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Yog is an abbreviation - my real name is Yorgos, which is Greek for George.

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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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I would advise any gay person that being out in the real sense can never happen too soon.
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Even though it's become a really cliched thing to see musicians working for charity, it's still effective and it still has to be done.
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I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.
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[Tabloids] could call you a child molester, I suppose, but they just go for the two things they think people are most likely to believe and that will most offend yourself and your popularity. My skin hardened to all that stuff years ago.
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I got to say hello to Snoop Dogg. I got to, I was being barged out of the way by his bodyguards but I got to say hello to him which was cool.
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I thought [first girlfriend] was trying to make a fool out of me. Then I found out that she wasn't, and we went out. That's a very good example of how little confidence I had.
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I have the audience I deserve. Or at least I have the audience that represents the kind of people that I like.
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We [with Andrew Ridgeley] were getting so much attention and achieving such success. It never really bothered me.
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I don't like having my picture taken and I don't like looking at myself because I don't particularly like what I see.
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