George Michael’s former partner Kenny Goss says the singer was "the love of his life".
The Texan art dealer dated George – who was 53 when he tragically passed away on Christmas Day (25.12.16) – for 13 years from 1996 to 2009, and in a touching tribute he has said that the ‘Careless Whisper’ hitmaker was and always will be loved by him and he "truly" believes he felt the same way about him.
Reflecting on their long relationship, Kenny told Dallas Morning News: "We just had a really good, sweet relationship.
"We weren’t even mad at each other or anything like that.
"He was truly the love of my life. And I think I was the love of his life."
Kenny, 58, – who found out about George’s death through his sister Melanie – also spoke of the Wham! star’s charitable nature and how he gave away millions of his fortune to help others more in need.
He said: "He just wrote huge cheques, enormous ones.
"He gave away tens of millions of pounds to charity."
Kenny refused to comment on George’s boyfriend of four years, Fadi Fawaz, who found the 80s pop legend dead at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire.
George’s sudden death is still being treated as "non-suspicious" but a major crime unit from Thames Valley Police has been brought in to piece together the days leading up to his death.
It was initially thought George had died from heart failure but it’s now believed the singer passed away from an overdose of illegal or prescription drugs.
George had a tough time after splitting from Kenny, including crashing his car into photo shop Snappy Snaps in 2010, receiving a six-month driving ban and an eight-week jail term as well as being struck down with a "life-threatening" bout of pneumonia.
He also fell out of a moving car onto a motorway in May 2013, and last year is believed to have visited a Swiss rehab clinic.
Kenny Goss: George Michael was the love of my life
