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    George Michael From WHAM! Dies At 53

    Singer George Michael has died aged 53, his publicist has said.

    The star, who launched his career with Wham in the 1980s and later continued his success as a solo performer, is said to have "passed away peacefully at home".

    Thames Valley Police said South Central Ambulance Service attended a property in Goring in Oxfordshire earlier.
    Police say there were no suspicious circumstances.


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

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    Catchy music and wierd lifestyle.
    Didn't know he was sick...W-H-A-M!!

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    The only guy who has hit more glory holes than JJ.

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    Was it aids

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    Quote Originally Posted by mpaschal34 View Post
    The only guy who has hit more glory holes than JJ.
    Too soon

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    RIP

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    His concert was one of the best live performances, that I've ever seen.

    Rest easy GM!


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    Too soon to play Last Christmas?

    I guess not

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    No shit?? That fukkin sucks. Even though he was a raging homo...you couldn't help but like some of his and Wham's tunes. "Last Christmas" was a great Christmas song. Son of a bitch.

    The aids had to have gotten him.

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    Just when you think you thought you'd escaped crushing celebrity deaths in 2016... and then Wham!
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    Quote Originally Posted by opie1988 View Post

    The aids had to have gotten him.
    That's what I'm thinking too...you just don't expire at 53 for no reason...and then police is saying there is nothing suspicious about his death - so they probably knew that was coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    That's what I'm thinking too...you just don't expire at 53 for no reason...and then police is saying there is nothing suspicious about his death - so they probably knew that was coming.
    He also had a drug problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluehorseshoe View Post
    He also had a drug problem.
    that would qualify as a suspicious death or an overdose

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    legend

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    I know his boy friend died of aids.. Probably he contracted it a while back and kept it under wraps.. Oh well.. He was kinda weird and sexually confused.. Some catchy songs as I remember..

    He had one song that I actually liked..


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    Totally sucks. Guy was a great, great performer. 2016 has been a hell of a year for legends to die.

    First Harambe. Then Prince. Now George.

    #dicksout
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    I am not gay but i have to say he was a very good singer, RIP

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    David Bowie, Prince, George Michael all gone in one year...crazy stuff

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    I remember listening to a radio show back around 1986. Being gay wasn't nearly as "hip" then as it is now. Anyway, a guy called into the show stating that he went to a WHAM! concert, and they didn't do an encore. Women were throwing their panties on the stage, and they still did not come out for one more song. Everyone was pissed. The man then said that if the guys in the audience had banned together and thrown their Fruit of the Looms on the stage, then they probably would have come back out.

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    Strange happenings

    Might not of been aids


    Medication nowadays excellent for long
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    Musicians always have a knack for dying before their time because of the lifestyles they live.. Prince overdose, David Bowie smoked alot and that probably killed him but he was old... Georgy was sexually confused went gay and probably contracted AIDS and died thru that.. Etc..

    Alot of 70's musicians died from overdoses, Jimmy Hendricks, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, etc..

    Too be expected.. It's a risky lifestyle being a famous musician...

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    Will someone please wrap Billy Joel in a protective cover and tuck him away safely until 2016 is over please.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    David Bowie, Prince, George Michael all gone in one year...crazy stuff
    Also Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey and Merle Haggard.

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    ^^^Billy Joel ain't dying he's a short focker and I think he's one of the few that lives a reasonably clean lifestyle...

    The Rolling Stones guys are ancient, surprised they didn't kick the bucket yet.. Ozzy as well.... I'm sure alot of those guys are on their last leg and can go any day now..

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    ^^^Billy Joel ain't dying he's a short focker and I think he's one of the few that lives a reasonably clean lifestyle...

    The Rolling Stones guys are ancient, surprised they didn't kick the bucket yet.. Ozzy as well.... I'm sure alot of those guys are on their last leg and can go any day now..
    Ozzy has been on his last leg for at least last 20 years or so...He should be very thankful to his wife, who's been keeping him afloat all throughout these years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
    Ozzy has been on his last leg for at least last 20 years or so...He should be very thankful to his wife, who's been keeping him afloat all throughout these years.
    Yep he's pretty much brain dead and his body is barely still going.. He swears he's alive today only because he drinks 12 cups of tea every day.. Maybe there is something to that???

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    Quote Originally Posted by JIBBBY View Post
    ^^^Billy Joel ain't dying he's a short focker and I think he's one of the few that lives a reasonably clean lifestyle...

    The Rolling Stones guys are ancient, surprised they didn't kick the bucket yet.. Ozzy as well.... I'm sure alot of those guys are on their last leg and can go any day now..
    Maybe recently, but not before that. He had drug and alcohol issues for years, along with depression.

    Same for Elton John. Rough past, but improved lifestyle over the past decade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    legend
    Feels like you've been saying that every 2 weeks with all of these deaths. So so many deaths for 2016 and a cluster of them are happening in the last couple of months. I liked his music, but the radio stations play his Christmas song an awful lot. Now, it will be difficult to listen to...smh
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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Strange happenings

    Might not of been aids


    Medication nowadays excellent for long
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    These famous people have the resources (cash) to get regular checkups. If I was George Michael, Florence Henderson, and especially Alan Thicke (400 million!), I would get full CT scans on a regular basis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    Also Leonard Cohen, Glenn Frey and Merle Haggard.
    And Lemmy

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    Quote Originally Posted by will2survive View Post
    These famous people have the resources (cash) to get regular checkups. If I was George Michael, Florence Henderson, and especially Alan Thicke (400 million!), I would get full CT scans on a regular basis.
    1 CT scan = 2 years worth of radiation that you get from Sun

    Do the math what the regular CT scans might do to your body

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    jj take heed of what the symptoms of his deadly condition were, and how they originated for Mr. Michaels....

    the condition that killed him today started with a "severe pounding in the rear."

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    RIP... make jokes but the dude was one of if not THE most talented vocalists of our time.

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