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My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.

George Michael

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George Michael
Age: 53 †
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
Died: 2016
Died: December 25
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Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
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