George Michael worked at a 'homeless shelter' but asked people to keep it secret 'As usual there ar

While some stars show their generosity with grandiose gestures and pumped up campaigns, George Michael expressed his charitable side in an altogether quieter and more understated way.

Discreetly generous, the pop icon, who died on Christmas Day at the age of 53, carried out numerous quiet acts of kindness throughout his life. Since his death, stories of his generosity have poured in.

It has now emerged that Michael apparently worked at a homeless shelter but chose to remain anonymous, asking others who worked there not to disclose his good deeds.

“George Michael worked anonymously at a homeless shelter I was volunteering at. I've never told anyone, he asked we didn't. That's who he was,” Emilyne Mondo, an activist, wrote on Twitter.

Mondo said she believes Michael chose to stay anonymous for fear of press intrusion.

“Would like to respond to the unexpected interest in the tweet about an experience with a kind man, who happened to a musical icon,” she said.

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