34:57,300 --> 00:35:00,020
He was mostly living
in his country house.
729
00:35:00,050 --> 00:35:01,350
He'd gained a lot of weight.
730
00:35:01,383 --> 00:35:04,373
Halperin: And really did not
want anybody to see him
731
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:05,480
in the state he was.
732
00:35:06,016 --> 00:35:08,376
He was an emotional
and physical wreck.
733
00:35:08,416 --> 00:35:11,466
His appearance drastically
changed in those final photos
734
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,470
that "The Mirror" released.
735
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,170
He seemed to be a completely
different person.
736
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,320
It didn't look like
the George Michael of the WHAM!
737
00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:21,150
Or the "Faith" era
that conquered the world.
738
00:35:21,183 --> 00:35:25,083
His voice wasn't quite there,
and that really depressed him.
739
00:35:25,116 --> 00:35:27,446
He felt so depressive,
so reclusive
740
00:35:27,483 --> 00:35:30,073
and really didn't know
who to trust.
741
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:33,130
[ Birds chirping ]
742
00:35:33,166 --> 00:35:35,316
Steele: What happened
on Christmas Day,
743
00:35:35,350 --> 00:35:36,420
it seems incredible
744
00:35:36,450 --> 00:35:39,100
that Fadi would be trying to
revive him
745
00:35:39,133 --> 00:35:41,383
and not phone the emergency
services first.
746
00:35:41,416 --> 00:35:44,076
which became a big bone
of contention
747
00:35:44,116 --> 00:35:47,016
as to whether paramedics
could've done anything at all,
748
00:35:47,050 --> 00:35:49,220
even if they'd been called
an hour earlier.
749
00:35:57,483 --> 00:36:01,473
Certainly the details suggest
that in the words Fadi used,
750
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,320
"He's cold, he's gone,"
751
00:36:03,350 --> 00:36:06,370
he seems to be beyond hope
by that stage.
752
00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:11,026
Telling: Nobody's completely
sure what happened
753
00:36:11,066 --> 00:36:14,216
between Fadi and George
on Christmas Eve.
754
00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:16,200
Fadi was very loyal
to George,
755
00:36:16,233 --> 00:36:18,283
and George was
very loyal to Fadi,
756
00:36:18,316 --> 00:36:20,016
but they would fight.
757
00:36:20,050 --> 00:36:23,000
They were sort of on-again
and off-again.
758
00:36:23,033 --> 00:36:27,123
They partied together, so while
they were good in some ways,
759
00:36:27,150 --> 00:36:29,280
they were maybe not so good
together in other ways.
760
00:36:29,316 --> 00:36:33,326
Velez-Mitchell:
Fadi Fawaz said he had
been there that weekend,
761
00:36:33,366 --> 00:36:36,396
according to a newspaper
he had spoken to,
762
00:36:36,433 --> 00:36:39,423
and he'd gone out
on Christmas Eve,
763
00:36:39,450 --> 00:36:44,030
and he got back, I guess,
late and slept in his car.
764
00:36:44,066 --> 00:36:45,366
First, the boyfriend, Fadi,
765
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,400
said he had spent
the night with George.
766
00:36:47,433 --> 00:36:50,303
Then he says, no,
he slept in the car.
767
00:36:50,333 --> 00:36:53,323
Why was he sleeping in the car
on Christmas Eve?
768
00:36:53,350 --> 00:36:57,400
There's a lot of questions
that arise
769
00:36:57,433 --> 00:36:59,203
during his last hours.
770
00:36:59,233 --> 00:37:03,323
But ultimately, it seems he
was interviewed by the police.
771
00:37:03,350 --> 00:37:06,370
They found nothing suspicious
in his account.
772
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:10,130
It probably was something
as trivial as a lover's tiff.
773
00:37:12,083 --> 00:37:16,203
There were tweets
put out by his lover.
774
00:37:16,233 --> 00:37:17,473
Reporter 7:
We're now receiving statements
775
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,380
from some of the people
who knew George Michael best,
776
00:37:19,416 --> 00:37:23,076
including the man who was
with him on the day he died.
777
00:37:23,116 --> 00:37:24,446
His partner, Fadi Fawaz,
778
00:37:24,483 --> 00:37:28,253
tweeted overnight
in which he said this.
779
00:37:28,283 --> 00:37:30,333
He said, "it's a Christmas
I will never forget,
780
00:37:30,366 --> 00:37:32,346
finding your partner
dead peacefully
781
00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:35,003
in bed first thing
in the morning.
782
00:37:35,033 --> 00:37:38,233
I will never stop missing you."
783
00:37:38,266 --> 00:37:42,046
He also tweeted that George
had wanted to die...
784
00:37:44,316 --> 00:37:48,066
...and that this maybe
was a suicide.
785
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,420
Halperin:
Fadi's tweets shocked the world
786
00:37:51,450 --> 00:37:55,100
when he said that George
wanted to commit suicide.
787
00:37:55,133 --> 00:37:56,133
That doesn't make sense.
788
00:37:56,166 --> 00:37:58,216
Why would somebody who cares
so much
789
00:37:58,250 --> 00:38:02,020
about another person
do that after they died?
790
00:38:03,383 --> 00:38:05,073
Telling: George Michael's family
was obviously
791
00:38:05,100 --> 00:38:07,280
incredibly upset
with Fadi Fawaz.
792
00:38:07,316 --> 00:38:09,426
Hilton: Ultimately, he said
his twitter was hacked.
793
00:38:09,466 --> 00:38:13,196
Why would somebody hack
his account and tweet that?
794
00:38:13,233 --> 00:38:15,403
There's no evidence
that his account got hacked.
795
00:38:15,433 --> 00:38:21,153
♪♪
796
00:38:21,183 --> 00:38:24,303
Lee: Everyone wanted to know
why George Michael had died,
797
00:38:24,333 --> 00:38:28,223
but it took some time for the
coroner's report to come out.
798
00:38:28,250 --> 00:38:32,330
The first one was inconclusive,
so they had to do it again
799
00:38:32,366 --> 00:38:35,016
to figure out
what exactly happened.
800
00:38:35,050 --> 00:38:39,000
Not sure why they took so long.
801
00:38:39,033 --> 00:38:42,203
Two and a half months now
since George Michael's death
802
00:38:42,233 --> 00:38:45,203
in his home in Oxfordshire
on Christmas Day,
803
00:38:45,233 --> 00:38:48,333
the coroner now saying
that he died of natural causes
804
00:38:48,366 --> 00:38:51,416
relating to the heart
and the liver.
805
00:38:51,450 --> 00:38:53,300
The circumstances surrounding
his death
806
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:56,333
and even the documentation
on the death certificate,
807
00:38:56,366 --> 00:38:59,176
it's all vague.
808
00:38:59,216 --> 00:39:00,316
What it said on
the coroner's report
809
00:39:00,350 --> 00:39:02,080
is that he had a myocarditis,
810
00:39:02,116 --> 00:39:04,316
which is an inflammation
of the heart muscle
811
00:39:04,350 --> 00:39:06,270
resulting in a cardiomyopathy,
812
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,070
meaning the cardiac muscle
dilated
813
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:10,320
and became very weak and sick,
814
00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:14,400
and that's ultimately what
killed him, and a fatty liver.
815
00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:16,083
Those aren't natural causes.
816
00:39:16,116 --> 00:39:20,176
Those are medical illnesses
related to drug addiction.
817
00:39:20,216 --> 00:39:22,196
Interestingly enough,
they didn't release
818
00:39:22,233 --> 00:39:24,003
the toxicology report,
819
00:39:24,033 --> 00:39:26,353
but they said,
"This is not a suspicious death,
820
00:39:26,383 --> 00:39:29,123
and basically,
his heart gave out."
821
00:39:29,150 --> 00:39:32,180
The fact that they didn't
release the toxicology report,
822
00:39:32,216 --> 00:39:34,396
some people jumped on that
to say, "Whoo."
823
00:39:34,433 --> 00:39:37,123
The findings in that report
have never been made public.
824
00:39:37,150 --> 00:39:38,370
They've been effectively
suppressed,
825
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,120
so we don't now what substances
826
00:39:41,150 --> 00:39:44,070
were in George's
bloodstream when he died.
827
00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:47,200
The coroner in England has not
released the toxicology results,
828
00:39:47,233 --> 00:39:49,333
but I feel pretty certain
that it's going to be positive.
829
00:39:49,366 --> 00:39:52,116
Just all the circumstances sound
like somebody who was using.
830
00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:53,350
Lee: Some fans will always
want to know
831
00:39:53,383 --> 00:39:59,253
George Michael's toxicology
report to put to rest any doubt
832
00:39:59,283 --> 00:40:03,223
they may have had about
how George Michael had died.
833
00:40:06,050 --> 00:40:10,180
And at some point,
you forget about the tragedy
834
00:40:10,216 --> 00:40:16,066
or the struggles of the artist,
and you enjoy the music itself.
835
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:21,280
And ultimately, the music
transcends the ages
836
00:40:21,316 --> 00:40:24,216
and transcends the tragedy
of the artist
837
00:40:24,250 --> 00:40:26,380
and lives on
and stands in its own right,
838
00:40:26,416 --> 00:40:29,026
and I think
George Michael's music
839
00:40:29,066 --> 00:40:32,176
will stand in its own right
for generations to come.
840
00:40:32,216 --> 00:40:36,076
♪♪
841
00:40:36,116 --> 00:40:38,026
Moret: When a celebrity puts it
all on the line
842
00:40:38,066 --> 00:40:39,266
like George Michael did,
843
00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:43,180
I think he probably inspired
a number of people
844
00:40:43,216 --> 00:40:45,316
to be honest
about their own lives.
845
00:40:45,350 --> 00:40:48,270
I felt sad
for what could have been.
846
00:40:48,300 --> 00:40:51,150
DeCurtis: I think that this is
somebody who left,
847
00:40:51,183 --> 00:40:54,003
you know, a bunch
of really great hits,
848
00:40:54,033 --> 00:40:57,233
who made an impact
on people's lives.
849
00:40:57,266 --> 00:40:59,476
And I think that's how
he'll be remembered.
850
00:41:00,016 --> 00:41:02,376
Kahane:
He was the most kindest,
851
00:41:02,416 --> 00:41:07,066
most brilliantly
talented artist,
852
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:11,270
friend, little brother...
853
00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:15,220
that I've ever had.
854
00:41:15,250 --> 00:41:17,020
I'm sad.
855
00:41:17,050 --> 00:41:20,420
♪♪
856
00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:22,480
Michael:
You know, it's the old cliché.
857
00:41:23,016 --> 00:41:26,276
You get everything you want or
everything you think you want,
858
00:41:26,316 --> 00:41:29,176
and then you suddenly realize
that the gap
859
00:41:29,216 --> 00:41:31,376
that you thought
it would fill is still there.
860
00:41:34,216 --> 00:41:36,996
George Michael finally found
peace after a life
861
00:41:37,033 --> 00:41:39,273
that left a lasting mark
on the world.
862
00:41:39,300 --> 00:41:41,470
With more than 115 million
records sold,
863
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,230
he'll be remembered
for his iconic sound,
864
00:41:44,266 --> 00:41:46,276
both live and in studio.
865
00:41:46,316 --> 00:41:48,016
His classic song
"Last Christmas"
866
00:41:48,050 --> 00:41:51,430
will always be a sad reminder
to fans of his untimely end.
867
00:41:51,466 --> 00:41:53,226
I, for one, love George Michael
868
00:41:53,266 --> 00:41:58,076
and think of him every time
I turn a different corner.
869
00:41:58,116 --> 00:41:59,276
Thanks for watching.
870
00:41:59,316 --> 00:42:00,426
Good night.
871
00:42:00,466 --> 00:42:05,266
♪♪
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