Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall nominees
February 1, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Kate Bush, Iron Maiden, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow and the late George Michael are the 2023 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, reflecting a mix of country, soul, hip-hop, metal, pop, rap-rock and grunge.
Tatjana Patitz, supermodel of ’80s and ’90s, dies at 56
January 11, 2023 GMTSANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael's “Freedom!
The Rock Hall of Fame opens to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
November 1, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year will induct Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and two guys in sunglasses who have scored more No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 than all of those other acts combined.
George Michael’s family ‘fight to keep his will a secret’
December 24, 2017 GMTGeorge 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
October 10, 2017 GMTGeorge 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'.
Geri Horner: George Michael used to judge my taste in men
June 19, 2017 GMTGeorge Michael used to judge the men Geri Horner dated.
The 44-year-old singer stayed with the late 'Careless Whisper' hitmaker - who passed away on Christmas Day (25.12.16) from natural causes - in St Tropez when she quit the Spice Girls, and has said the star would tell her to "stop being a silly cow" for bringing home the wrong kind of men.
George Michael died of natural causes, British coroner says
March 7, 2017 GMTLONDON (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
December 29, 2016 GMTDeath 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
December 27, 2016 GMTOur politics is often reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa — especially in an election year...
George Michael’s death shocks world
December 26, 2016 GMTIf 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.