Editing George Michael (section)

==Early life==
George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou ({{Langx|el|Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου}}) on 25 June 1963, in [[East Finchley]]. He was the only son and the youngest child of three.<ref>Biography ''George Michael: The Making of a Superstar'' Bruce Dessau, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgemichael.com/index.php?module=history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913013021/http://www.georgemichael.com/index.php?module=history|archive-date=13 September 2008|title=George Michael-The history|publisher=Twentyfive Live LLP. & Signatures Network|access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref> His father, Kyriacos "Jack" Panayiotou,<ref name="doc1">{{cite AV media |last=Michael |first=George |date=2004 |title=[[George Michael: A Different Story]] |type=Documentary film |others=Directed by Southan Morris |location=London |publisher=Aegean Films, Gorilla Entertainment Limited}}</ref> was a [[Greek Cypriot]] restaurateur who emigrated from [[Patriki]], [[British Cyprus|Cyprus]], to England in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jovanovich |first1=Rob |title=George Michael: The Biography |date=2008 |publisher=Piatkus Books |page=13}}</ref> His mother, Lesley Angold (born Harrison, 1937–1997),<ref name="BBCM" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=29 June 2022 |title=The true story of George Michael's complicated relationship with his mother |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/music/george-michael-biography-relationship-mother-rcna35632 |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=TODAY.com |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927053011/https://www.today.com/popculture/music/george-michael-biography-relationship-mother-rcna35632 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2023 |title=Lesley Angold Panayiotou: What Happened To George Michael's Mother? |url=https://www.dicytrends.com/lesley-angold-panayiotou-what-happened-to-george-michaels-mother/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=Dicy Trends |language=en-US |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024053733/https://www.dicytrends.com/lesley-angold-panayiotou-what-happened-to-george-michaels-mother/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was an English dancer.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: George Michael|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15925376|work=BBC News|access-date=26 December 2016|date=25 December 2016|archive-date=26 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226071534/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15925376|url-status=live}}</ref>  In June 2008, Michael told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that his maternal grandmother was Jewish, but she had married a non-Jewish man and raised their children with no knowledge of their Jewish background due to her fear during [[World War II]].<ref name="Powers2015">{{cite news |last1=Powers |first1=Ann |title=George Michael embraces his dualities |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-georgemichael14-2008jun14-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=14 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731014650/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-georgemichahttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-georgemichael14-2008jun14-story.htmlel14-2008jun14-story.html |archive-date=31 July 2015}}</ref>

Michael spent most of his childhood in [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], London, in the home his parents bought soon after his birth; he attended Roe Green Junior School and [[Kingsbury High School]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/mar/16/george-michael-not-taking-life-seriously "George Michael: the superstar who doesn't take life too seriously"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731025849/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2014/mar/16/george-michael-not-taking-life-seriously |date=31 July 2017 }}. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 8 May 2014</ref><ref>Bruce Dessau (1989). "George Michael: the making of a superstar". p. 8. Sidgwick & Jackson</ref> Michael had two sisters: Yioda (born 1958) and Melanie (1960–2019).<ref name=BBCM>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50928067|title=George Michael's sister Melanie Panayiotou is found dead on Christmas Day aged 59|work=BBC News|date=27 December 2019|access-date=14 October 2021|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005171824/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50928067|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8922146/George-Michaels-family-in-bedside-vigil-as-star-battles-severe-pneumonia.html "George Michael's family in bedside vigil as star battles severe pneumonia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626002326/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8922146/George-Michaels-family-in-bedside-vigil-as-star-battles-severe-pneumonia.html |date=26 June 2018 }}. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved 27 December 2016</ref> On BBC's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', Michael said that his interest in music followed an injury to his head around the age of eight.<ref>{{cite news |title=George Michael: Bang of the head turned me to music |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30329921.html |access-date=25 August 2021 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825061434/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30329921.html |url-status=live }}</ref>