Editing George Michael (section)

===Health===
Michael struggled with substance abuse for many years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/26/george-michael-died-alone-boyfriend-reveals-battled-secret-heroin/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/26/george-michael-died-alone-boyfriend-reveals-battled-secret-heroin/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=George Michael's boyfriend reveals he died alone at home, amid claims he had battled heroin habit |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 December 2016|access-date=23 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Guthrie">{{cite news|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2016/12/27/george-michael-drugs/|title=Drugs, depression, weight gain: George Michael's challenging final years|newspaper=The New Daily|last=Guthrie|first=Susannah|date=27 December 2016|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923124038/https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/2016/12/27/george-michael-drugs/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested for drug-related offences in 2006,<ref name=PinkBenjamin2006/> 2008<ref name="George Michael arrest over drugs"/> and 2010.<ref name="George Michael Arrested"/><ref name="Paine"/> In September 2007, on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', Michael said that his [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] use was a problem; he wished he could smoke less of it and was constantly trying to do so.<ref name="Drug is a problem, Michael admits">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7018682.stm|title=Drug is a problem, Michael admits|work=BBC News|date=30 September 2007|access-date=27 April 2009|archive-date=3 January 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103173317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7018682.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 December 2009, in an interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Michael explained he had cut back on cannabis and was smoking only "seven or eight" [[spliffs]] per day instead of the 25 per day he had formerly smoked.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/05/george-michael-interview-music-sex-drugs|title=George Michael: 'I'm surprised I've survived my own dysfunction'|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=5 December 2009|access-date=15 January 2010|first=Simon|last=Hattenstone|archive-date=21 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221075203/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/dec/05/george-michael-interview-music-sex-drugs|url-status=live}}</ref> Michael also abused sleeping pills.<ref name="Guthrie"/>

On 26 October 2011, Michael cancelled a performance at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London due to a [[viral infection]]. On 21 November, [[Vienna General Hospital]] admitted Michael after he complained of chest pains while at a hotel two hours before his performance at a venue there for his [[Symphonica Tour]]. Michael appeared to be "in good spirits" and responded well to treatment following his admission, but on 25 November hospital officials said that his condition had "worsened overnight". This development led to cancellations and postponements of Michael's remaining 2011 performances, which had been scheduled mainly for the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/60622|title=George Michael shelves all 2011 tour dates due to illness|work=NME|location=UK|date=15 September 2011|access-date=25 November 2011|archive-date=28 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128034033/http://www.nme.com/news/george-michael/60622|url-status=live}}</ref> The singer was later confirmed to have suffered from [[pneumonia]] and, until 1 December, was in an [[intensive care unit]]; at one point, he was comatose. On 21 December, the hospital discharged him. Michael told the press that he had undergone a [[tracheotomy]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16316592|title=George Michael: 'It was the worst month of my life'|work=BBC Mobile|date=23 December 2011|access-date=23 December 2011|archive-date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223174713/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16316592|url-status=live}}</ref> that the staff at the hospital had saved his life, and that he would perform a free concert for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/good_tidings_george_michael_out_of/282464|title=Good Tidings! George Michael Out of Hospital and Homeward Bound|publisher=E!|date=22 December 2011|access-date=31 December 2011|archive-date=9 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109024754/http://www.eonline.com/news/good_tidings_george_michael_out_of/282464|url-status=live}}</ref> After waking from the coma, Michael had a temporary [[West Country English]] accent, and there was concern he had developed [[foreign accent syndrome]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9407826/George-Michael-I-woke-up-from-coma-with-a-West-Country-accent.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9407826/George-Michael-I-woke-up-from-coma-with-a-West-Country-accent.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=George Michael: I woke up from coma with a West Country accent|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=18 July 2012|access-date=17 December 2012|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 16 May 2013, Michael sustained a head injury in a car accident on the [[M1 motorway]], near [[St Albans]] in Hertfordshire and was airlifted to hospital.<ref name=bbc_m1>{{cite news|title=George Michael injured in M1 crash|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22571754|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 May 2013|date=17 May 2013|archive-date=19 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519014224/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22571754|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=reuters_m1>{{cite news|last=Casciato|first=Paul|title=Singer George Michael under observation for head injuries|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-georgemichael-hospital-idUSBRE94K0K920130521|agency=Reuters|access-date=22 May 2013|date=21 May 2013|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315015138/http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-georgemichael-hospital-idUSBRE94K0K920130521|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 May, Michael's publicist confirmed that he had left the hospital and that his injuries were superficial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/29/george-michael-leaves-hospital-fall-motorway |title=George Michael leaves hospital after falling from car on motorway |work=The Guardian |date=29 May 2013 |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928030209/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/29/george-michael-leaves-hospital-fall-motorway |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Michael stated that he had refrained from using cannabis for one and one half years. In June 2015, he checked into a drug rehabilitation facility in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/george-michael-checks-into-rehab-for-substance-abuse/2015/06/14/aeb64f74-12e2-11e5-8457-4b431bf7ed4c_story.html |title=George Michael 'checks into rehab for substance abuse' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=14 June 2015 |access-date=27 September 2021 |archive-date=20 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220144301/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/george-michael-checks-into-rehab-for-substance-abuse/2015/06/14/aeb64f74-12e2-11e5-8457-4b431bf7ed4c_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>