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The singer songwriter George Michael, whose death on Christmas Day at 53 years an artist who shaped our culture for decades, burning the boundaries of sexual acceptance, never apologizing for his unique life and spirit. Wake me up before you go, go dont leave me hanging on like a yoyo reporter he woke us up in the 80s. Im never gonna dance again guilty feeling i got no rhythm reporter give us a sax riff in careless whisper. The prolific hit writer theres no white light reporter who told us to run away from the white light walked into it yesterday. At age 53, from what is initially being called heart failure, at his english country home. Last christmas i gave you my heart reporter he died at the time of year when one of his band whams most famous songs last christmas was played on loop. I want your sex and gay hero pushed his listeners to embrace sexuality. I want your sex reporter and let go of inhibitions with songs like i want your sex. Ive no idea how im able or almost immediately able to sing to thousands and thousands of people when i literally just used to shudder at the thought of talking to these few dilly dance people. Baby im yours reporter George Michael rose to fame as one half of the 80s british pop sensation wham do it do it right right reporter with more than 100 million records sold over a career spanning three decades, there was one constant, his female fans loved him. What is it about me that women seem to ignore the fact that im gay . I do understand them, unfortunately. I write from the heart, you know. I write from the place where most straight men are. Really a little too theres a little too much p reporter he broke ground politically, traveling to beijing in 1985 with his wham partner andrew ridgely. The First Western pop act to play in china to a crowd of 15,000 strong. I gotta have faith reporter two years later hed trade in his slowing began tshirts and jean shorts with his first solo album faith. Faith faith reporter debuting a new, sexier look. Tight torn jeans, mirrored aviator glasses, a 5 00 shadow that seemed to drive the women crazy. Pop music particularly in the 80s, into the 90s, there were two images of a mans backside that helped define that decade and that era. One was bruce springsteen. The other was George Michael shaking his butt in the video faith. Everyone remembers the riff, but no one can do the riff without the dance. Reporter faith gave michael five number one singles and a grammy for album of the year. Freedom i wont reporter freedom seemed to cement his sex symbol status with 90 supermodels like Naomi Campbell lip synching in the music video. Talk about freedom and being the person hes got to be, being his true, authentic self. It sort of became an unofficial anthem for the lgbt community. Reporter michael was still in the closet with fans when freedom was released but he says he had his first gay relationship around the same time. I had my very first relationship at 27. Because i really had not actually come to terms with my sexuality until i was 24. I lost my partner to hiv. Even after that, i lost my mother. I felt like i was cursed. Reporter backtoback losses threw him into a depression, lasting years, taking him almost entirely out of the public eye. The only thing that got through it was my music. It survived. I wrote very, very little. Then of course i got myself arrested. Reporter it was the start of his public comingout. I just want to start again. Reporter caut benefitly hills in 1998. It took me about a year to admit to myself that id done it. Deliberately. Reporter michael then went on cnn to dispel any remaining questions about his sexual orientation. I do want people to know that the songs that i wrote when i was with women were really about women, the songs that ive written since have been fairly obviously about men. Reporter even facing scandal, what was missing was any sense that hed done something wrong. As shown in this bbc interview at the time. The way that celebrities normally deal with scandal and shame, you know or supposed shame i react against it. Reporter and reacted with humor. One of my friends said his mother said, hes not the first, he wont be the last, hes just the biggest. And i thought, i like that. There really werent a lot of openly gay artists of at the time in which George Michael came out. He sort of became an icon in the sense of the fearlessness that came to define not just a community but some of our great icons. Reporter George Michaels struggle with drugs, in 2006 two drugrelated arrests in england. 2010 he was charged with Marijuana Possession and driving under the influence. He pled guilty, serving four weeks of an eightweek sentence, paying a fine, losing his license for five years. When you know youve done something really stupid, then the punishment doesnt really feel inappropriate. And its a weird thing because like i said, i think that i really learnt something from that. Because i did something that ive never done in my life, which is take risks witho with people. Reporter abc news went behind the scenes with michael in 2008 as part of his 25 live tour, marking his first 25 years in the business. I need someone to hold me but i wait for something more rep celebration of life. I gotta have faith reporter despite the years out of the spotlight and the messy public dramas, his fans stuck with him. But he said he never let fame go to his head. I dont inhale any of that its dangerous. Because what i really am is a writer. And you know, i you know, i never thought much to begin with, but whatever they are theyll fade, my brain will go. Eventually it will all go but the songs are still there. Reporter outside his london home George Michaels fans gathered, lighting candles, some weeping. His death is treated as unexplained but not suspicious by police in oxfordshire, england, the town where he died. Michaels peers remembering his tremendous talent. Wham band mate, heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend. And aretha franklin. Together they won a he was on the money. He made such a tremendous contribution musically. Its a huge loss. You told me to go up the back to get you extra time when i got back to the flat you had burned at the back my relationship with music was changed so much. You dont appreciate where you and are what youve got until you get older and watch your friends and how tough life is. Suddenly you see the spit wa spirituality. Not just the good fortune of being able to play good music. I will be the one who loves you till the end of i will be your father tune into 20 20 tomorrow at 10 00 p. M. 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Then we just watched it over and over. How could this be possible . Here he is just a few ago. Goodbye, peter pan reporter not long after filming this in 1993, owens world halted. He stopped talking, showing affection, and engaging in the world around him. His parents, ron and cornelia, soon got a shattering diagnosis. Regressive autism. Must have been devastating. We just froze. You know and the doctors started to explain, okay, this is going to change your life. He may never get his speech back. Many of the kids dont. Reporter ron, an awardwinning wall street journal reporter, gifted with words, but now his own son has none. He started to vanish. Couldnt look at you. Walked around like someone with their eyes closed when you cant get them to smile when you Say Something or to respond when you say i love you that doesnt leave you with a lot. Reporter by 4 years old, owens parents say his language is gibberish. One word hes saying juicer vose. Reporter then notice hes comforted watching animated movies with big brother walt, whos also struggling to connect with owen. He would calm down during the movies. So that was our refuge. That was really the only time we would be together. Reporter a hallmark of autism, intense focus on a particular topic. For owen, disney movies. I want to be where the people are. Reporter one day as theyre rewatching the little mermaid, owens strange phrase makes sense. Its the moment where ariel realizes she needs to become human. Can you do that . She makes her deal with ursula, the sea witch. The key moment of the movie. Reporter now, at 25, owen still recalls the scene. What does ursula say . It wont cost much, just your voice. I grab your voice. He looks at me for the first time in a year and says, juleserjules juicer vose. Pandemonium breaks out. Reporter another epiphany retold with these illustrations in the film life animated, short listed for an Academy Award this year. I go to the bedroom. Then i see on the floor next to the bed is a puppet. Its yago, the evil sidekick to the villain jaffar in aladdin. Jaffar, get a grip. I crawl across the rug quietly as i can, i dont want him to look at me. I throw thei bed spread over m head. I grab the puppet, push the puppet up through the bed spread. And i say to him in gilbert godfreys voice, owen, owen, how does it feel to be you . Owen turns to the puppet like hes bumping into an old friend. He goes and i have no friends. Then we talk. Its yago and owen. Its our first conversation since hes 2 years old. Reporter the bedside discovery launches an experiment. They use dialogue from disney movies as the code breaker for communicating with owen. What did you feel watching those movies . Felt like i was in a better safe place. There you see . Reporter for owen they were instructions about life. Offering kinship with certain characters. It wasnt just the movies, it was the sidekicks . The sidekicks, yeah. What is it about the sidekicks, owen . They are so funloving, wacky, and entertaining. Also help the heroes fulfill their destiny. Most people think the sidekicks are important . No. No. The question is, who are you . Did you feel a little like a sidekick yourself . I sure did. Reporter owen saw himself as the sidekick to his own hero, older brother walt. Want to be his protector, you want to be his role model. Reporter when walt had a big moment, owen took notice. I never thought, okay, walters having a bar mitzvah, owen will have a bar mitzvah. Why would i put him through all this . We had enough trouble just getting through day to day. Reporter it would be life changing. Shabat shalom. Reporter owen wrote his own serm sermon. Sometimes people are scared of people who are not like them. They can be mean and ignore them sometimes. We should never take advantage of another persons weakness. I would say that owens bar admits val mitzvah day was the proudest day of his life. Strength, character, big heart reporter the message of acceptance and understanding is one director Roger Ross Williams would take to heart when signing on to tell owens story. I was uncomfortable in the beginning around owen, i didnt know how to behave, like everyone else in the world. Reporter the oscarwinning re downs from owens life, from School Graduation to adulthood. Many times i was in tears with him. He would go to his bedroom and watch the saddest scenes he could summon up from disney films. And he would watch them over and over again. And thats how he processed it. Thats how he dealt with his pain. Please welcome to the stage owen suskind. Recently owen has gone from watching his favorite movies on screen to watching himself on screen, becoming a celebrity in his own right. The owen effect is extraordinary. As he takes the stage, people are in tears. Theyre screaming out his name. Reporter but life isnt all glitz and glamor. Owen works two parttime jobs and is a regular at the local y where he has a fan club. Cape cods most eligible bachelor. Reporter its a life of big possibilities for someone who once seemed to have so few. About you, owen, and your life . By watching the film, what do you hope other people will learn . Understand me. Understand what . Understand my way in the world. Reporter a world that he knows will one day be different when his parents grow older. Im not always going to be here to do your tie. I know. Reporter of course, theres comfort for owen in a favorite scene. From the lion king. The father says, simba, let me tell you what my father once told me. Look at the stars. The great kings of the past look down upon us from those stars. So whenever you feel alone, just remember those kings will always be there to guide you, and so will i. There will be a time up ahead when well be gone. He will not only look at stars, he will hear in his head the voices of all the characters hes embraced. And he will remember us. Precisely. Our voices, our faces, our words, and our love. Reporter for nightline, im Deborah Roberts in new york. Be right back with more nightline. Thats charmin ultra strong, dude. Cleans so well, it keeps your underwear cleaner. So clean. You could wear them a second day. Charmin ultra strong. Its 4 times stronger, and you can use less enjoy the go with charmin. Breathe easier with your vicks vaporub. Soothing cough relief that starts working instantly. Bounty is more absorbent,mom per roll so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper a farmers market. Ieve whats in this kiester. A fire truck. Even a marching band. And if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. For any sort of discomfort in yours. Preparation h. 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