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Old 26-12-2016, 12:33
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"Do you really want to hurt me? I guess you do 2016 #ripboygeorge I was truly one of your biggest fans"

Sarah Michelle Gellar
I guess she was (obviously) thinking about Boy George. Stoopid..

I'm Duh!
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:38
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He looked and sounded his best on that duet with Elton
One of our finest song writers and singers, we will never see his like again
The Mirror today have published a dreadful photo of George, the last taken apparently, showing him bloated and unrecognisable. Why do they have to be so disrespectful
The dying "peacefully" rather than "suddenly" is bound to give rise to speculation
Goodnight George, "You have been loved"
I'm not going to look at any newspaper headlines about George, particularly from rags such as The Mirror, Daily Fail, etc.

Just disrespectful, freaking rags the whole lot of them
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:38
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SERIOUSLY? Wow how bloody ignorant.
Well not really. Younger people who aren't that in to music over and above what's currently "in" or who are "locked" in to their genre of music will share similar opinions. Also, they won't have been born at the time when George was pretty much writing everybody's soundtrack to the eighties.

A lot of people posed similar questions about prince alongside those who had genuinely never even heard of him.
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:44
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He looked and sounded his best on that duet with Elton
One of our finest song writers and singers, we will never see his like again
The Mirror today have published a dreadful photo of George, the last taken apparently, showing him bloated and unrecognisable. Why do they have to be so disrespectful
The dying "peacefully" rather than "suddenly" is bound to give rise to speculation
Goodnight George, "You have been loved"

I saw that photo and if I hadn't been told it was him I would never have thought it was him, as you say he was unrecognisable.

That photo was only taken 3 months ago, he didn't look a well man IMO.

Very sad to see him looking like that and I agree the tabloids are disrespectful for publishing that photo.
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:48
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Well not really. Younger people who aren't that in to music over and above what's currently "in" or who are "locked" in to their genre of music will share similar opinions. Also, they won't have been born at the time when George was pretty much writing everybody's soundtrack to the eighties.

A lot of people posed similar questions about prince alongside those who had genuinely never even heard of him.
Then they shouldn't be making stupid statements then.
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:55
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His death is clearly very said for his family and friends but the reality is that he hadn't made a song most people cared about for over 20 years. To hear some people, you'd think Christmas had stopped in its tracks for them. If you didn't know him, it's sad news, but not a world-changing, or even day-changing issue.
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Old 26-12-2016, 12:56
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Feel free to start 152,000 threads about all these other people then. Good luck with that.

Why do some people always fail to appreciate that the death one person who touched the lives of so many people *is* more significant than the death of complete strangers?
He didn't 'touch lives'. He made some good records some time in the past. In what way does that equate to touching lives?
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:01
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I hated his music but it's a shame with all his money and he was never happy, RIP
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:01
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Then they shouldn't be making stupid statements then.
No argument from me there, but it is what it is. I'm quite sure there are many people out there who think Justin Bieber is a better artist which is, of course, utterly absurd but people can get very fanatical and precious about "their" artist or genre because they haven't matured enough to know better.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:01
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His death is clearly very said for his family and friends but the reality is that he hadn't made a song most people cared about for over 20 years. To hear some people, you'd think Christmas had stopped in its tracks for them. If you didn't know him, it's sad news, but not a world-changing, or even day-changing issue.

I don't think anyone has suggested that it was.

All I can see is people feeling very sad that someone who has given them pleasure at some point in their lives has passed away suddenly at a relatively young age.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:07
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Quite upsetting really. I grew up with him

Last saw him speeding past me in a car aboot three years ago when walking around Kennington. Had to laugh.
I know that he went to school near Bushey. Knew somebody who went to school with him.

Somebody dying in their 50s doesn't seem that old now. My dad was 55 when he died, so it does happen.

As horrible as this sounds, he did make some good records. It's sad, but I don't see it any more important than somebody unknown dying at that age.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:12
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He didn't 'touch lives'. He made some good records some time in the past. In what way does that equate to touching lives?
Richard Osman doesn't agree with you, he even posted an example of George touching someone's life RICHARD OSMAN TWEET
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:15
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SERIOUSLY? Wow how bloody ignorant.
Why? He is only important to people that liked him. I mean if Messi or Neymar died tomorrow people who don`t watch football wouldn`t really care.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:16
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Richard Osman doesn't agree with you, he even posted an example of George touching someone's life RICHARD OSMAN TWEET
Very generous of him, but not something that means that he touched many lives.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:16
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Richard Osman doesn't agree with you, he even posted an example of George touching someone's life RICHARD OSMAN TWEET
blimey, I wished he'd have touched mine
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:17
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He didn't 'touch lives'. He made some good records some time in the past. In what way does that equate to touching lives?
Music is very important for some of us, you may be surprised to learn.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:17
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Why? He is only important to people that liked him. I mean if Messi or Neymar died tomorrow people who don`t watch football wouldn`t really care.
I love football but would get over Messi's death within an hour, Neymar about two and half minutes
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:19
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He was certainly a great singer songwriter and musician.

I think he came into his own post Wham with albums like Listen Without
Prejudice and Faith. His frustrations with the legal tussles with record companies, the drug use and what I'd guess were some personal inner demons probably didn't help and I doubt we ever saw his full potential.

Very sad news. I always got the impression that he was basically a very decent person who lost his way a bit.

God bless and rest in peace.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:22
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Music is very important for some of us, you may be surprised to learn.
Music is important to me, but I can separate that out from what I would feel if someone I knew died
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:23
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Very generous of him, but not something that means that he touched many lives.
There are many other examples just in the comments of that one tweet, for example one person worked for the Help a London Child charity and said every year he would match all the donations. Having read comments and posts this morning all over various social networks these were not isolated one off donations. Many, many examples of him helping people. That's without the effect his music had on people, gave them pleasure, helped them through difficult times.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:26
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Music is very important for some of us, you may be surprised to learn.
Indeed, I sobbed last night, not just for George, but for my youth and my own mortality, these people came into our lives and had such an influence on what we listened to, how we acted, what we wore, we would have to be pretty cold and heartless for it not to affect us in some way.

I was almost 17 when young guns came out, I immediately fell in love with George, I even had a YOG ring which I wore always until I had my first baby in '91 and it had to be cut off my swollen hand,lol

I am still sad today, I have watched some you tube videos and I will continue to be a bit sad for a couple of days I expect, it's just how music and the people that make it, affect us as humans.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:26
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4Music has a half hour of his vids repeated through the day. Next airing in a few mins.
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:26
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There are many other examples just in the comments of that one tweet, for example one person worked for the Help a London Child charity and said every year he would match all the donations. Having read comments and posts this morning all over various social networks these were not isolated one off donations. Many, many examples of him helping people. That's without the effect his music had on people, gave them pleasure, helped them through difficult times.
It's been said today that he donated a huge amount of time and money to childline but did it privately.

He does seem to have been a caring, generous soul who didn't cope that well with fame
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:27
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There are many other examples just in the comments of that one tweet, for example one person worked for the Help a London Child charity and said every year he would match all the donations. Having read comments and posts this morning all over various social networks these were not isolated one off donations. Many, many examples of him helping people. That's without the effect his music had on people, gave them pleasure, helped them through difficult times.

what about all the people that drove off Beechy Head when Last christmas came on the radio for the millionth time, they don't have a voice anymore ?
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Old 26-12-2016, 13:28
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This is honestly getting really weird this year now. It actually feels weird. It's making me think more than ever there really is a God, he wants lots of top entertainment up there in the sky, and has summoned up more than ever this year!

RIP the legend George Micheal
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