It has been several years since George Michael's death. The sudden death of the talented singer shocked the fans who still cannot come to terms with her. George struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for a long time. He had a sad reason for this - the death of his beloved, Anselmo Feleppa. The love for the Brazilian fashion designer left a tragic mark on the singer's life. See how this sad story ended.
George Michael has always dreamed of becoming a singer. He started his music career in 1981 when he founded the band, Wham! With a friend from school. Michael fulfilled himself in the band as a vocalist and instrumentalist, as well as a songwriter. With the album Make It Big (1984), George Michael became known all over the world, and the band gained fame on an international scale. The song "Last Christmas", which was composed by George Michael, is broadcast to this day on TV stations and radio stations as soon as the pre-Christmas season approaches. George parted ways with Wham! and opted for a solo career.
Without a shadow of a doubt, George Michael's musical success was enormous. However, there were also huge scandals and traumatic events in the musician's life. The musician dated many men and women. Among them, however, there was a person who changed the singer's life forever. In 1991, George Michael met Anselmo Feleppa, a Brazilian fashion designer. The men met at one of the concerts in Rio de Janeiro. A bond immediately developed between them, and the men decided to form a life together. Unfortunately, only six months after their relationship, it turned out that Anselmo was infected with HIV. This news completely destroyed the lives of both Anselmo Feleppa and George Michael. It was then that the series of misfortunes began, and not long after that, the greatest tragedy in the life of a British musician took place.
George Michael in one of the interviews accurately described the moment when he first heard about Feleppa's disease. It was terrifying news for him. First, he was afraid for the life of his beloved, with whom he had great hopes for a life together. Second, he was simply concerned about his health. The thought kept running through his mind that Feleppa might have infected him with the virus. George could not and could not, however, share his worries with anyone - the family had no idea that the musician was gay.
Anselmo Feleppa suffered a stroke in 1993, as a result of which he was completely paralyzed. A few months later, to George Michael's despair, Feleppa died. It was then that the singer composed the song "Jesus to a Child" for his beloved, which landed on the album Older (1996). When George Michael sang this song at the concert, he dedicated it to his beloved Anselmo each time. Unfortunately, Anselmo's death did not have a good effect on the singer's mental health. George Michael became depressed and for several years was in constant mourning. At one point he disappeared from the scene, unable to come to terms with Feleppa's death. When he slowly began to recover from the death of his beloved man, the singer's mother died unexpectedly. George Michael broke down completely this time. Just then, plunged into despair after losing the love of life and his beloved mother, he started using drugs almost every day.
George Michael lost his joy in life and stopped enjoying composing music. The happiness it once exuded evaporated. The musician fell into a deep depression and was unable to cope with his own life. He began to use stimulants - alcohol and drugs became an integral part of his day. It also happened that George Michael had sex with people he met in order to drown out the pain associated with the death of loved ones. The most famous action took place in 1998 when police officers caught George Michael in public sex with a stranger. The singer then decided to reveal to the media that he was gay - he had nothing to lose anyway since the sexual scandal spread all over the world. Admitting his sexual orientation did not go unnoticed on George Michael. It was an extremely difficult moment for him because the musician was afraid all his life to admit that he preferred the male gender.
The music world spread rumors of George Michael's sexual adventures every day, and the singer was getting tired of everything. He could no longer find consolation in the arms of his beloved, who would surely know how to handle it all. Michael barely managed to return to the music scene and pursue a solo career. The reality overwhelmed him so much that he no longer had the strength to live. In 2006, George Michael was caught having drugs. The singer was driving the car while intoxicated with drugs, as a result of which he lost his driving license. Two years later, he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment because he was in possession of drugs again. It was because of this that the new relationship between George Michael and entrepreneur Kenny Goss, who was unable to cope with the singer's problems, broke up.
George Michael was in a relationship with Goss for several years. All this time, however, Michael was unable to come to terms with the death of Anselmo Feleppa. That's why the singer regularly cheated on Kenny Goss, who patiently turned a blind eye to everything - until the musician became addicted to alcohol and drugs. George Michael was looking for a break from bad thoughts that haunted him. The painful loss of Anselmo and his mother meant that the musician's health deteriorated significantly over time. Mental problems were made worse by drug addiction. Chronic stress made George Michael systematically cancel his concerts from 2011.
One November of the same year, the musician felt a strong pressure in his chest in the morning. An ambulance took him to the hospital almost immediately - George was diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Heart problems and the subsequent collapse caused Michael to be put into a pharmacological coma to save him. After an exhausting fight, the musician whose mental and physical health was in the balance was brought back to life. George Michael was getting worse and worse with the demons of the past, and the stress did not help him fight them.
George Michael died unexpectedly on December 25, 2016, at his estate in Oxfordshire. Many years of depression, as well as addiction to drugs and alcohol, contributed to the singer's death. There were many rumors and speculations about George Michael's death - some even believed that the musician had been murdered by someone. Others believed that the singer committed suicide because he could not cope with the loss of his beloved Anselmo Feleppa and his mother. It is very likely, especially as George Michael repeated many times, incl. to his friend Elton John that he has had enough of life and wants to end it. Did George Michale take his own life? There are rumors that he has reportedly tried to do it four times before.
Psychologists who have investigated the cause of George Michael's death are unanimous on the matter. They believe the singer suffered from a "prolonged mourning reaction" - that is, pathologically prolonged mourning for the loss of a loved one, which then turned into depression. The British singer was said to never come to terms with the death of Anselmo Feleppa. He repeated many times that when Anselmo was diagnosed with HIV, he was worried about losing it. He was afraid that his "savior," as Anselmo Feleppa called, would leave him. After the death of his beloved and then his mother, George Michael had a nervous breakdown. He claimed that he had never felt such a great deal of inner pain. Doctors believe that George Michael's death was also caused by many years of loneliness, which increased the level of stress. It was because of this that the singer's body began to produce too much cortisol, which disturbed the proper functioning of the heart. George Michael died tragically at the age of 53, leaving distraught fans in mourning to this day.
Bibliography:
- Jovanovic Rob: George Michael, Wielka Litera Publishing House, Warsaw 2017
- Emily Herbert: George Michael - The Life: 1963-2016, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd, London 2017
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