It’s all well and good to turn your nose up at the repeated calls of “fuck 2016,” but it is indisputable fact that this calendar year, easily more than any other in recent memory, has been fraught with the premature deaths of far too many important and beloved people.
A woman on ‘Deal Or No Deal’ told us she needed £15k for IVF treatment. George Michael secretly phoned the next day and gave her the £15k.
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) December 26, 2016
Following that, more and more stories of Michael’s altruism emerged, efforts which he kept largely undocumented throughout his life.
George Michael worked anonymously at a homeless shelter I was volunteering at. I’ve never told anyone, he asked we didn’t. That’s who he was
— EMILYNE MONDO (@EmilyneMondo) December 26, 2016
A lady from a children’s charity once told me they were only still afloat because of George Michael ? https://t.co/W0vs3QxN1E
— Kate Waugh (@katewaugh) December 26, 2016
@richardosman he gave a stranger in a cafe £25k as she was crying over debt. Told the waitress to give her the cheque after he left.
— VectorVictoria (@V3ct0rv1ct0r) December 26, 2016
I wrote in a piece ages ago about a celeb I’d worked with tipping a barmaid £5k because she was a student nurse in debt. Was George Michael.
— Sali Hughes (@salihughes) December 26, 2016
Michael, it was pointed out, was also the only contestant to appear on the celebrity charity version of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire‘ to state out loud that if he failed to win the charity extra money when gambling on a question, he’d simply match the lost sum himself.
