Posted on 12/28/2016 1:48:47 PM PST by Rummyfan
I surprised myself by how sad I felt on hearing of George Michael's death on Christmas Day. It's the faintly depressing sadness that comes from being reminded, as with Amy Winehouse or Michael Jackson, that a longtime beloved comic figure in Fleet Street is a real human being whose pathologies have finally caught up with him. In contrast to Jacko, the principal victim of George Michael was himself. He died alone at his Oxfordshire cottage, his body discovered by a boyfriend whose relationship with George commanded no fidelity from the star. His protective publicist said it was a heart attack. The boyfriend carelessly revealed that, after years of other abuses, George had latterly moved on to heroin. He looked all of his 53 years and then some.
There was something touchingly sincere in the way his fans took to the internet to observe solemnly that it was his "Last Christmas". I always liked that song, mainly because I was impressed by the scrupulousness of George's feminine rhymes, which was unusual by 1984 and is even more so today:
Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me...
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We’re talking about the Wham! guy here, right?
The good looking guy. That CANT be him!!
I’m speechless.
Keep guessing
Yep. My sentiments exactly.
My daddy was 53 when I was born.
And he always looked like he was my grandfather.
The guy sold 100 million albums and I can’t identify one song he wrote.
I agree that the guy lived a really debauched life that should not be celebrated. I’d rather he just be allowed to fade away. I’d all but forgotten about him anyway.
Ha ha, me neither.
I wish people would see homosexuals as they really are and not believe the glittery persona that they project. Even with the filth in plain view, people are still in denial about what that lifestyle is really all about.
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