# George Michael dead. **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619 **Category:** Cafe Society **Created:** [December 25, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619 "2016-12-25T23:08:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![lilihob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/1 "2016-12-25T23:08:43Z")
Now George Michael. 2016 needs to stop being such a dick. > **[George Michael: Pop superstar dies at 53](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38432862)** > > Singer George Michael dies at his home at the age of 53, prompting worldwide tributes. ---
### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/2 "2016-12-25T23:18:32Z")
Yeesh. ---
### Author: ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/3 "2016-12-25T23:21:21Z")
He was just 53. That’s dangerously close to being _my_ age. ---
### Author: ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/4 "2016-12-25T23:23:51Z")
Good fucking God, really?! Such a great talent. I wasn’t a huge fan, but really respected him as a musician. ---
### Author: ![lilihob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/5 "2016-12-25T23:24:04Z")
And already the last Christmas jokes are up. I just want this year over already. ---
### Author: ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/6 "2016-12-25T23:25:54Z")
Tough year. Not a great fan of the music but he had a wicked sense of humour - the original carpool karaoke: [George Michael in James Corden's first Carpool Karaoke for Comic Relief - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvuENG3O9TM) ---
### Author: ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/7 "2016-12-25T23:29:48Z")
Wait, what? ---
### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/8 "2016-12-25T23:35:16Z")
Wake me up; I can’t believe he’s gone gone. ---
### Author: ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/9 "2016-12-25T23:36:54Z")
Who “passes away peacefully” at age 53? Did he have some terminal disease? ---
### Author: ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/10 "2016-12-25T23:38:31Z")
No, it would probably have been _self administered_ … ---
### Author: ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/11 "2016-12-25T23:39:06Z")
Oh no. RIP George. Thanks for the fine music. ---
### Author: ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/12 "2016-12-25T23:39:27Z")
2016: Come along, Carrie Carrie: Go pick on somebody less likely. 2016: Challenge accepted! ---
### Author: ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/13 "2016-12-25T23:40:20Z")
Rip 1963-2016 ---
### Author: ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/14 "2016-12-25T23:43:34Z")
I’ll never hear “Last Christmas” the same way again, and no, that’s not a joke. RIP, George. ☹ ---
### Author: ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/15 "2016-12-25T23:44:21Z")
He’s been in and out of hospitals for several years. Pneumonia in 2011 that was very serious. Three weeks in the hospital. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NZitocjU_nw/hqdefault.jpg "George Michael's first interview after release from hospital") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZitocjU_nw) He collapsed in 2014 and was rushed to the hospital. > **[George Michael rushed to hospital after friend makes 999 call](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2642262/George-Michael-rushed-hospital-ambulance-friend-makes-999-emergency-call.html)** > > Two emergency ambulances were sent to the star’s north London home early on Thursday last week, the London Ambulance Service confirmed. I guess his luck ran out. 2016 has been brutal for celebrities. Death put a Whammy on him. RIP ---
### Author: ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/16 "2016-12-25T23:49:03Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Who “passes away peacefully” at age 53? Did he have some terminal disease? I suspect either drug related, AIDS. Or maybe he had cancer or so e other disease and kept it secret. ---
### Author: ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/17 "2016-12-25T23:49:18Z")
2016-The year the music died. ---
### Author: ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit) #### Post date: [December 25, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/18 "2016-12-25T23:50:12Z")
“Waiting for that Day” was one of my favorites in '91, right after graduating high school, along with “Praying for Time.” Unbelievable. RIP, George. ---
### Author: ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57) #### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/19 "2016-12-26T00:02:03Z")
His comic relief bit, carpool karaoke with James Corden was very funny. That just came out a few months ago and Michael seemed fine. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hvuENG3O9TM/hqdefault.jpg "George Michael in James Corden's first Carpool Karaoke for Comic Relief") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvuENG3O9TM) ---
### Author: ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction) #### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/20 "2016-12-26T00:07:10Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > His comic relief bit, carpool karaoke with James Corden was very funny. That just came out a few months ago and Michael seemed fine. > [https://youtu.be/hvuENG3O9TM](https://youtu.be/hvuENG3O9TM) The George Michael karaoke dates to 2011, long before Corden went to the USA. Fwiw, I mention it in post #3 above. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619.md?page=2)