Pop Star George Michael Dies Peacefully At Home Aged 53

George Michael has died at his home in Oxfordshire. The musician’s publicist said that he had ‘passed away peacefully’ at his property in Goring at 1.42pm today. Michael, 53, had previously battled drug addiction and came close to death after suffering from a bout of pneumonia in 2011.  However, the circumstances around his death are currently unexplained and police are not treating the death as suspicious.

Thames Valley Police said officers were called to a property in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, shortly before 2pm on Christmas Day. A spokesman said: ‘Sadly, a 53-year-old man was confirmed deceased at the scene. At this stage the death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.’ Michael, who was set to release a documentary in 2017, rose to fame as a member of Wham!, known for their hits Club Tropicana and Last Christmas. The singer – whose real name is Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – sold more than 100 million albums throughout a career spanning almost four decades.