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george michael has been announced. he was 53. he shot to fame in the 1980s as half of the band wham, and went on to have a hugely successful solo career. he s sold more than 80 million records worldwide. his publicist says he passed away peacefully at his home just outside london on sunday. andy moore looks back at his life. # well, i hadn t seen your face around town a while, so i greeted you, with a knowing smile. he burst onto the scene in the early 1980s when he formed wham with andrew ridgeley. the duo had number one singles around the world. they even conquered china, becoming the first western pop band to perform there. george michael loved fame but never became used to it. to be obviously a part of people s lives as an artist, that s what i dreamed of and that s what i m still grateful for. but my god, i wish i could cope with the other stuff the way other people do. i wish i d been born with that particular suit of armour, you know, because i wasn t. # you know ....
# i ve got to have faith # i ve got to have faith #to # i ve got to have faith # to the heart and mind # to the heart and mind # ignorance is kind # ignorance is kind # there s no comfort in the truth # there s no comfort in the truth # pain is the heart you ll find # pain is the heart you ll find # i m never going to dance again. # i m never going to dance again. #if # i m never going to dance again. # if you re looking for fast love # if you re looking for fast love # fast love in your eyes # fast love in your eyes # let s go outside # let s go outside #in # let s go outside # in the sunshine # in the sunshine # in the sunshine # i know you want to but you can t say # let s go outside # let s go outside # you smiled at me likejesus to a child. let s have a look at the weather now with jay wynne. thank you, joanna. it was a very mild christmas day, today temperatures back down to nearer the norm. this picture taken not so long ago in barnsley, south yorkshire, lovely b ....
are expected to hit the high street, although footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. and the dateline london panel look ahead to 2017 and discuss brexit, migration and donald trump. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the boom boom into my heart #. suntans, bleached hair and upbeat songs propelled wham to number one around the world. they even conquered china. # last christmas i gave you my heart # but the very next day you gave it away #. their most famous song heard every year will now have added poignancy. born georgios kyriacos panayiotou in north london, george michael was 1 ....
the sense of loss here is as profound as anywhere. today s other news russia begins a day of national mourning for those who died when a military plane crashed into the black sea. the former governor of the bank of england, lord king, suggests the uk would benefit economically by pulling out of the single market completely, when it leaves the eu. also this hour the tills start jingling as shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the scenes in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals but footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. one of the biggest pop stars of the ‘80s and ‘90s, george michael, has died. he was 53, and is believed to have had heart failure. he rose to fame as one half of the group, wham! and went on to have a successful solo career. he sold 100 million albums worldwide and had 11 uk number ones. nick quraishi looks back at his life. # you put the ....
jingling as shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the scenes in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals but footfall may be down due to pre christmas discounts. and it s been such an intense year in british politics is enough to make you want to escape to a log cabin in the middle of nowhere. i m going to review it all in half an hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael who died last arrived from suspected heart failure at the age ofjust 53. his career spanned four decades. he left to fame with wham!, enjoyed global success to fame with wham!, enjoyed global success in the 1980s and then forged a successful solo career. he struggled with presentation and his band members said that he was bereft at the loss of his friend. george michael doing what we did best. even then, he was potentially a music superstar. he and his school formed one in the 1980s. fo ....