# 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
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### Author:  [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/21 "2016-12-26T00:10:49Z")
Why 2016, why?
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/22 "2016-12-26T00:26:07Z")
> [@Nema98](#):
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> I suspect either drug related, AIDS. Or maybe he had cancer or so e other disease and kept it secret.
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Who “passes away peacefully” at age 53? Did he have some terminal disease?
His [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael#Death) entry says “an AIDS-related complication.”
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/23 "2016-12-26T00:43:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#):
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> His [wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Michael#Death) entry says “an AIDS-related complication.”
I don’t see that in the article about Michael himself, but about a prior romantic partner.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/24 "2016-12-26T00:52:43Z")
It’s been edited out, apparently. I didn’t take a screenshot, but it was there.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/25 "2016-12-26T00:54:30Z")
Oh, OK. Your link was the second time I had read the article, so it must have snuck in before my first viewing or between the two.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/26 "2016-12-26T01:04:38Z")
It wasn’t enough to take the damn Red Army Choir today, you had to take Wham! _too_?
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### Author:  [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/27 "2016-12-26T01:05:35Z")
So 2016 claims another great talent.
_Older_ is absolutely one of my all-time favorite albums. In addition to his excellent vocals, Michael also arranged and produced the album, wrote all but two of it’s songs, and was bassist, keyboard player, drummer, percussionist and programmer on it as well. Six of the album’s eleven tunes hit the Top 3 on the UK charts, a record that stands today. _Older_ is his finest work in my opinion.
Such a loss.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/28 "2016-12-26T01:37:53Z")
I’d been having some trouble with iTunes & I’d listened to some of his music just yesterday.
He was very talented (hey You make a sexier music video than “Freedom 90”) & of my generation.
Too damn soon, George.
RIP.
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### Author:  [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/29 "2016-12-26T01:44:10Z")
I’ve been really sad this year but this one is the worst for me. A relative just said to me “well, he hasn’t done much lately” and it angered me. So? I still listen to his first two albums all the time. He wasn’t just someone I listened to in the 80s. He was still a big part of my daily life today.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/30 "2016-12-26T02:08:01Z")
> [@Superdude](#):
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> It’s been edited out, apparently. I didn’t take a screenshot, but it was there.
It says “heart failure” now.
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/31 "2016-12-26T02:23:27Z")
What’s Andrew Ridgeley going to do now?!
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### Author:  [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/32 "2016-12-26T03:04:53Z")
Perhaps my favorite singer. Listen Without Prejudice and especially Waiting for That Day are in my top tier of albums and songs.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/33 "2016-12-26T03:55:07Z")
I didn’t like all of his stuff, but when he nailed it, he nailed it. Kissing a Fool, Freedom, Father Figure, to name three of my favs. And his tribute to Freddie Mercury, [Somebody to Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYAR8RigqDA), is brilliant. Absolute perfection.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/34 "2016-12-26T03:55:32Z")
> [@DCnDC](#):
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> What’s Andrew Ridgeley going to do now?!
His [wife](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keren_Woodward)
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/35 "2016-12-26T04:26:32Z")
All right, as I go down the rabbit hole of GM videos on YouTube tonight, I’m reminded of what an amazing vocalist he was. Even in the songs I’m not crazy about, he just \*sounds \*incredible-- studio and live.
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/36 "2016-12-26T04:35:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#):
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> All right, as I go down the rabbit hole of GM videos on YouTube tonight, I’m reminded of what an amazing vocalist he was. Even in the songs I’m not crazy about, he just \*sounds \*incredible-- studio and live.
[Freedom 90](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diYAc7gB-0A)
(…and if anyone who sees this has a flavor of the above even half as sexy at home… Happy Christmas & Merry Hanukkah!)
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/37 "2016-12-26T04:40:19Z")
☹
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### Author:  [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/38 "2016-12-26T04:44:28Z")
Never thought too highly of him, but damn 53 is too young.
RIP.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/39 "2016-12-26T05:07:33Z")
Damn. I hate hearing about all these people dying who were so young, they could have been my kids. At least Zsa Zsa held out to 99 … but even she couldn’t beat 2016.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-michael-dead/775619/40 "2016-12-26T05:10:21Z")
According to his Wiki page, he also had a long-running drug problem which included multiple arrests. I sure hope that’s not why he died.
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