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

I'm Duh!

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

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.

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.

Then they shouldn't be making stupid statements then.

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.

He didn't 'touch lives'. He made some good records some time in the past. In what way does that equate to touching lives?

I hated his music but it's a shame with all his money and he was never happy, RIP

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.

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.

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.

Richard Osman doesn't agree with you, he even posted an example of George touching someone's life RICHARD OSMAN TWEET

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.

Very generous of him, but not something that means that he touched many lives.

blimey, I wished he'd have touched mine

Music is very important for some of us, you may be surprised to learn.

I love football but would get over Messi's death within an hour, Neymar about two and half minutes

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.

Music is important to me, but I can separate that out from what I would feel if someone I knew died

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.

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.

4Music has a half hour of his vids repeated through the day. Next airing in a few mins.

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

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 ?

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