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It does bother me when they [tabloids] drag friends of mine into it and talk about them and lie about them. My friends have no part in it they're not celebrities, so why should they have to accept the downside of celebrity? That worries me for a bit.

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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