Publish date: 2024-02-04
Boy George’s parents are Jeremiah O’Dowd and Dinah O’Dowd.
They are both of Irish origin and moved to England before Boy George was born.
Boy George is the second of six children in his family.
He has one older brother, Kevin, two younger brothers, Gerald and David, and a younger sister, Siobhán.
He also has an older half-brother, Richard, from his father’s previous marriage.
Boy George’s father, Jeremiah, was a builder and a Vietnam war veteran.
He was born in England but had Irish ancestry.
He was abusive and violent towards his wife and children, especially Boy George, who he often beat and called derogatory names.
Jeremiah died in 2004.
Boy George’s mother, Dinah, was born in Dublin, Ireland.
She was a homemaker and a devout Catholic and supported Boy George’s musical aspirations and his flamboyant style.
Dinah wrote a memoir in 2007, where she revealed the details of her marriage and her son’s life.
She died in March 2023 after a long illness.
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