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George Michael’s family ‘fight to keep his will a secret’

By CelebretainmentDecember 24, 2017 GMT

George Michael's family have successfully managed to keep the late singer's will a secret.

The chart-topping star died in the early hours of Christmas Day last year (12.25.16), aged 53, and despite the intense interest that has subsequently surrounded his reported £105 million estate, his family have kept the details a secret.

George Michael says his life was a ‘waste of time’ in new documentary

By CelebretainmentOctober 10, 2017 GMT

George Michael describes his life as a "waste of time" in a new documentary.

The iconic singer - who died on Christmas Day (12.25.16) last year - expresses regret about his life and admits he never truly recovered from the death of his first love Anselmo Feleppa, who died from Aids more than two decades earlier, in 'Freedom'.

George Michael died of natural causes, British coroner says

By JILL LAWLESSMarch 7, 2017 GMT

LONDON (AP) — George Michael died of natural causes as the result of heart disease and a fatty liver, a British coroner said Tuesday.

Darren Salter, senior coroner for the county of Oxfordshire in southern England, said a post-mortem has found that the singer died of "dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver."

Final goodbye: Roll call of some of those who died in 2016

By BERNARD McGHEEDecember 29, 2016 GMT

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael...

In 2016, politics dominated our pop culture _ and vice versa

By JOCELYN NOVECKDecember 27, 2016 GMT

Our politics is often reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa — especially in an election year...

George Michael’s death shocks world

Brett MilanoDecember 26, 2016 GMT

If you needed one more, sadly ironic reason why 2016 was one of the all-time worst years for music, just consider that George Michael — who among other things, wrote one of the best Christmas songs to be released in the ’80s — died mysteriously on Christmas Day.

Wham!’s influence felt in China after landmark 1985 concert

By LOUISE WATTDecember 26, 2016 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — George Michael's death brought back memories in China of the heady 1980s when Wham! was the first major Western band to play in the country after the death of Mao Zedong and decades of cultural isolation.