“You Give People Music For Years and Years” – “20/20” Looks Back at the Life and Career of George Michael Pop music giant George Michael died on Christmas day at the age of 53, and ABC News paid tribute on 20/20 with a look back at the singer in his own words. Michael sat down with the BBC for a documentary that was excerpted by 20/20 , and the feature also used a 2008 interview with with former 20/20 anchor Chris Cuomo in which the musician discussed his career, his family, and his sexuality, rumors of which he believed would derail his career: “I had to…negotiate some new relationship with celebrity that wasn’t going to destroy me,” he admitted.