George Michael

RIP

A troubled soul, loved his music.

what a year this has been, I,ll be glad when its over

Superstar ‘80s musician George Michael died Sunday at the age of 53, according to his publicist.

Mr. Michael, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London, first became famous as the frontman of the duo Wham! with partner Andrew Ridgeley.

The pair had a string of #1 hits in the mid-1980s including “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go,” “Careless Whisper” and “Everything She Wants.”

Mr. Michael went on to even more success as a solo act, topping the charts with songs like “Faith,” “Father Figure” and his remake-duet with Elton John of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me.”

Oh this is dreadful! What a f*cking horrible year.

So what?

What a wonderful musician he was - love his music.

By weird coincidence was watching an old TOTP yesterday o the day before.  Wham were on singing Young Gun Go For It and I noticed for the first time that Andrew Ridgely never sung/mimed a note.  Well documented I know but it was basically George Michael and this passenger throwing a few bad dance moves.

When Andrew Ridgely joined in for a few chorus cameos, you could tell it was the old XF trick of drowning out bad singers through the use of strategic backing vocals.

George Michael has died at his home in Oxfordshire.

Michael's publicist said that he had 'passed away peacefully' at his property in Goring at 1.42pm today.

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.

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.

'The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time. There will be no further comment at this stage.

It was Andrew who was the driving force in the early to get them deals

George had all the talent but Andrew had the front/looks which opened the initial doors

That's why George always stood by him..even long after he went solo

I'm just gutted

My fav

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goroyZbVdlo

53 bad news that, was definitely very talented but had a lot of demons RIP

Sad News

ffs

2016 what a year

David Bowie
Alan Rickman
Sir Terry Wogan
Frank Kelly
Tony Warren
Paul Daniels
Ronnie Corbett
Denise Robertson
David Gest
Victoria Wood
Prince
Carla Lane
Muhammad Ali
Anton Yelchin
Caroline Aherne
Kenny Baker
Gene Wilder
Alexis Arquette
Jean Alexander
Pete Burns
Leonard Cohen
Robert Vaughn
Florence Henderson
Ron Glass
Andrew Sachs
Peter Vaughan
Greg Lake
AA Gill
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Rick Parfitt
George Michael

Rest in Peace

Madonna has 5 days to go... to try and avoid the curse of 2016

All the other 80s worldwide icons have gone

The Queen could overshadow them all at the eleventh hour yet

Elton's in fine fettle.

bitch slap




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Kay Burley‏ @KayBurley
Oh do shut up Kirstie.

Kirstie Mary Allsopp‏ @KirstieMAllsopp
.@SkyNews reporting of George Michael's death is appalling, far more focus on the "scandal" than the music.

Theres a shocking OMISSION from your list

Lord Lucan

Officaly declared DEAD

Was just thinking some celeb usually dies on Christmas day.  Thought the Queen might be the one.

I could have been in the video for Wake me up before you go go but couldn't be bothered to drive to the Brixton Academy.

My fav track is one he didn't write the live version of Killer(Papa was a rolling stone)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-YIGZas_8

More likely to be the Duke first Ron, I would assess them at 70:30 Duke: Queen

David Gest a shocking inclusion