The Wham Exciting! dies on Christmas day
GAYLES.TV.- As reported in a statement by his publicist, the British singer "died peacefully" at age 53 at his home in Gorign-on-Thames, England. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, known as George Michael, was pop icon in the decade of the 80 and 90 and came to sell more than 100 million records during his musical career.
He rose to fame with the group Wham! with hits like «Careless Whisper","Freedom","Last Christmas»Or«Wake Me Up Before You Go»Which became number one in the UK. With his debut solo album from 1987, «Faith« It sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and made various recordings and achievements in the United States. In 2004, Radio Academy appointed Michael as the most listened to artist on British radio between the period 1984-2004.
In 2011 Michael acknowledged that he was still alive as a "miracle", after overcoming a serious episode of pneumonia that forced him to be hospitalized in Vienna. That year he had to cancel a tour because of this illness. The singer confessed that he was close to death: «By far it has been the worst month of my life, but I am really a very lucky person to be able to tell it. Your addictions to alcohol and drugs they even led him to enter some detox clinics. He never conformed to established norms and was famous for openly defending the anonymous sex In public places. «I'm just like that«He affirmed.
Sources: BBC, El País, Wikipedia
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