George Michael Dead at 53

George Michael, the singer who shot to stardom in the Eighties as a member of Wham! and then as a solo artist, has died. His publicist said he “passed away peacefully at home,” according to the BBC. Michael was 53.

No cause of death was revealed, but police reported that he did not die under suspicious circumstances.

Michael sold more than 100 million albums in his lifetime, bridging teenybopper pop and R&B both with Wham!, a duo that also featured singer Andrew Ridgeley, and as a solo artist.

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22 Comments

  1. In Praise of Gays!
    January 2, 2017

    One thing his many male fans say about him though – he took it like a man :)

  2. No big deal
    December 28, 2016

    Here is a homosexual who displays the sign of the cross as an ear ring on this left ear. One sided ear adornments are well-known signals of gayness from homosexuals to others of their sordid persuasion.

    So this abomination prefers to mock our Lord who specifically states that homosexuality is an abomination and yet still, we are mourning his death?

    All celebrities are satanic demons sent to distract us from the word of God. My he rest in hell where he deserves.

  3. The Truth Be Told
    December 27, 2016

    As Christians we may not be perfect. However, to live such a lifestyle and being proud of it, is an abomination to the Lord.
    These people do not consider that one day they will meet God for their judgment. What will they have to present to Him that He might say, “Come ye blessed of my Father. Possess ye the Kingdom that was prepared for you from the beginning of time.”
    We have reasons to be saddened at the sudden death of one who lived such a lifestyle. We wonder where did that soul go to in eternity? I leave the judgment to God. However, this soul, having lived such a public immoral life and proud of it, cannot be in Heaven.
    If per chance, God who evaluates the lifestyle, how he happened to be one, the manner in which he was nurtured and the influence others had on him, will decide where the soul will go to. However, know that no such person will go straight to Heaven. The rest is your imagination – Purgatory, only if God forgave him.

  4. In Memorium?
    December 27, 2016

    Well he sought salvation in a public toilet with other men and took drugs. Now he is dead and we are supposed to mourn him?

  5. December 26, 2016

    George Michael has left us.

    So many great artists have passed away of late. Some quite unexpectedly.

    It leaves me with a bad felling in my gut. I admired the talent of these people even though I wish it had been used differently. I was awed even more by their accomplishments. Some of them must have been work-a-holics. Otherwise how could they have been so productive?

    Yet the saddest thing of all is that most of them left us no reason to think they had a moment of grace in their lives. It is a moment of illumination when we realize we are lost sinners and only Christ can SAVE us! We understand that on the cross the Savior paid the price in full for our salvation. Oh, what a moment!
    It is when we surrender to Him, and receive HIM as our Savior.

    I am not aware of anything in Mr. Michael\’s life or words that would cause me to think he had ever encountered the risen Christ.

    I invite you to read:

    John 1:12
    Revelation 3:20
    1 John 5:11,12.

    Sincerely, Rev. Donald…

    • JustSayN
      December 27, 2016

      The internet has proven a safe haven to many allowing them the anonymity, to cast judgments, and self-righteous opinions from their proverbial high horses. Rev. Donald Hill DD, as a Christian I will be the 1st to say that I have not memorized bible verses that I may spit out at a moment’s notice, but one thing I know for certain is that no man, woman, or child walking this earth is in the position to judge. There are a couple verses in the bible that says: “Lest no man boast that he is saved except he sees the face of God,” and “For it is by God’s grace, and not your deeds that you are saved.” What anyone does, be it a Pastor, Dr., nurse, teacher, celebrity, destitute, drug addict, prostitute, or murderer, your entry or denial into heaven, (if you believe in heaven or hell), is not guaranteed except by God’s grace not your deeds. The heart of the man or woman standing at the pulpit may not be as pleasing to God as that of the paro, murdered, prostitute. So refrain from your

      • December 28, 2016

        My friend, you do not have a clear understanding of the Bible, especially of the way of salvation.

        I am saddened by the thought that Mr. Michael seems to have died without Christ.

        We are not saved by any good works we do. It is only by believing that Christ paid the penalty for our sins by his sufferings, shed blood, and death on the cross, and by receiving HIM by faith as our personal Savior.

        I encourage you to read in your Bible:

        Isaiah 53:5,6
        Romans 5:6-8
        1 Corinthians 15:1-4
        Romans 1:16
        Ephesians 2:8-10
        John 1:12
        1 John 5:11-13
        1 John 5:11,12

        When we are saved God works an awesome change in our hearts and lives.

        Therefore any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things become new. And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, … (2 Corinthians 5:17,18)

        Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill.

      • JustSayN
        December 29, 2016

        Rev. Donald Hill again I will not regurgitate Folklore nor use it as a shield to hide my iniquities. Thank you so very much for the suggested reading:
        Isaiah 53: 5-6: his dying on the cross has cleansed us from our sins. Every man is cleansed of his sin. Jesus already paid the price.
        Romans 5: 6-8 – Christ died for the ungodly, thereby saving us from ourselves and our sins.
        Romans 1: 16 – Righteousness is all relative, we are all sinners no one walking this earth is righteous, your thoughts my be but your actions may contradict.
        Ephesians 1: 12 – except you see God’s face you cannot claim that you are saved. Salvation is a gift from God, your deeds nor your title guarantees salvation.
        John 1: 12 – Sinners believe in God, you’re a sinner, I’m a sinner and I believe in God.
        1 John 5: 11 12 13 – There is no deadline as to when you can accept God, at the moment of birth or a second before your death.
        Regardless of you lot in life, refrain from judgement it is God’s duty.

    • The Truth Be Told
      December 27, 2016

      A person’s lifestyle is proof of who he/she is. He may have encountered the Risen Lord when he was dying. I have heard through authentic visionaries’ writing that when we die our life is exposed to us. We will see ourselves as we are. We will decide our fate.
      If you can, get the book, Divine Mercy In My Soul, The Diary of St. Faustina. Her book contains messages of Our Lord when He appeared to her and also through divine inspiration. It is all about the Mercy of God; also warnings for us.
      In that book she said God calls out three times to each soul. Some see their souls as scarlet and they condemn themselves.
      We Christians are to pray for everyone with no exception that God might convert them, even on their death bed and while dying; also for the sick and dying. We are to help Our Lord to save souls. In so doing, we will surely save our souls.
      A simple prayer I remember since a child: “Sacred Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have pity on the dying.”
      God bless!

    • JustSayN
      December 29, 2016

      Rev. Donald Hill, loving the sinner doesn’t not condone the sin. So love the sinner, and hate the sin. Man’s iniquities are his burdens to bear, just like you and me, every homosexual, every murderer, every child molester, every thief, every prostitute, every liar, every adulterer, every gossiper, is a child of God, and Jesus paid the ultimate price to ensure our reunion with him. We are all on a leveled playing field as far as God is concerned so sitting in judgement of another does not elevate you from the rest. instead of judging pray for your fellow man. His “sins” may be known but because yours and mine are hidden doesn’t mean that they are not sins. We need to start loving and guiding, as opposed to judging and hating our fellow mankind.

  6. Tjebe fort
    December 26, 2016

    No surprise really, the man smoked nearly 25 joints a day and last year June he checked into a Swiss private clinic to wean him of that marijuana addiction. Smoking kills my friends, whether you famous or not.

    • December 27, 2016

      Tjebe Fort:

      Thank you for this insight and the warning.

      Readers give thumbs down to my comments about marijuana on DNO. They say the weed is not addictive. They tell me I am wrong when I say it causes diseases and bad health. But here is another case history that proves otherwise. :oops: How do my opponents deal with the facts :?:

      Do you think Mr. Michael would check himself into a clinic to get free from marijuana addiction and not try to the best of his ability to break the addiction? Of course not! This shows he WANTED to be free. He obviously was TRYING to break free. But this is evidence that there is more than a natural (chemical) bondage involved. The man – like so many others – was held by a spiritual force.

      Christ is the answer to drugs. He is the answer to sexual perversion, and every other bondage of spirit, soul, and body.

      • December 27, 2016

        Continuation:

        The Bible says

        \’\’Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
        Christ, …\’\’ (2 Corinthians 5:17,18)

        Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill.

  7. dOC
    December 26, 2016

    Michael rejected the unspoken pact. He had an open relationship. He loved anonymous sex. “You only have to turn on the television to see the whole of British society being comforted by gay men who are so clearly gay and so obviously sexually unthreatening,” he told the Guardian’s Simon Hattenstone in 2005. “Gay people in the media are doing what makes straight people comfortable, and automatically my response to that is to say I’m a dirty filthy —–r and if you can’t deal with it, you can’t deal with it.” Or as he put it rather enthusiastically on Twitter: “I have never and will never apologise for my sex life! Gay sex is natural, gay sex is good! Not everybody does it, but … ha ha!”

    • The Truth Be Told
      December 27, 2016

      As the saying, “Oh boy!” Imagine standing before God for your judgment as a homosexual.
      God knows He created man and woman, Adam and Eve; not Adam and Steve.

    • December 28, 2016

      Only a fool brags about his sin.

      This man actually made a mockery of sin and spoke as if sodomy was one big joke.

      Yet he was trapped by this abomination. My experience in the deliverance ministry tells me he struggled just as hard to overcome his homosexuality as he did to break free from marijuana.

      No Christian wants to see it end this way. Mr. Michael made millions of dollars and for years the world laughed with him. Now the devil is laughing at him.

      My friend, you can be delivered and set free. But you must surrender to God and receive Christ as your Lord and Savior. It is not enough to let go of a sin or two that do not agree with you. You must repent :!: Let the Lord take all the filth out of your life.

      No matter how rich or famous you become, no matter how much pleasure you enjoy, the end WILL come. Allow me to leave you with this scripture:

      \”…behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.\” (2 Corinthians 6:2)

      Sincerely,…

  8. December 26, 2016

    Great singer ;he will be missed..

  9. JAH GUIDE
    December 26, 2016

    He caught Pneumonia in 2011, I doubt he fully recovered but fought a long battle, May his soul rest in eternal peace with the creator.

  10. Sandw
    December 26, 2016

    Very sad news. A very talented musician with an amazing voice,

  11. Dominican Bwoi
    December 26, 2016

    Boom bye bye!

    • troll
      December 28, 2016

      :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted:

  12. Roseau River
    December 26, 2016

    RIP

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