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My dad worked in a very typical first-generation immigrant fashion - 24 hours a day for years.

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