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Real Name | Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou |
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Nickname | YOG (Yours Only George), Knobby, TLTI |
Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Cancer |
Hometown | Goring, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
Religion | Christian |
Ethnicity | Greek |
Physical Stats & More
Height | 183 cm | ||||||
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Weight | 82 kg | ||||||
Eye Color | Brown | ||||||
Hair Color | Blonde | ||||||
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College | N/A |
Personal Life
Date of Death | 25/12/2016 |
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Death Cause | Heart Failure |
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Sexual Orientation | Bi-Sexual | ||||
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Marital Status | Unmarried | ||||
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Family
Father | Kyriacos Panayiotou (aka Jack Panos) (Restaurateur) |
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Mother | Lesley Angold Panayiotou (Dancer) |
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Favourite Perfume | Le Male by Jean Paul Gaultier |
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Car Collection | Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano | ||
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Some Lesser Known Facts
George was born to a Greek father and a Jewish mother. | |
His first band was 'The Executive' (1979-80), formed in the summer of 1979. | |
After schooling, he formed the band Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley. | |
In 1986, Wham! split up, and he went solo with the hit "I Want Your Sex". | |
In 1988, he won a Grammy Award for the song "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" and his album 'Faith' won the Grammy for Album of the Year. | |
In 1998, he announced that he was gay after an arrest for lewd conduct. | |
In 2000, he bought John Lennon's Steinway Model Z upright piano. | |
In 2008, he released the song "December Song" as a free download for charity. | |
He was partially color-blind and wore contact lenses. | |
He had 11 UK #1 hits and sold over 100 million albums in his career. | |
His last album, Symphonica, was released in 2014. | |
He died in 2016, 32 years after writing the song 'Last Christmas'. |