Remembering George Michael
Over the years I suppose he gave us nearly £2 million, that’s thousands of children that owe so much to him
Esther Rantzen joined us this morning to pay tribute to George Michael, sharing stories of his incredible generosity. She told the show that for years George Michael had been the most extraordinarily generous philanthropist, giving money to Childline. He was determined not to make his generosity public, so nobody outside the charity knew how much he gave to the nation's most vulnerable children.
Ester told us that George had approached the charity himself and it was a very private thing, which seems to be the way he helped a lot of charities. She revealed that George gave the royalties for Jesus to a Child to Childline - which makes losing George at Christmas, which was when he released Jesus to a Child, particularly tragic.
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