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George Michael was a hugely generous philanthropist who kept secret his considerable charitable donations, it has emerged.

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 treatment.

In the hours after the singer's death was announced, TV presenter Richard Osman revealed that Michael had called a woman who appeared on Deal or No Deal to give her the money she needed for IVF treatment.

Osman tweeted: "A woman on 'Deal Or No Deal' told us she needed £15k for IVFtreatment. George Michael secretly phoned the next day and gave her the £15k."

In 1997 Michael lost his mother Lesley to cancer - at the time he described her as a "woman of great compassion", adding: "She felt much as I do, that we were living in a world that was gradually being drained of that."

Almost 10 years after her death he played a special free concert in north London for NHS nurses as thanks for the care they gave her.

Lynda Thomas, chief executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, said: "We are extremely grateful to George and send our condolences to his family, friends and fans."

Michael was also among the stars involved in the original Band Aid single Do They Know It's Christmas? which raised more than $24 million (£19 million) for famine relief in Ethiopia after selling more than two million copies worldwide.

He has also helped numerous children with donations to Childline and also supported other organisations including the Terrence Higgins Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support.

Childline founder and president Dame Esther Rantzen revealed that Michael had given the royalties from his 1996 number one single Jesus To A Child to the charity.

She added that he gave "millions", and helped hundreds of thousands of children through Childline.

Michael, who spoke about losing his partner Anselmo Feleppa to HIV, "personally supported" the Terrence Higgins Trust for "many years", Jane Barron from the charity said.

She added: "Along with other charities, we were grateful to benefit from the royalties of George's 1991 duet with Elton John, Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me.

"His donations contributed to a vision of a world where people living with HIV live healthy lives free from prejudice and discrimination."

It was also revealed by author and journalist Sali Hughes that Michael offered to pay the sum he was gambling with on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. He said: "If I lose it, I'll just pay it."

Hughes also told how Michael tipped a barmaid £5,000 "because she was a student nurse in debt".

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-12-26/george-michael-secret-philanthropist-gave-millions-to-charity/

 

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King of Charity! 

If you really claim to love helping others don't brag about it and don't do a Today Show special about it either. 

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Truly a fantastic man.

They say it's the last song. They don't know us, you see. It's only the last song if we let it be.
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25 minutes ago, TCHIKITAH said:

King of Charity! 

If you really claim to love helping others don't brag about it and don't do a Today Show special about it either. 

Was this necessary? :madge:

What are you implying? That Gaga doesn't really care about people in need and uses them to promote herself? :saladga:

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Please don't bring Gaga to this thread. We might not find out about her private altruism until she's gone. 

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30 minutes ago, TCHIKITAH said:

King of Charity! 

If you really claim to love helping others don't brag about it and don't do a Today Show special about it either. 

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41 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Was this necessary? :madge:

What are you implying? That Gaga doesn't really care about people in need and uses them to promote herself? 

Why are You bringing Gaga into this? :saladga::duck:

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1 minute ago, TCHIKITAH said:

Why are You bringing Gaga into this? 

You were clearly shading her.

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25 minutes ago, TCHIKITAH said:

How? lol if anything I'm always on her side

"If you really claim to love helping others don't brag about it and don't do a Today Show special about it either."

Gaga always talk about kindness and being kind and how love trumps hate so some people may think she's bragging about loving & helping others.

Didn't she also had a segment on a show filming her giving presents to young people in need?

So yeah that's why I thought you were shading her but if you weren't than I apologize.

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