George ‘ tried to kill himself many times’
GeorGe Michael tried to kill himself many times before his death, his lover apparently tweeted yesterday.
Fadi Fawaz supposedly said the singer wanted to die and had ‘finally managed’ it.
Michael’s publicist announced on Christmas Day that the 53-year-old had died from heart failure at his mansion in Goringon-Thames, oxfordshire.
A post-mortem examination has proved inconclusive and it may take up to eight weeks to find out why he died.
His body was found by Mr Fawaz when he went to wake him up for Christmas lunch.
A message on his Twitter account said yesterday: ‘The only thing George wanted is to DIe. He tried to kill himself many times. And finally he managed. We loved each other very much and we were together almost 24 hours a day.’
A second message said: ‘I hate you 2016 from the bottom of my heart. X.’
Mr Fawaz later disowned the messages and said his Twitter account had been hacked. Both tweets were deleted.
‘I am shocked with what’s going on with the Twitter thing,’ Mr Fawaz told the Daily Mirror. ‘My Twitter account has been hacked and closed. It’s a bit scary to be honest. I did not send those tweets.’
A friend close to Michael had reportedly told the Daily Star Sunday that Mr Fawaz, 43, would be interviewed by detectives.
They said: ‘We’ve been told the police will be looking to speak to Fadi this week, either at his home or in Pangbourne police station.
‘They have given him a few days to grieve for his loss, but are now keen to try to find out what part, if any, drugs may have played in George’s death while the circumstances are still fresh in Fadi’s mind.
‘There’s a strong suspicion that this was drug related, so officers will be keen to ascertain who may have been supplying any drugs to George.’
It emerged on Friday that tests will be carried out to see whether drugs contributed to Michael’s death after the post-mortem examination drew a blank.
Thames Valley Police confirmed that further tests – likely to include a toxicology report – would be carried out to establish what caused the singer’s sudden death.
The toxicology assessment, which can take between six to eight weeks to complete, looks for evidence of any prescription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol or any other chemical substances.
Police are treating the sudden death of the star as unexplained but not suspicious. Sales of the pop singer’s music have soared by 5,625 per cent since his death. A number of his albums and songs have re-entered the charts, 35 years after he formed the duo Wham! with Andrew ridgeley.
From Wham! to his career as a solo artist, he sold 100million records worldwide.
Friends said the singer had cleaned up his act in recent months but remained a recluse, moving between homes in the village of Goring and Hampstead, north London.
He had confessed to smoking cannabis daily and using crack cocaine in the past.