Past Simple (regular and irregular verbs)

George Michael – Short biography

George Michael ___________ (be) born 25 June 1963 in Bushey, Hertfordshire,
England- UK. His birth name ____________ (be) Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou and
his nicknames ____________ (be) Yog, Knobby and TLTI.
His parents _______________ (be) Lesley Angold (Harrison), a dancer, and
Kyriacos Panayiotou, a restaurateur. His father ___________ (be) a Greek Cypriot,
and his mother ___________ (be) of English background. He first
___________________ (discover) fame as a musician when he and school friend,
Andrew Ridgeley, ___________ (form) the pop group Wham!.

Success ___________ (come) fast with their first album, 'Fantastic' (1983) hitting the UK number
one spot. Wham! ___________ (survive) for five years and during that time
the group _____________ (make) four number one singles and two number
one albums.
George also _______________________ (contribute) to the Band Aid Single
'Do They Know It's Christmas' (1984), and ________________ (score) two
further solo number one hits with 'Careless Whisper' and 'A Different
Corner'.
Following the break-up of Wham!, George ___________ (go) on to have a
hugely successful career as a solo artist, his debut album 'Faith' (1987) - and
the single of the same name. The album and the single both
________________ (achieve) instant and international success. The album
has since been certified Diamond.
Over the last four decades George ________________ (make) 8 number one
albums and 13 number one singles in the UK. In the U.S. there ________(be) 2 number one albums
and 10 number one singles.
But he ______________ (make) numerous other number one hits throughout the rest of the world.

He _____________________ (perform) duets with artists including Aretha Franklin, Elton John,
Queen, and Whitney Huston. He also actively _____________________ (participate) in charitable
causes, Live Aid and the Freddie Mercury concert for AIDS.
According to a BBC documentary, George ________________ (donate) more than five million
pounds to various charities. While he ________________ (be) still with Wham!, he
________________ (donate) all the money of 'Last Christmas' (1984) to charity.
George ________________ (release) the single 'December Song' in 2008 as a free download: his
hope _________ (be) that people would donate money to charity.
He ________________ (remain) in contact with his Wham! partner
and long-time friend Andrew Ridgeley until his sudden death
25 December 2016. He ___________ (be) only 53 years old.