George is the tale of 2 lives – the non-public guy and the general public legend.

Georgios Panayiotou was once simply eighteen while he determined to undertake the level identify of George Michael. occasionally his worlds could collide with shattering consequences.

Bestselling biographer Sean Smith has long past again to the neighbourhoods of North London to track the surprising trip of a delicate yet decided boy who grew as much as be one of many greatest British pop stars of all time.

Along the best way, he talks to these just about George, revealing the genuine guy – humorous, articulate, clever and beneficiant lively – who concealed at the back of the strong picture he created.

He unearths the advanced dating along with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mom; his teenage relationships with women; and his first tragic love affair with one other man.

George’s profession begun falteringly with a schoolboy band, exploded with Wham! prior to he turned a solo phenomenon. yet on the top of his reputation, the realm appeared to flip opposed to him. Smith describes his depression at wasting the 2 those who mattered so much, how he sought comfort in medicinal drugs, his infamous ‘coming out’ and the way he ended up in jail.

His well-being failed him and he died heartbreakingly on my own on Christmas Day, 2016.

Affectionate but sincere and relocating, George is either a party of George Michael’s track and an enduring tribute to a good and much-loved man.