The British Singer 'George Michael' Died At 53 Years Old

Random News - The British BBC reported that the ambulance service was called at around 13:42 (local time) to a property in Goring, in the province of Oxfordshire. The British channel quotes Michaels publicists as saying, "In deep grief, we confirm that our beloved son, brother and friend George died peacefully at home during Christmas."

According to the police, there is no evidence of possible suspicious circumstances of his death.

 

George Michael, Photo: dpa

"The Thames Valley Police was called to a property in Goring-on-Thames shortly after 2pm on Christmas Day. Sadly, a 53-year-old man had to be declared dead," is the literal message in the police report. "To this stage of the investigation death is treated as unexplained, but not suspicious. An autopsy will be carried out later. Until then there are no further communications."

The celebrity portal TMZ reports that Michael had not been ill recently and would have worked on a documentary about his life, which is to be shown in England in March. He also wanted to publish a new album next year according to the BBC.

The American music magazine "Billboard" reports of heart failure as a cause of death. The prestigious paper is based on Michael's long-time manager Michael Lippman. George Michael had died in his bed.

"Last Christmas" made him immortal

George Michael (real name Georgios Kyriakos Panagiotou) has sold more than 100 million albums in his almost 40-year career - his biggest hit was "Last Christmas" with the group WHAM.

His career had begun Michael - son of a British and a Greek Cypriot father - with his school friend Andrew Ridgeley. They founded the duo "Wham", which caused numerous hits in the 80s.
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Later, Michael continued his career as a solo musician and landed another great success in 1987 with his work "Faith".

In the 1990s, he experienced many personal fate - especially the death of his mother and his companion in life, deeply crises, as he told in an interview with the news agency dpa: "So many people I loved happened terrible things. It was almost bizarre."

After the early death of his companions, Michael fell into depression and began to take drugs.

In 1998, he also publicly announced his homosexuality after problems with the police. Later, the star said he did not want to leave as long as his mother was still alive.

In 2010 Michael was even sentenced to eight weeks' imprisonment because he had rammed his car into a London business under the influence of drugs and drugs. (Also read: TV Actor Alan Thicke Died During The Ice Hockey Game)

Michael had already traveled several times with drugs in the blood behind the tax, therefore had to give his driving license, social hours.

A lung inflammation brought the superstar in Vienna in 2011 near death. Actually, he had recovered, his experiences even in the song "White Light" and had appeared among others at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London 2012.

But then again a shock: The singer fell out of the Range Rover controlled by his chauffeur on the highway. What exactly happened was never really solved.

Reactions to early death

Elton John published a mourning message at Instagram: "I'm in a deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend - the friendliest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist. My heart belongs to his family and to his fans."

The English football legend Gary Lineker wrote on Twitter "No, not even George Michael. We are leaving a musical dimension this year. 2016 can leave us real. "And also actor Jan-Josef Liefers agreed in the same song.