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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Drugs?
AIDS?
What?
AIDS or Cancer...or both. How else do you die peacefully at 53?
Goes to show what posting blogs will do to you.
all the above ??
RIP, George. 53 is to damn young, I don’t are who you are or what you did.
Another thread with some 60 posting if anyone cares to review them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3508178/posts
Take me back in time maybe I can forget. Turn a different corner and we never would have met...
I was always suspicious his almost fatal bout with pneumonia was AIDS related, specifically Pneumocystic pneumonia.
also whatever his sexual pref..he had an excellent voice
I was always suspicious his almost fatal bout with pneumonia was AIDS related, specifically Pneumocystic pneumonia.
“AIDS or Cancer...or both. How else do you die peacefully at 53?”
Fall asleep with Lorena Bobbitt? Don’t put your glasses on to read the pill bottle? Drink until the bottle talks to you? Doze off while driving?
It must have been a sneak attack from behind.
Butler service entrance in the rear. That’s why they call them “Butlers”!
Four years older than me. Careless Whispers was the big break up song back in the day.
Homosexuals that we've know have died of these diseases. Hepatitis, colon cancer, AIDS. A coincidence? I think not.
Which begs the question, what did exactly Andrew Ridgeley do in Wham!
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