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I'm basically a control freak. It's not because I want to be. I'm not at all into the power play that's involved in it.
George Michael
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George Michael
Age: 53 †
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Died: 2016
Died: December 25
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Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
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