Check your vocabulary

POP legend and icon GEORGE MICHAEL:

Charities – his final gift
FILL THE GAPS – use this words:

among / care / charity / continued / discrimination / generous /

organisations / partner /
public / starvation / support / teenager / treatment / worldwide

George Michael’s life in short

Singer George Michael was born in London, England, on June 25, 1963.
As a_______________, he formed the band Wham! with high school friend Andrew Ridgeley. In
1984, the duo had their first ____________________ hit with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go."
Several years later, Michael went solo, releasing a hit debut album Faith, which has sold more
than 25 million copies. He didn’t like to tour but he made a few to be remembered as top quality
ones. He donated much of his time and wealth to__________________.
George Michael died on December 25, 2016 in his home in England at the age of 53.

Charities the world was not aware of

After he died, it has emerged that behind the headlines and huge on-stage
persona, George Michael was a __________________ man who kept quiet
about his considerable charitable donations.
The star donated royalties from some of his biggest selling singles and is
said to have given a gameshow contestant thousands of pounds to fund her
IVF (medical) ____________________. 
He has helped countless children as a result of his donations to Childline charity and also supported
other____________________________. 
Michael, who later in his life said he was gay and spoke about losing his ______________ Anselmo
Feleppa to HIV, personally supported the Terrence Higgins Trust (cancer treatment) for many years. He
had also given the royalties from his 1996 number one single Jesus To A Child to the Childline charity but
he was determined not to make his generosity __________________ so no-one outside the charity knew
how much he gave to the nation's most vulnerable children. Over the years he gave millions for the
hundreds of thousands of children.

In 1997 Michael lost his mother Lesley to cancer - at the time he described her as a
"woman of great compassion". Almost 10 years after her death he played a special free
concert in north London for NHS (National Health Service) nurses as thanks for the
_____________they gave her and over the years _______________________ to support
charities such as Macmillan Cancer Support.

Michael was also ________________ the stars involved in the original Band Aid single Do They Know
It's Christmas? which raised more than 24 million US dollars (£19 million) to stop
_____________________ in Ethiopia after selling more than two
million copies worldwide.

Ms Jane Barron from the organisation Terrence Higgins Trust said:

"We are so saddened by the loss of George Michael. George often
thought of us to kindly give us donations to help us support people
living with HIV. He contributed to a vision of a world where people
living with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and
___________________________. Thanks to George, we are a step closer to that world and we are so
grateful for his ________________ and friendship over the years.”