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Old 26 December 2016, 09:20 AM   #1
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George Michael passed away at age 53

RIP 53 is way, way too young.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38432862

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...r-dies-9514172
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:23 AM   #2
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Wow.....2016 taking more than its share
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Old 26 December 2016, 01:08 PM   #3
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Wow.....2016 taking more than its share


No doubt.

I am hanging the mistletoe over my back side, so 2016 can kiss it. Brutal year to lose music icons.


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Old 26 December 2016, 09:24 AM   #4
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Wow very sad RIP
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:26 AM   #5
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Sorry to hear this. May he rest easy.
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:29 AM   #6
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That's very young , rip man

pneumonia huh , you'd think with his money and rescources he could have treated that but who knows what other circumstances where involved.

His music may sound corny today , but wham was great back in the day ! Great memories
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:34 AM   #7
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His music may sound corny today , but wham was great back in the day ! Great memories
Yup, Careless Whisper is probably one of my favorites from him when he was with Wham.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:39 AM   #8
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:43 AM   #9
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Wow, just shocking. I had fond memories of growing up and listening to his music from Wham! and when he went solo.
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:44 AM   #10
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So sad. RIP.
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Old 26 December 2016, 09:52 AM   #11
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One of my wife's fav's she's very sad today...
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:00 AM   #12
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Sad to hear...way to young. RIP GM
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:02 AM   #13
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Last christmas.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:09 AM   #14
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Sad to hear. RIP.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:10 AM   #15
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Terrible news. RIP GM.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:14 AM   #16
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:15 AM   #17
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Ok maybe it wasn't just pneumonia

George Michael has suffered a series of medical problems since 2011.
The singer, 50, has been out of the spotlight since last year, when he fell out of a car on the M1 motorway and was airlifted to hospital with a head injury.
In 2011 he suffered severe pneumonia which left him temporarily in a coma and meant he needed to undergo a tracheotomy in order to breathe.
He has also battled depression and drug addiction.

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Old 26 December 2016, 10:38 AM   #18
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Way to young! RIP GM you'll be missed. I liked his newer stuff like Older and Fastlove more than the Wham days. Rest easy Sir!
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Old 26 December 2016, 02:30 PM   #19
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I managed to miss his entire career.

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so sad. 2016 needs to exit...
Actually, I think next year will be as bad if not worse.

We Boomers are of that age now.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:22 AM   #20
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Whatever it was, so sad for his family - especially this time of year.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:46 AM   #21
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:48 AM   #22
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Extremely sad news, may he rest in peace.
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:52 AM   #23
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Big fan of his.... Kissing a fool/ Cowboys & Angels are his two best ever... way too young indeed RIP
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Old 26 December 2016, 10:53 AM   #24
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Old 26 December 2016, 11:07 AM   #25
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Old 26 December 2016, 11:24 AM   #26
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RIP George, gave your heart away too many times
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Old 26 December 2016, 11:27 AM   #27
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Oh my, this is unreal. RIP sir, you'll not be forgotten.
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Old 26 December 2016, 11:59 AM   #28
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Sad news indeed. What a year.
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Old 26 December 2016, 12:19 PM   #29
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So sad to hear this. I was a fan of Wham and solo GM and have so many great memories of the music. The great thing was that he really could sing.

Rest In Peace George. I hope you're jamming in Heaven with Earth, Wind & Fire’s Maurice White, Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner, Glenn Frey, Sir George Martin, A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg, Merle Haggard, Parliament-Funkadelic’s Bernie Worrell, ELP’s Keith Emerson, Suicide’s Alan Vega, Dead or Alive’s Pete Burns, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and Prince...who we also lost in 2016.
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Old 26 December 2016, 12:27 PM   #30
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Last Christmas was one of his best. He'll be missed.
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