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Old 26-12-2016, 14:30
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I was working throughout the night and I only heard about his death early this morning and I have to admit, I wept.

I wept for him, dying alone, for the shock for his poor family and for the many memories I have of him and the impact his music had on me. I cannot listen to Jesus to a child without welling up...one of his most beautiful and haunting songs ever.

I saw him live a few years back in Dublin and he was just sublime and what a witty man he was too.

Rest in peace George and thanks for the many memories. xx
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He didn't die alone- he was in Oxford with family from what I've read.
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:34
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He didn't die alone- he was in Oxford with family from what I've read.
Oh, I stand corrected.

Glad he wasn't alone.
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:46
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He didn't die alone- he was in Oxford with family from what I've read.

Most of the reports I have read said that he was "found" dead in his bed, which suggests he was alone when he died.

One report I read said he was found dead by a friend.
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:54
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Terrible news, RIP George Michael
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:58
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That goes to show that celebrities can be generous and give back without making a big song and dance about it and constantly wanting recognition for it.

All those people on forums such as these who moan and whinge about celebrities begging us to give to charities such as Children In Need, Comic Relief etc who then say why doesn't the celebrity put their money where their mouth is and donate themselves instead of begging us to do it.

I always wonder why do people say this as you don't know whether the celebrity donates in private. Not everyone shouts it from the rooftops just so they can get a pat on the back
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Old 26-12-2016, 14:59
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Most of the reports I have read said that he was "found" dead in his bed, which suggests he was alone when he died.

One report I read said he was found dead by a friend.
Well, thats what I heard on the news too, hence my comments about him being alone..
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:04
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It does say "peacefully at home" and "suspected heart failure"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-dies-aged-53/


Pop superstar George Michael's death at the age of 53 from suspected heart failure is being treated by police as "unexplained but not suspicious".

The singer died peacefully at home, his family said on Sunday night
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:07
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That doesn't surprise me. Years ago, when This Morning was still presented by Richard and Judy, they launched an appeal to buy Christmas toys for children. Within minutes, someone who wanted to remain anonymous had donated £50,000. Richard eventually blurted out that it had been George Michael.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:08
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His last chart single was about death and the afterlife.

White Light - released in 2012:

The song was inspired by Michael's illness in late 2011 with pneumonia and the resulting near-death experiences.
The white light refers to the much documented 'white light' people see at the point of death.

The song has greater meaning and sadness now that he's passed.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:34
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It does say "peacefully at home" and "suspected heart failure"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-dies-aged-53/


Pop superstar George Michael's death at the age of 53 from suspected heart failure is being treated by police as "unexplained but not suspicious".

The singer died peacefully at home, his family said on Sunday night

Yes many reports are saying that his family have stated that he died peacefully at home but that doesn't necessarily mean they were with him when he died.

Normally when that is the case they usually state died peacefully surrounded by his family. As I said in my earlier post, most of the reports I have read this morning say he was "found" dead in his bed.

His family may have been elsewhere in the house, I don't know... but the reports are making it sound like he was actually alone at the time he passed away.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:43
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Well, thats what I heard on the news too, hence my comments about him being alone..

Well yes, that's what it sounds like.

Why would they state he was found dead in bed if there was someone with him at the time he died?

Let's hope it emerges that there was someone with him when he took his last breath.

Like you say, to think he died alone is unbearably sad.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:53
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Well yes, that's what it sounds like.

Why would they state he was found dead in bed if there was someone with him at the time he died?

Let's hope it emerges that there was someone with him when he took his last breath.

Like you say, to think he died alone is unbearably sad.
A neighbour from my home town died last week. He died in bed - his wife slept beside him and she woke to find him cold, dead. He too was in his fifties.

So you can be found dead in bed by a person who had slept in the same bed.

If death occurs very suddenly I'm not sure if it's important that someone is with that person at the end. I'm a nurse who has witnessed hundreds of deaths and loved ones are rarely present at the end if death is unexpected.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:53
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Yes many reports are saying that his family have stated that he died peacefully at home but that doesn't necessarily mean they were with him when he died.

Normally when that is the case they usually state died peacefully surrounded by his family. As I said in my earlier post, most of the reports I have read this morning say he was "found" dead in his bed.

His family may have been elsewhere in the house, I don't know... but the reports are making it sound like he was actually alone at the time he passed away.
You never know, it could be they were in the house or went to look for him if he hadn't turned up for lunch or something. The media are a bit hit and miss in what you can take as fact , I know when my Dad died who was terminally ill he was at home with my step mother and she went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea went back in to take him his tea and he had died in those couple of minutes and the paper reported that as "found dead at home" which makes it sound like he was alone but he wasn't , so you never know. But at least it says peaceful which is all anyone can hope for.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:58
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You never know, it could be they were in the house or went to look for him if he hadn't turned up for lunch or something. The media are a bit hit and miss in what you can take as fact , I know when my Dad died who was terminally ill he was at home with my step mother and she went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea went back in to take him his tea and he had died in those couple of minutes and the paper reported that as "found dead at home" which makes it sound like he was alone but he wasn't , so you never know. But at least it says peaceful which is all anyone can hope for.
I stayed with my grandfather all night when he was dying (rest of family went to bed) and he died at around 6am when I went to the kitchen for the first time that night to boil the kettle.

My experience in nursing is that patients oten die at a point when family are taking a short break away.
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Old 26-12-2016, 15:59
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Someone must have been there if they confirmed he died peacefully in his sleep. Otherwise how on earth would they know how he died.
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:07
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Someone must have been there if they confirmed he died peacefully in his sleep. Otherwise how on earth would they know how he died.
Well of course someone found him but whether that was they went upstairs to see him and he had died or they let themselves in to the house and found him who knows. One assumes they feel it was in his sleep as maybe they found him in bed .
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:10
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Well of course someone found him but whether that was they went upstairs to see him and he had died or they let themselves in to the house and found him who knows. One assumes they feel it was in his sleep as maybe they found him in bed .
He died with his family in Goring on Thames. He wasn't alone in the house.
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:14
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A neighbour from my home town died last week. He died in bed - his wife slept beside him and she woke to find him cold, dead. He too was in his fifties.

So you can be found dead in bed by a person who had slept in the same bed.

If death occurs very suddenly I'm not sure if it's important that someone is with that person at the end. I'm a nurse who has witnessed hundreds of deaths and loved ones are rarely present at the end if death is unexpected.

Yes, that's true. That situation is more upsetting for the loved ones who didn't get to say goodbye. If someone dies in hospital though at least there are other people around.

For someone to die at home in their bedroom all alone is desperately sad.


You never know, it could be they were in the house or went to look for him if he hadn't turned up for lunch or something. The media are a bit hit and miss in what you can take as fact , I know when my Dad died who was terminally ill he was at home with my step mother and she went into the kitchen to make a cup of tea went back in to take him his tea and he had died in those couple of minutes and the paper reported that as "found dead at home" which makes it sound like he was alone but he wasn't , so you never know. But at least it says peaceful which is all anyone can hope for.

Yes, I guess it's all pretty ambiguous at the moment.

I really hope he wasn't alone. Either way, it's desperately sad... Gone far too soon.
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Old 26-12-2016, 16:26
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It still hasn't really sunk in for me yet. It's like a dream. A bad one.

Also, it's like the Curse of 2016 said, 'Okay I'm gonna give you one last big celeb death for 2016.' And it did.

Still very weird.
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Old 26-12-2016, 17:17
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I'd been playing and dancing about to Wham! songs on Xmas eve and Xmas day while preparing for dinner x so very sad news. Saw Wham! Lots of times, first at a Capital Radio Junior Best Disco in Town in the shuttlecocks down shorts days then at the Wembley final too. Saw him in his solo times too - an incredible stage presence. Have a pic of me and George somewhere from when I met him and Andrew at Heathrow airport in my 'groupie' days. We lost a young (30s) family member this year and I take some heart that he is in such good company x rip the 2016ers x
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Old 26-12-2016, 17:27
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We've just watched the Ryan Reynolds super hero film Deadpool on Sky Movies, there were so many references to George Michael, Wham and Careless Whisper it was spooky!
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:43
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Such a big talent lost - not only will I miss his music, but also him as a person. He had such a wonderful sense of humour and I loved his wit.

His partner has tweeted this so it doesn't look like he was alone.

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ITs a xmas i will never forget finding your partner dead peacefully in bed first thing in the morning.. I will never stop missing you xx
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Old 26-12-2016, 19:51
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Such a big talent lost - not only will I miss his music, but also him as a person. He had such a wonderful sense of humour and I loved his wit.

His partner has tweeted this so it doesn't look like he was alone.

Fadi Fawaz
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ITs a xmas i will never forget finding your partner dead peacefully in bed first thing in the morning.. I will never stop missing you xx

Oh that is really awful for his partner.

I'm glad that George wasn't alone though.
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Old 26-12-2016, 20:07
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They are showing a documentary about his last concert in Paris on BBC One tomorrow night at 10.
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Old 26-12-2016, 21:16
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Such a big talent lost - not only will I miss his music, but also him as a person. He had such a wonderful sense of humour and I loved his wit.

His partner has tweeted this so it doesn't look like he was alone.

Fadi Fawaz
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ITs a xmas i will never forget finding your partner dead peacefully in bed first thing in the morning.. I will never stop missing you xx
Not so sure I'd be tweeting if my loved one had just died unexpectedly or tweeting that anyway but that's the way the world is now I guess.
Listened to a lot of George's songs today and will watch the concert for sure.
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