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I'm a perfectionist. It's a big pain in the ass and it takes a lot of my time, but it really is going well and I have to do my own things.

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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