George Michal song from the ‘WHAM!’ always rises from the shadows to the headlines as we today celebrate the 5th death anniversary of the famous singer George Michael.
He died at the age of 53 and his long-time friend Andros Georgiou spoke to Mirror about how the death of Michael’s first and true love, Anselmo Feleppa heavily affected Michaels life.
He said, “George was the love of his life and if he hadn’t died I think George would still be here,” he told the outlet. “After Anselmo, he didn’t find real love,” he said, explaining the singer just had a lot of hookups. He “met lots of people but he never found what he had with Anselmo. I saw how happy they were. I think he was quite lost after Anselmo died, it hit him hard.”
In 2007, Michael told Desert Island Discs that he met Feleppa when he was 57 and it was the first time he fell into true love. It was a distorted love story from the typical love story seen in the 90s.
He recalled the time after Feleppa’s death and said “It was tragic that I lost him, but it was a wonderful experience meeting him. There have only been three times I’ve really fallen for anyone,” he said. “And each time, at first sight, something has clicked that told me I was going to know that person. It happened with Anselmo across a lobby.”
He continued to release his songs and kept his true loves memories with him. The famous singer then fell ill in 2016 and died at 53 years on 25 December.
Famous Brazilian Fashion Designer, Anselmo Feleppa
Anselmo Feleppa was a Brazilian fashion designer who was popularly known as the first love or the true love of the famous singer George Micheal. He was born on August 21, 1956 and later died on March 26, 1993.
The reason for his death was AIDS and it could not be cured. After his death, George released a song for Anselmo’s tribute “Jesus To A Child ” and led George into drug abuse and depression.
Although there is not much information about Anselmo’s early life, he still remains to be in the headlines after his death because of his popular relationship with his boyfriend George Micheal.
Who Was George Micheal?
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou popularly known as George Micheal was an English singer, songwriter and record producer. His contribution in the music industry whether it be songs or songwriting, plays a major role in it.
He was the most significant figure in the MTV era marking his all time great legacy. He was born on 25 December 2016 in Goring-on-Thames, England.
George was the son of Kyriacos Panayiotou, who was a restaurateur, and Lesley Angold, who was an English dancer.
In 2008, George Micheal told the Los Angeles Times that his maternal grandmother was a jewish but married a non-jewish man.
He added on saying that his grandmother gave zero knowledge about jewish religion due to the reason that things could get dangerous during World War II.
Micheal reported that he spent most of his childhood days in a house in Kingsbury, London and it was bought by his parents after his birth. Later, his parents welcomed Micheal’s two younger sisters Yioda (born 1958) and Melanie (1960–2019).
He started studying in Roe Green Junior School and Kingsbury High School. During an interview with BBC desert, he told them that he started to build his interest in music at the age of eight when he suffered from a severe head injury.
In his teen years, his family moved to a village called Radlett, and started attending Bushey Meads School in Bushey. He met his future ‘Wham!’ partner named Andrew Ridgeley.
Micheal performed road performances on London Underground and began his music business by working as DJ in many clubs and doing live performance in events. He was featured in many events in Bushey, Stanmore, and Watford.
This led to the formation of a small and named ‘The Executive,’ in which Ridgeley played an important role. This band had George Micheal, Ridgeley, Ridgeley’s brother Paul, Andrew Leaver, Jamie Gould, and David Mortimer (later known as David Austin).
He later changed his name to George Micheal as his previous name was difficult to write and pronounce. In 1981, he made a duo known as ‘WHAM!,’ which consisted of two singers, George Micheal and Andrew Redgeley.
This band gained a massive popularity after the first release ‘Fantastic’.’ Later the band would go on to release new albums and tracks which were highly cheered by the fans.
Their poster would be pasted on the walls if there was any new release o r any live show event that would feature the ‘WHAM!.’
In 1984 Micheal started to release some singles such as “Careless Whisper” (1984) and “A Different Corner” (1986) which brought a positive reaction from the fans. This intensified the rumor of the duo brand to break up.
The duo released the farewell song named “The Edge of Heaven” and a farewell compilation, The Final (their third album Music from the Edge of Heaven was released in North America and Japan.
After the duo broke up, Micheal started up his singles professional music career by gaining huge recognition among the fans. In 1987, he released his first singles after the break up, “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, a duet with Aretha Franklin.
He later released some popular singles including, ‘I want you s*x,’ however, due to many conflicts on the titles’ name, the title was renamed to ‘I want your love.’
Anselmon Feleppa And George Michael Love Story
It was very unusual to see a couple of the same gender in the 90s era. George said that when he hit puberty he started to fantasise men instead of women. At 19, he told Andrew about his sexuality and there was not any significant shock from his side.
Later, Micheal told one of his two sisters about his sexuality and his sisters recommended not to tell their parents about it. He also said that he was never ashamed to tell anyone he was a gay.
In 2004, he told that during his ‘WHAM!’ days he had slept with many women and was attracted to many women as well but he didn’t have the feeling of love for them. He realized that he was using their body instead of committing anything to them so he decided to stop it.
He did and later found his true love who was Anselmo Feleppa. Previously dated other men but there was no one more special than Anselmo Feleppa. The bisexual couple were seen togtehr in many event.
Unfortunately, Anselmo was diagnosed with AIDS which was incurable and she died. This came to Micheal as a Tremendous tragedy because they both were way more close. Micheal fell into drug abuse and depression but later he managed to come out of the tragedy.
George Micheal Net Worth
George Micheal’s net worth was estimated to be $200 million. He earned most of his income from releasing new songs, albums and music videos which would sell out in bulk.
He was also featured in many other music artist’s music videos and went to many live shows and events to perform.
What Was Anselmo Feleppa’s Net Worth?
Anselmo Feleppa’s net worth was estimated to be between $1 million to $5 million. He was majorly earning from his profession as the Brazilian fashion designer who was famous for his unique designed clothings.
Hois net worth would also spike after he was into a relationship with the famous English singer George Mic
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