George Michael – cause of death not clarified – NRK

* Full name: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. Michaels mother was English while his father was greskkypriot.

* Born: 25. June 1963. Death: 25. December 2016.

* Had a 35-year-long musikkarriere with over 100 million records sold.

* Was first known as the lead singer of the duo Wham, together with Andrew Ridgeley in the 1980s. They had hits like “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”, “Careless Whisper” and juleklassikeren “Last Christmas”.

*the Duo went after each and every its way, and George Michael achieved new success as a solo artist. The debut album “Faith” sold over 20 million copies.

* the 19-year-old, he told his relatives that he was bisexual, but it took another 15 years

before he was raised up with his orientation in an interview with CNN.

* He participated in several veldedighetsprosjekter, and sang among other things on the Band Aid single “Do they know it’s Christmas” in 1984. He was the patron of the Elton Johns aids foundation.