George Michael died of heart failure at the much-too-young age of 52 on Christmas Day, and a neighbor tells People magazine in their January 9 issue that his fellow Goring-on-Thames villagers rarely saw the singer toward the end of his life. It was quite literally the Last Christmas for the iconic singer-songwriter who had given the world hits like Careless Whispers, Last Christmas, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Faith, among many others. “He made my career possible”, he said. I understand that there are a lot of people worldwide who care for him and his music.
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I think he would have been genuinely humbled by the expression of sadness from people.
In an earlier era, that might have doomed his career. Some of his dirty laundry got aired in public, such as when a police sting got him busted for sex in a public restroom in 1998.
The British singer George Michael has died at the age of 53, his publicist says.
The singer’s death has saddened the entire music industry.
Maclean said the bold response to his arrest and discussion of his sexuality was an example of how he fought prejudice against the gay community. “I struggled with huge depression after my mother died”, he said of the experience, according to Entertainment Weekly.
“He was fighting his whole life.”
He was 53-years-old.
His close friend Sir Elton John, with whom Michael duetted with on the classic ballad Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me, shared a photograph of the pair alongside the caption: “I am in deep shock”.
There’s no doubt that George Michael was one of the most iconic music artists of the last three decades. Crooner Frank Sinatra wasn’t one to mince words, and when Michael talked to the Los Angeles Times in 1990 about the strain of celebrity status, the Chairman had to respond. Stories of his secret generosity continue to surface and fans have taken to paying their final respects outside his London home.
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“He was a force, and able to collect the best of all music genres and put them together”. His support, the Trust said in a statement Monday, continued for years.
