Have. Welcome to how it really happened. Im hill harper. George michael musical singer songwriter charitable superstar but haunted by demons. He had the voice of a maestro, but the darkness of regret which turned him into a tabloid target. All alone on christmas home George Michael went to sleep and never woke up. This is how it really happened. You know that song, Last Christmas. Its one of George Michaels famous songs of all time. He loved christmas so much. It was his favorite day of the year and the saddest part of everything is he died on christmas. George and his boyfriend began spending a lot of time at his country house, which is halfway between london and oxford. Its a gorgeous area, very traditional, and it being christmas time there was this huge parade past his home, and everyone is Carrying Torches so its very spectacular. One moment im looking out the window and its a very sad ghostly image caught his face behind the glass sort of looking at a world but detached from it.
the hit everything she wants, freedom careless whisper. george michael just had a kind of sophistication as a vocalist even when he was doing the most sugary kind of pop he managed to bring that across in a way that was convincing and fun. it shows the real brilliance of george michael, his sensitivity and his profoundness in cultivating a song. he was a genius. a lot of people say what did andrew do in the group? it was all george. that s rubbish. the image of wham is really andrew. george was the copycat of that. the image of a group is in the end more important than the
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michael cohen hearing, elijah cummings took all of us into a room, and he said that the weight of history is on us and that we ought to conduct ourselves in a civil way, in a respectful way, and worthy of our constitutional oath. so he hit a sense of profoundness in someone who people respected. and the second on a more lighter note, i remember one of my committee hearings i was on my phone texting, and i started hearing this booming voice saying, ro, ro, ro. i looked up and it was like he was a schoolteacher saying get in line. what are you doing? pay more attention. so he s just someone who was a funny, respected, wise and touched a lot of people. what is the plan for the committee now to continue working without chairman cummings? well, the work continues.
you have joined us before, but tonight, congressman, i want to give you a chance to share your thoughts on the passing of chairman cummings. well, it is a very personal loss for many members of congress. there wasn t a dry eye when spoker pelosi took to the floor to talk about elijah cummings the person. and there were two things that i remembered. one actually right before the michael cohen hearing, elijah cummings took all of us into a room, and he said that the weight of history is on us and that we ought to conduct ourselves in a civil way, in a respectful way, and worthy of our constitutional oath. so he hit a sense of profoundness in someone who people respected. and the second on a more lighter note, i remember one of my committee hearings i was on my phone texting, and i started