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The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer, is said to have "passed away peacefully at home" in Goring, Oxfordshire.
Thames Valley Police say they are treating the death as unexplained but there were no suspicious circumstances.
George Michael, the creamy-voiced English songwriter who sold tens of millions of albums as a member of the duo Wham! and on his own, was found dead on Sunday at his home in Goring in Oxfordshire, England. He was 53.
A police statement said: Thames Valley Police were called to a property in Goring-on-Thames shortly before 2 p.m. Christmas Day. 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.
Mr. Michaels manager, Michael Lippman, told The Hollywood Reporter that Mr. Michael had died of heart failure in bed, lying peacefully.
It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period, his publicist Connie Filippello said in a statement. The family would ask that their privacy be respected at this difficult and emotional time. There will be no further comment at this stage.
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
Mr. Michael was one of pops reigning stars in the 1980s and 90s first as a handsome, smiling teen-pop idol making lighthearted singles like Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go with Wham!, then arriving as a grown-up pop sex symbol with his 1987 album Faith.
Whisper and Father Figure, as well as buoyant dance tracks like Freedom 90 and I Want Your Sex. For much of his career, including his best-selling albums Faith and Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, he was also his own producer and studio backup band. Much of his music drew on R&B, old and new, but his melodic gift extended across genres.
He won a Grammy Award in 1988 for I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me), a duet with Aretha Franklin, and Faith won the Grammy for album of the year. In Britain, he was showered with awards, and in 2004, Britains Radio Academy said he had been the most-played performer on British radio from 1984 to 2004.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/arts/music/george-michael-dead.html?_r=0
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