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Thread: George Michael R.I.P.
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I recall "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" and nothing else of his music. The video resembled a milk commercial, and he looked every bit a clean cut Disney boy. Too young for a heart attack. Tough time of year to go.
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Golden Key
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He wasn't really on my radar, until his recurring cameos on the TV series "Eli Stone". He'd show up in Eli's visions and perform. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Light and peace to him. ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
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Pangolin Guerre
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The CBC National News this evening, in reporting George Michael's death, paid extensive attention to the degree of his philanthropy. I don't remember everything mentioned, but, e.g., ca. £2m to the Terrence Higgins Trust, $8,000 tip to a barmaid who was deeply in debt studying nursing, anonymous volunteering at a woman's shelter, some huge sum to a children's aid line in the UK. A few others escape my memory. It was all quite impressive.
I was never a fan of his music, but he seems to have left the world better than he found it. Or, at least he tried.
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Dennis the Menace
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quote:
Originally posted by Pangolin Guerre:
The CBC National News this evening, in reporting George Michael's death, paid extensive attention to the degree of his philanthropy. I don't remember everything mentioned, but, e.g., ca. £2m to the Terrence Higgins Trust, $8,000 tip to a barmaid who was deeply in debt studying nursing, anonymous volunteering at a woman's shelter, some huge sum to a children's aid line in the UK. A few others escape my memory. It was all quite impressive.
I was never a fan of his music, but he seems to have left the world better than he found it. Or, at least he tried.
Nothing for his partner??
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Pangolin Guerre
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I don't think that they mentioned any partner. But, given how recent George Michael's death, it's not a surprise that the details of the will are not yet public - if ever. The report recounted just what he had done over the years while alive.
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Og: Thread Killer
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Freedom 90 is a hell of a good track and what he did with Somebody to Love at the Freddie Mercury memorial concert was breathtakingly powerful.
As a person, he had issues and demons, like many of us.
His music? He's no Prince or Bowie but he did capture a time period. He was also important to many in how he handled having to come out in a time when being out was difficult for any entertainer.
His zenith is to be mourned and by all accounts, his generosity as well.
R.I.P.
[ 29. December 2016, 02:59: Message edited by: Og: Thread Killer ]
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Kelly Alves
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Yeah, he was probably one of the few people on earth who could go near a Freddie Mercury song.
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