The episodes in the most turbulent of the life of George Michael – Diário de Notícias – Lisbon

In 1998 he was detained in the United States for indecent exposure, in one episode, highly advertised. Then, there were other situations

The british musician George Michael, who died Sunday at age 53 years, was an icon of pop music known as much by the successes that put her on the top of sales all over the world, as he is for his turbulent personal life, with problems with justice and with the drugs.

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, his name of baptism, he shone as a member of the duo Wham and as a soloist throughout a career in which he sold more than 100 million records, with themes that have become classics of pop music such as “Careless Whisper”, “Faith”, Wake me up before you go-go”, “Freedom” or “Last Christmas”.

his first album as soloist “Faith” was a success of sales in 1988, but started a legal battle between the musician and the publisher Sony, which George Michael tried to break free.

In 1998, the artist was arrested for indecent exposure in a bathroom, public, California, United States. George Michael, who has always refused to comment on the speculation about his homosexuality, came to the audience to assume that he was a homosexual and reveal the relationship with american Kenny Goss.

The incident was later parodied in the music video “Outside”.

In 2006 he returned to star in the pages of newspapers after being detained by the police in london by asleep at the wheel of your BMW, intoxicated and supposedly under the consumption of cannabis.

Two years later was again arrested for possession of cocaine and other substances, having in 2010 received a sentence of eight weeks in prison for an incident in which he was with his car against a shop in north London.

In 2011, he officially announced the end of its problematic relationship of 15 years with Kenny Goss, although it has assured that had separated two years before.

In 2012, tried to relaunch his career to sing at the closing ceremony of the London Olympic Games.

During the last decade of his life he had some health issues, having been on the verge of death in 2011 due to pneumonia, having had a tracheotomy.

George Michael has been only one time in Portugal, in 2007 at the Municipal Stadium in Coimbra, on the occasion of the 25 years of career.

The british musician George Michael died Sunday, Christmas day, aged 53.