Founder of children's charity Childline, Dame Esther Rantzen, has revealed plans to host a star-studded tribute concert for the late George Michael, who died suddenly on Christmas Day at the age of 53. 

Following the star's shocking death, which was revealed to have been caused by heart failure, details of his private philanthropic endeavours have come to light and one of the charities he regularly supported was Childline. 

Rantzen told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper that his support meant that thousands of children received care and counsel for various issues through her organisation and she wants to honour his generosity with a concert:

"George helped us to reach out to hundreds of thousands of children through his generosity. I met him a couple of times, he approached us, rather than us going cap in hand to him, but it was an intensely personal gift. He didn't want it to be known or to be part of his image."

"I think it would be wonderful to celebrate him with a tribute concert next year. We were able to counsel 300,000 children who needed help last year, through emails, online and phone calls, and George made a palpable difference."

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