Seems to have done well for himself. That's not him below obviously but it's how I picture him post-Wham.
Posted on 12/25/2016 4:12:39 PM PST by Morgana
George Michael has died at his home in Oxfordshire.
The musician's publicist said that he had 'passed away peacefully' at his property in Goring at 1.42pm today.
Michael, 53, had previously battled drug addiction and come close to death after suffering from a bout of pneumonia in 2011.
However, the circumstances around his death are currently unexplained.
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Michael, who was set to release a documentary in 2017, rose to fame as a member of Wham!, known for their hits Club Tropicana and Last Christmas.
The singer - whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou - sold more than 100 million albums throughout a career spanning almost four decades.
In a statement, the star's publicist said: 'It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period.
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Suicide?
Maybe it was Botulism, from eating some bad meat from a can.
‘passed away peacefully’
As opposed to kicking and screaming?
RIP.
5.56mm
I think that suicide would be considered “suspicious” and would require an investigation.
He did the John Oates/Kix Brooks parts of the songs
Putin must have been involved . ^_^
Keith Richards outlives another one.
Heard the name. Don’t know his music(that I know of ) Stopped listening to new music around 1977.
RIP in Peace, whoever you are.
Merry Christmas, sweetheart. That was truly a LOL. You are part of the superstructure of the universe.
He wants to be buried with his butt sticking out of the ground,.....so his friends can come by for a cold one.
Is it too soon?
Probably a heroin overdose.
When I hear pneumonia for a relatively younger gay person, I always think it was most likely AIDS.
You don’t see AIDS listed much anymore as the cause of death. It’s not so politically correct and they want to be nicer to family. They will usually list the cause as some sort of respiratory distress. So more than likely, he died of AIDS but I am not sure.
The best male vocalist in my lifetime without a doubt. And an underrated songwriter. Although there must have been brain damage after that incident in 2013 when he somehow tumbled out of a moving Range Rover onto the M-1 in London.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBmZ0qNhIq0
Somebody To Love (rehearsal) live —the powerful George Michael
With Keith, it’s not the years, it’s the miles.
Seems to have done well for himself. That's not him below obviously but it's how I picture him post-Wham.
“...But say a prayer, a prayer for the other ones, at Christmas time...”
— George Michael’s solo part in (1984) BAND AID “Do They Know it’s Christmas?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIxj7Ew_99w
George’s high note of his career was this song IMO (and “Last Christmas” in Wham). Two of the few modern Christmas songs that comes close to ranking up there with the Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, NKC, Perry Como, etc era of Christmas classics.
"....well I'll take a wild stab at it and say....it wasn't a 73 mini copper s that hit him in his garden while he tended to his roses"
Dang... I'd better straighten up then!
Here he is.
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