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By GeorGe! Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll George Michael’s remarkable career
f all the great Eighties teen heartthrobs, perhaps George Michael can lay claim to having gone on the most remarkable journey of all. From setting pulses racing as one half of chart-topping duo Wham! to even greater solo success, he evolved as much as his audience did – maturing into one of the world’s foremost singer-songwriters. But his life has been far from easy, despite his enormous fame and wealth. Frequently linked to Kent – he is understood to have family in Broadstairs and was long rumoured to have owned a house in Deal – he has an unusual CV. In recent years he suffered a bout of pneumonia which left him in intensive care, where he had to be flown by air to hospital after falling from his moving car as it travelled along the M1 motorway last year, leaving him with a head injury. He has been open in his struggle with an addiction to cannabis – a smoking habit which has seen him have a number of brushes with the law, including, in 2010, a short stint in prison for driving under the influence of drugs. Earlier this year he revealed he had finally managed to completely kick the habit. His sexuality has always kept headline writers busy too. a
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