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Life after Last Christmas: As Wham's festive hit turns 40, how life took a dark turn for some of the stars who appeared with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley
It's 40 years since Wham's iconic hit Last Christmas first hit the airwaves, and it was quickly cemented as one of the greatest festive hits of all time.
It told a bittersweet tale of lost love amid the joy of the festive season, so perhaps it's only fitting that the legacy left by Wham's much-loved hit Last Christmas is one complicated by sadness. backing singers Shirlie Kemp and Helen 'Pepsi' DeMacque was well as Jon Fowler, Cheryl Harrison, Pat Fernandes and David Ridler, who also appeared in the video. Wham remained one of the most successful acts of the 1980s, but other names that famously featured in the video have battled struggles including alcoholism, backstage feuds and brushes with the law.
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