George Michael’s partner speaks about finding him on Christmas Day

George Michael's partner's called the singer a “kind and beautiful person” after describing how he found him dead in his bed.

Fadi Fawaz says he'd arrived at the musician's home to wake him for a Christmas Day lunch.

The former Wham star was just 53-years-old – according to his manager he died from heart failure.

The Irish Independent's music critic John Meaghar says George Michael was legendarily generous – one time helping out a game show contestant who needed IVF. 

Stories about the singer's generosity have been flooding social media since word of his death was announced