the Author of the song 'Last Christmas', which in these dates sounds in all corners of the world, the singer of british pop, George Michael died on Sunday at age 53, near London, for still unknown reasons.
"it is With great sadness we can confirm that our beloved son, brother and friend George died in peace at home during Christmas", he announced his relacionista public in a press release. "The family requests that you respect their privacy at this difficult time and emotive. There will be No further comment for the time being" added the text.
The Police confirmed that an ambulance had gone to a property in Goring, in the county of Oxfordshire, at 1:42 p. m., without pointing out suspicious circumstances, said the BBC.
The death of Michael at the end of a 'annus horribilis' for the popular music, after the disappearance of David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Prince. Michael had planned to publish in 2017 a documentary on his last years, lived away from the public light.
“I’m in shock,” said Elton John. “I Lost a dear friend, a soul more kind and more generous and a glossy artist. My heart is with his family and all his followers”, added the singer in his account Instagram.
"No, not George Michael also. Another great musical leaves us this year. 2016 can go to the devil," wrote the footballer Gary Lineker, the most popular of the generation of Michael.
"2016. It was another soul talented," wrote on Twitter the band Duran Duran.
The artist had survived a pneumonia at the end of 2011 and in recent years had been kept out of the focus of public.
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou was born in the london neighbourhood of East Finchley on June 25, 1963, the son of a Greek cypriot who had emigrated in the 50′s to the Uk when Cyprus was a british territory.
as a teenager, his family moved to Radlett, near London, where he met Andrew Ridgeley, with whom he formed the group Wham!
With Wham!, George Michael became one of the maximum exponents of the style of the 80′s, growers of the aesthetics neat and ambiguous of the New Wave (New Wave) the british gave to groups like Duran Duran or Spandau Ballet.
the image of The 'sexy' George Michael was consolidated worldwide in the video for the song 'Wake me up before you go go', picture that, years later, already as a soloist, he fought up in the courts, with a view to be seen as a musician seriously, and not just a pretty face.
The group released four albums between 1982 and 1986: 'Fantastic', 'Make It Big', 'The End' and 'Music from the Edge of Heaven'.
As a soloist led to repeated times the list of main, and among the more than 100 million albums sold are 20 million of his successful album 'Faith', in 1987, the first after breaking with Ridgeley.
Later, in their struggle to position themselves as a true musician, George Michael –zealous in addition to his private life– seemed to be torn between the desires to leave the spotlight and seek the respect as the great music that was. So the announcements of his retirement, from time to time distressed his followers.
In 1990 gave one of those ads. Two years later he made an unforgettable presentation in Wembley stadium in a concert tribute to Freddie Mercury, and even it was announced that Queen would tour with him as a vocalist. In 96 they announced a return to music and was already considered one of the greats. In 1997 became a part of the 30 artists who recorded after the tribute to Diana of Wales.
Despite his quest for privacy, what motivated you to move away from the scenarios, starred in several scandals. The most talked about was his arrest in Los Angeles, in 1998, by the attempt to perform a sexual act with an undercover cop in a public bathroom. This led him to accept publicly his homosexuality.
Be forced to admit it in those circumstances made it the target of criticism, including from his fellow Boy George, who years later would say that it had made "a wrong to the gay community".
in the late 90′s, the british had engaged in since his dispute with the multinational Sony, who wanted to be liberated, as, according to him, the house of discs intended to continue exploiting the image that he wanted to leave behind. The dispute affected his production. Years went by without taking out a disk, and when he released 'Older', with Dreamworks, had a balance of regular sales.
he Also wanted to exploit from their art, a critical facet. On the album 'Shoot The Dog' made a strong critique of the counter-terrorism policies of the United Kingdom and the united States. And he went on to state that he would never return to live in the united States, because he feared for his life after seeing the reaction of the public in that country.
In 2004, the musician decided to make amends with Sony, with an album very much celebrated: 'Patience', the first of which had all original songs in eight years.
In 2011, their followers lived the first alert about your health when the music idol was hospitalized in Vienna (Austria) by a pneumonia for several weeks. The following year would return to take one of their tours in the city, as a thank you to those who welcomed him at that time.
In march 2014 released his work, 'Symphonica', his last studio album, which took three years to produce.
Before his death, knew that he thought a new documentary entitled 'Freedom', about his years away from the public.
A voice full of successes
The greatest hits George Michael with Wham! were: 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go', 'Freedom', 'I’m Your Man' and 'The Edge of Heaven'.
As a soloist and in duos was number one: 'Careless Whisper' (1984) 'A Different Corner' (1986); 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me' with Aretha Franklin (1987); 'Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me' with Elton John (1991); the Five Live EP, with Queen & Lisa Stansfield (1993); 'Jesus To a Child' (1996) and 'Fastlove' (1996).
Bryan Adams: "amazing Singer and a charming human being. Too young to leave us".
Ellen DeGeneres: "it Was a bright talent. I am very sad."
James Corden: " it Was a source of absolute inspiration. Always ahead of his time".
AFP
LONDON
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