George Michael dead

SeagullofMalaysia

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Somewhere in north Malaysia

• Dec 26, 2016

• #61

Damn, that would be nearly 90 celebrity deaths this year then! RIP, his music was so good

 

smudge

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Jul 8, 2003

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On the ocean wave

• Dec 26, 2016

• #62

Love George, takes up a big chunk of my ipod. Really sad, & 53, 2 years younger than me. RIP

 

smudge

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Jul 8, 2003

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On the ocean wave

• Dec 26, 2016

• #63

dangull said:

I thought AIDS was treatable now a days

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Really?

 

Foul Play Rocks

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #64

RIP. Sad news.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #65

Brilliant singer and lyricist.

So sad and so young.

R.I.P. George.

 

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junior

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #66

Seems like I'm the only one, but I actually couldn't give a toss.

 

grawhite

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #67

R.I.P. George Michael such a huge talent.


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Steve Foster

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #68

Very sad, but if you live life on the edge - with drugs, then sooner or later it inevitably catches up with you.
So sad & taken too early

 

One Teddy Maybank

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #69

Awful news. Terrible start to the day.

Great singer and songwriter, feeling terribly sad....

RIP George.


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Pogue Mahone

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #70

junior said:

Seems like I'm the only one, but I actually couldn't give a toss.

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I don't think anyone would give a toss that you don't give a toss. So why tell us?

 

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marlowe

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Dec 13, 2015

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #71

junior said:

Seems like I'm the only one, but I actually couldn't give a toss.

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Of course you're not the only one who couldn't give a toss, and no one expects you to. You're just the only one who feels the need to announce that fact on this forum. The others at least have the sensibility not to.

 

Grassman

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #72

So about eight years ago, me and a few of the staff of a certain live music venue in Tunbridge Wells, were standing there having a chat (it was mid-morning so we were probably meant to be clearing up or something), when in walked this dodgy looking bloke with a professional looking camera. "Erh, I'm from The Sun", he says, "the news desk got a call, George Michael has been seen asleep somewhere on the common, have you seen him?".

Alas, we hadn't. Though we did start singing to him: "w*nk me off, before you go go". His reply "I think we've already used that headline".

 

Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006

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Eastbourne

• Dec 26, 2016

• #73

Pogue Mahone said:

I don't think anyone would give a toss that you don't give a toss. So why tell us?

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I think it's a case of 'look at me, look at me'.

 

WATFORD zero

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #74

Always seemed to have a running battle with his demons , but an incredible talent and from what I understand a genuinely kind and modest man.

RIP George

 

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Mayonaise

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #75

wellquickwoody said:

Genuinely personally saddened by this one. A very talented man with many personal demons. I often 'joked' that one of the people I would aspire to be was GM, great singer, songwriter, lyricist and a very good looking man who could have had the world at his feet. I just wish that he had truly enjoyed his life more than he appeared to, RIP George.

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Agree with this. A genuinely good man who wanted fame but never really learned how to cope with it.

 

Herr Tubthumper

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #76

Mayonaise said:

Agree with this. A genuinely good man who wanted fame but never really learned how to cope with it.

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is this the case? Sure he had a few flaws but they never struck me as being due to his inability to handle fame. If anything he seemed to enjoy his success and fame.

 

dazzer6666

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #77

WATFORD zero said:

Always seemed to have a running battle with his demons , but an incredible talent and from what I understand a genuinely kind and modest man.

RIP George

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Sums it up for me, even though I wasn't a fan of his music. RIP.

 

melias shoes

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #78

Heard this late last night. 53. Mrs shoes absolutely loved his music. She was in bits last night. RIP George Michael.

 

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Mayonaise

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #79

Herr Tubthumper said:

is this the case? Sure he had a few flaws but they never struck me as being due to his inability to handle fame. If anything he seemed to enjoy his success and fame.

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His words not mine. "I enjoy being famous but wish I'd been born with the suit of armour that others have so that I could handle the other stuff'". I guess it doesn't really matter either way. As somebody else posted, it's clear he had his demons and although he has died ridiculously young, he squeezed much into those years and has left a musical legacy for the world to enjoy.

 

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Kinky Gerbil

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• Dec 26, 2016

• #80

I think out of all the deaths this year this is the least shocking, its a surprise he made 53.

Still another Event 2 legend gone