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Former Wham! singer in the 1980s and later continued his success selling over 100 million albums, George Michael, has passed away on Christmas Day. Michael’s publicist confirmed the news and added that he “passed away peacefully at home”.
Thames Valley Police said South Central Ambulance Service attended a property in Goring in Oxfordshire at 13:42 GMT.
Police say they the death is right now is “unexplained but there were no suspicious circumstances.”
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.”
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Michael, 53, career blew up in the 1980’s with hits like “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” and “Careless Whisper,” and carried on in the 1990’s with “I Want Your Sex” and”Faith.”
In a 1999 interview with The Advocate, Michael told the Editor in Chief, Judy Wieder, that it was “falling in love with a man that ended his conflict over bisexuality. I never had a moral problem with being gay”, Michael told Wieder. “I thought I had fallen in love with a woman a couple of times. Then I fell in love with a man, and realized that none of those things had been love.” In 2007, Michael said the main reason why he hid his sexuality was because he was worried how it would affect his relationship with his mother.
The singer has also spent much of his life doing charity work involving LGBT and AIDS causes.
