Who is Fadi Fawaz? George Michael’s boyfriend speaks of heartbreak after his death
Michael’s heartbroken partner said that he found him “dead peacefully in bed first thing in the morning”, adding: “I will never stop missing you.” Mr Fawaz told the Mirror that he slept in his car on Christmas Eve and did not see George the night before he died at home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
He also told the Telegraph: "We were supposed to be going for Christmas lunch. I went round there to wake him up and he was just gone, lying peacefully in bed. “We don't know what happened yet. Everything had been very complicated recently, but George was looking forward to Christmas, and so was I.”
I will never stop missing you George the kind and the most beautiful man ever. Xxx A photo posted by Fadi Fawaz (@fadi_fawaz) on Dec 28, 2016 at 5:53am PST
I should be able to share my beautiful moments with the man I love regardless... x A photo posted by Fadi Fawaz (@fadi_fawaz) on Dec 30, 2016 at 2:54pm PST
While struggling to cope with the death, Mr Fawaz said he was “shocked” to find a series of tweets claiming that George took his own life. He has blamed hackers for the tweets, which were sent from his own Twitter account on New Day’s Day but have now been deleted. “I am shocked with what’s going on with the Twitter thing. My Twitter account has been hacked and closed,” he told told Mirror Online. “It’s a bit scary to be honest. I did not send those tweets.” Police are treating the death as ‘unexplained but not suspicious” after a post-mortem proved to be inconclusive as to the cause of death. GEORGE MICHAEL 'SUICIDE' UPDATE
Getty George Michael and Fadi Fawaz seen together in London in 2012
Who is Fadi Fawaz? The celebrity hair stylist and George were in a relationship for several years but avoided the media spotlight. Mr Fawaz enjoys photography and shares his art, which often has gritty themes such as homelessness, on his Flickr account. George began seeing Mr Fawaz after breaking up with his previous boyfriend of 13 years, Kenny Goss, in 2009.
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