TO HOUSE OF TRAGIC POP STAR PICTURE
SUNDAY MIRROR Four-legged friend pays last respects
spending time at the Goring retreat, which he had renovated from top to bottom. He redecorated the 16th century house, complete with low wooden beams, and bought scores of antique books for its library.
In 2004 the singer recorded a video tour of the £5million property for the Oprah Winfrey show.
He said a piano was his favourite thing in the house before showing viewers the traditional Aga range in the kitchen, adding: “This is my favourite room.”
Fadi, 40, has told how he slept in his car on Christmas Eve and found George dead in bed on Christmas morning.
He said: “I never saw him that night. Police know everything. That’s the most important thing. The police have been amazing. They have been supportive. They have done what normally happens when someone dies.
“They have not been accusing me, never. They have been very supportive.”
And the celebrity hairdresser – said to be angered by claims he split with George 18 months ago – has maintained they were “very much in love”.
Pictures taken by a photo agency in the days leading up to George’s death With sad eyes, the tragic star’s faithful dog Abby pads up to the floral tributes left for her owner. The Golden Labrador was allowed to sniff at the petals and cards as she was taken for a walk past the Highgate home she shared with him. Waiting fans took a moment to stroke the pining dog now being looked after by a close relative. George got Abby as a puppy with another Golden Labrador Meg when he was with former partner Kenny Goss. Meg is thought to have died in 2015. Only weeks before his death he was campaigning for better welfare standards for animals. He often posted videos of his dogs and found it hard to be away from them. have been handed to the police to help identify exactly who came and went.
Detectives from the Thames Valley force are investigating after an initial post mortem proved inconclusive. Police are questioning relatives, pals and neighbours before they hand a file to the Oxfordshire Coroner’s Office.
Further toxicology tests are being done which could determine whether there were any substances in George’s system. The tests are likely to take several weeks.
The star, worth an estimated £105million, had a well-documented history of drug abuse.
In 2015 he secretly checked into a clinic which specialises in a modern alternative to electric shock treatment.
It is believed George spent up to a year at the £70,000-a-week Küsnacht Practice overlooking Lake Zurich in Switzerland. Last week tweets from Fadi’s account claimed George had tried to kill himself several times and finally succeeded.
The tweets, which stunned the star’s fans, were sent in the early hours of New Year’s Day before they were deleted and the account shut.
Fadi, who claimed the account had been hacked, declined to speak to reporters yesterday as he made his way back to a £3million flat owned by George in Regents Park, North London. He was carrying a large camera and was understood to have been snapping wildlife.
George was plotting a comeback tour when he died.
It is not known when his funeral will take place but it is thought two memorial services are planned for this month.