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Leaked 999 recordings reveal details of George Michael’s death

The late star's boyfriend Fadi Fawaz is heard talking to the emergency service

Details of George Michael’s death have emerged now that leaked 999 recordings have been found.

The late singer’s lover, Fadi Fawaz tells the emergency call handler: “I’ve been trying to wake him up but it was not possible. He’s gone. He’s blue.”

The messages are chilling.

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According to The Sun, he’s later heard saying: “It’s George Michael. I think he’s dead. He’s dead.”

Currently, the police are investigating the Faith star’s death, his last few hours and the moments after his death at home on Christmas Day.

Fadi has been questioned constantly over his death in Goring, Oxfordshire.

The four-and-a-half minute 999 conversation reveals the details of Fadi finding the singer dead in bed.

First, Fadi asks for an ambulance and is put through to a female handler.

She then asked him if the patient is breathing and Fadi tells her he isn’t.

Fadi says he is “shaking” when asked what George’s postcode was.

The lady then asks where George’s body is to which Fadi replies: “He’s in bed. Dead.

“He’s cold and he’s blue… yes, he’s very stiff.

“He’s dead… he’s dead”

Then the lady asks if the singer is “beyond help”, and Fadi says he has spent the last hour trying to wake him up.

The operator then asks if George’s death was “expected”.

Fadi replies: “No, no, no, no, no, no, I’ve been waiting for him to wake up for like, you know, for hours and he wouldn’t wake up, I went to wake him up and he was gone, you know, he’s not there.”

He then added: “It’s George Michael, you know, the singer?”

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In a panic, Fadi is heard giving George’s date of birth as July 25 instead of June 25 and the operator tells him the ambulance is on its way.

She tells him not to move the body, and then hangs up.

This is the clearest account of what actually happened after George was found dead.


Nancy Brown
Associate Editor

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