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Powers, Ann (14 June 2008). "George Michael embraces his dualities". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 31 July 2015. In 2006, Michael performed a free concert for NHS nurses in London to thank the nurses who had cared for his late mother. He told the audience: "Thank you for everything you do — some people appreciate it. Now if we can only get the government to do the same thing." [222] George Michael leaves hospital after falling from car on motorway". The Guardian. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021 . Retrieved 27 September 2021. On 26 October 2011, Michael cancelled a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London due to a viral infection. On 21 November, Vienna General Hospital admitted Michael after he complained of chest pains while at a hotel two hours before his performance at a venue there for his Symphonica Tour. Michael appeared to be "in good spirits" and responded well to treatment following his admission, but on 25 November hospital officials said that his condition had "worsened overnight". This development led to cancellations and postponements of Michael's remaining 2011 performances, which had been scheduled mainly for the United Kingdom. [208] The singer was later confirmed to have suffered from pneumonia and, until 1 December, was in an intensive care unit; at one point, he was comatose. On 21 December, the hospital discharged him. Michael told the press that he had undergone a tracheotomy, [209] that the staff at the hospital had saved his life, and that he would perform a free concert for them. [210] After waking from the coma, Michael had a temporary West Country accent, and there was concern he had developed foreign accent syndrome. [211] Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998) was Michael's first solo greatest hits collection. The collection of 28 songs (29 songs are included on the European and Australian release) are separated into two halves, with each containing a particular theme and mood. The first CD, titled "For the Heart", predominantly contains ballads; the second CD, "For the Feet", consists mainly of dance tunes. It was released through Sony Music Entertainment as a condition of severing contractual ties with the label. [99] Ladies & Gentlemen was a success, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for eight weeks. [13] It spent over 200 weeks in the UK chart, and is the 45th best-selling album of all time in the UK. [100] It is certified seven-times platinum in the UK and multi-platinum in the US, and is Michael's most commercially successful album in his homeland, having sold more than 2.8million copies. [70] As of 2013, the album had reached worldwide sales of approximately 15million copies. [101] The first single of the album, " Outside", was a humorous song making a reference to his arrest for soliciting a policeman in a public toilet. " As", his duet with Mary J. Blige, was released as the second single in many territories around the world. Both singles reached the top 5 in the UK Singles Chart. [13]The true story of George Michael's complicated relationship with his mother". TODAY.com. 29 June 2022 . Retrieved 9 October 2023. Michael's father was a communist. At the age of fifteen, Michael joined the Young Communist League, under his Greek name. [218] During the time of Margaret Thatcher as the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom throughout the 1980s, Michael voted Labour. [217] In September 1984, Wham! performed at a benefit concert at London's Royal Festival Hall for the striking UK miners. [219] Qualen, J. (1985). The Music Industry: The End of Vinyl?. Comedia's Media and Communications Industry Profile Series. Vol.5. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-906890-58-5. On 16 May 2013, Michael sustained a head injury when he fell from his moving car on the M1 motorway, near St Albans in Hertfordshire, and was airlifted to hospital. [212] [213] [214] On 29 May, Michael's publicist confirmed that he had left the hospital and that his injuries were superficial. [215]

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During November 1994, after a long period of seclusion, Michael appeared at the first MTV Europe Music Awards show, where he gave a performance of a new song, " Jesus to a Child". [90] The song was a melancholy tribute to his lover, Anselmo Feleppa, who had died in March 1993. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 1 and No. 7 on Billboard upon release in 1996. [13] [14] It was Michael's longest UK Top 40 single, at almost seven minutes long. The exact identity of the song's subject—and the nature of Michael's relationship with Feleppa—was shrouded in innuendo and speculation, as Michael had not confirmed he was homosexual and did not do so until 1998. The video for "Jesus to a Child" was a picture of images recalling loss, pain and suffering. Michael consistently dedicated the song to Feleppa before performing it live. [91] a b c "Troubled personal life of pop superstar George Michael". Sky News. 27 December 2016 . Retrieved 27 December 2016. Obituary: George Michael". BBC News. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016.