VaKim Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38432862 What a year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Wow. I wonder what happened. I didn't realize he had been ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Just saw it pop up on BBC. ARGH!!!!!!! And only 53. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I'm surprised he was only 53...I would have guessed he was several years older than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Oh man and he was so young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwdiaz Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I saw a few min ago when I got online to check for news of Carrie Fisher. So gutted. What talent. [emoji26] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wow. I wonder what happened. I didn't realize he had been ill. The news I saw said he was not suffering an illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Coast Sue Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 No! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocomom63 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 This is just devastating. He's MY age for cryin' out loud! And oh how I love his music! Their first album, Make It Big is one of my summertime favorites. And Freedom 90 with that video with all those models - I still listen to it all the time. So sad. :-( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wtf I am just too old for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 No way was he only 53. That's only 2 years older than me and he was "old" when I was in high school. He seemed old anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I am ready for 2016 to kick itself in the behind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 This really guts me. What a crappy year.Saw him in concert back in 1987 or 1988. Such an amazing performer. :( :( :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I just opened facebook and saw a post on this. Had to look it up to confirm. :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I'm surprised he was only 53...I would have guessed he was several years older than that. Yes, I'm five years younger and I was thinking....man, he sure lived a lot more than I have. According to TMZ, he died from heart failure. Imagine the concert going on in heaven right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 My childhood is dying. May his memory be a blessing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkmint Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Oh man. "Last Christmas" indeed. :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I just watched the movie Keanu, the movie about guys who infiltrate murderous drug dealers to . One guys spend multiple scenes talking his love of George Michael, and it's very sincere. It was nice to have that reminder about how good George Michael was right before hearing this sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Yeah, I saw this trending on Facebook and had to look it up too. I couldn't believe it. I was hoping it was fake news. Sadly, not so. Ya know, we are just getting older. I don't think this year has been any worse. We are hitting that stage of life where entertainers we watched as teens are statistically more likely to die. It's going to continue to accelerate. My poor parents are 80 and it has been hard to watch them lose so many of their friends and family over the past 20 years. My dad is the last of his siblings still alive. He feels alone. Almost all of his high school buddies are gone. He's one of the last holding those memories. This is life. Edited December 26, 2016 by PollyOR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) We are hitting that stage of life where entertainers we watched as teens are statistically more likely to die. It's going to continue to accelerate. Well, yeah, but the average life expectancy for 53yo males is still 26.9 years: http://life-span.healthgrove.com/ (That said, lifestyle does matter, of course) ETA: At 53, some 93 are still alive out of 100 people born. Edited December 26, 2016 by luuknam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Yes, I'm five years younger and I was thinking....man, he sure lived a lot more than I have. According to TMZ, he died from heart failure. Imagine the concert going on in heaven right now. I had no idea he had heart issues! I'd read he had pneumonia or something so I assumed it was from something related to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I had no idea he had heart issues! I'd read he had pneumonia or something so I assumed it was from something related to that. Just about everyone dies of heart failure.it doesn't necessarily mean that they had something wrong with their heart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just about everyone dies of heart failure.it doesn't necessarily mean that they had something wrong with their heart I guess that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Well, yeah, but the average life expectancy for 53yo males is still 26.9 years: http://life-span.healthgrove.com/ (That said, lifestyle does matter, of course) ETA: At 53, some 93 are still alive out of 100 people born. I am more surprised that so many entertainers from the 80s are still alive than they are starting to die. When it is said that drug use shortens life expectancy it is not just from overdoses that they die. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommybee Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 So sad.....Listen Without Predjudice is my all time favorite album that has comforted me through some rough times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I am more surprised that so many entertainers from the 80s are still alive than they are starting to die. When it is said that drug use shortens life expectancy it is not just from overdoses that they die. I agree... that's why I said lifestyle matters. I did just look through the BBC's lists of famous entertainers who died in 2013-2015, and aside from a couple of drug (heroin) OD's in 2013, the youngest person to die whose name I recognized was Iain Banks, 59 (cancer). So, 53 still seems on the young side (that said, I didn't look further back than 2013 - maybe the past few years have just been unusually quiet). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Such a beautiful voice. I have the house to myself today. I'm thinking some Wham! on vinyl as I work through the post-Christmas disaster that is my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I hadn't realized he was only a few years older than me. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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