Boy George's life – eye-watering net worth, jail time, Hollyoaks stint and feuds

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Music icon Boy George celebrates his 61st birthday today (June 13).The Culture Club singer and The Voice judge has written some of the world's most iconic songs, as well as influencing generations of artists for years to come.He has also led a very interesting life, including working in the cloakroom of one of the UK's most influential clubs, as well as making Hollywood cameos in hit action series and soaps.That's not all, as he has also amassed an eye-watering net worth throughout his career.As Boy George celebrates his birthday, Daily Star takes a closer look inside his life.A few years before he rose to global fame in chart-topping eighties group Culture Club, Boy George was already a well-known face in London.He worked in the cloakroom of the famous Blitz Club by Covent Garden, which was a weekly club night ran by stars including Steve Strange of Visage - and which would go on to influence the music and fashion of the time.Ultravox singer Midge Ure, who regularly appeared at the club, told BBC: "You could stand in the Blitz club and look around you and there'd be future journalists and filmmakers and writers and musicians, and a young Boy George taking coats at the coat check."There was something really vibrant about that, and they were responsible for that."The club featured many of the future stars of the decade, including Boy George, Marilyn and Spandau Ballet to name a few - but it also turned away one of the most famous stars in rock 'n' roll - Mick Jagger.Midge Ure added: "He [Steve Strange] famously turned away Mick Jagger because he thought he was too rock and roll.

But when David Bowie turned up, all these cool kids suddenly went into turmoil and meltdown because the king had appeared."Boy George is a music.