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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael, who died yesterday, from suspected heart failure, at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. he rose to fame with the pop duo wham, enjoying global success in the eighties, before leaving to forge a successful solo career. but he struggled with the pressures of fame and press attention. his bandmate andrew ridgeley said he was heartbroken at the loss of a beloved friend . 0ur arts editor will gompertz looks back at his life. # wham bam, i am a man #. wearing a bikerjacket and a white tee, george michael takes his first steps into the limelight as one half of the pop duo, whami. back then, he had big hair and a perma tan it was his idea of early ‘80s glam. the reality was a little different. so they stuck us in this hotel that couldn t have been more than 80p a night. i was sleeping the night before my first t ....
abe is making an historic visit to hawaii 75 years after the attack in pearl harbor which brought the united states into the second world war. he has been paying tribute at the national memorial cemetery in the national memorial cemetery in the pacific. he wanted to send a message that japan will never repeat the atrocities of past wars. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us battleships crippling of the pacific fleet and killing over 2000 americans. survivors recalled the bustling port on for hours. i was trying to put out the fire and also trying to them arise if the nametags so i could write to the parents and tell them what happened to their son. setting japanese prime minister after 75 yea rs japanese prime minister after 75 years will attend a memorial, arriving to reaffirm a solemn promise never to repeat the horrors of that war. it was also hold a final meeting with the outgoing us president. they have developed str ....
the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. the visit began with mr abe paying tribute to american military personnel buried at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. before he left tokyo, mr abe said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. laura bicker reports. archive: december 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us battleships, crippling the pacific fleet and killing over 2000 americans. survivors recalled that the once bustling port burned for hours. i had a fire hose in one hand, trying to put out the fires, and with the other i went around memorising these nametags so i could write to their parents and tell them what happened to their son. after 75 years, a sitting japanese pri ....
the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, is making a historic visit to hawaii, 75 years after the japanese attack on pearl harbor that brought the united states into the second world war. first, shinzo abe paid tribute to the american dead at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. before he left tokyo, he said he wanted to send a message that japan would never repeat the atrocities of past wars. laura bicker reports. archive: december 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy. the japanese attacks came in waves during a deadly two hours. bombs ripped through us battleships, crippling the pacific fleet and killing over 2000 americans. survivors recalled that the once bustling port burned for hours. i had a fire hose in one hand, trying to put out the fires, and with the other i went around memorising these nametags so i could write to their parents and tell them what happened to their sons. after 75 years, a sitting japanese prime minister will attend a servic ....
news at lipm. now on bbc news, david bowie, ronnie corbett and victoria wood just a few of those who left us this year, and whose lives are celebrated in review 2016: we remember part two. # now i ve heard there was a secret chord that david played.#. i only do the kind music that i can do. i would like to do many other kinds. but with the limits of my talent i m obliged to do my own kind of songs. # it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, # the minorfourth, the major lift, # the baffled king composing hallelujah. ..#. # yes, suzanne takes you down to her place.# i loved his car, which he wore like a snail shell everywhere. you know, if we sold 400 books of poetry in canada, then we considered ourselves to be well on our way to immortality. but i couldn t pay my rent. in hindsight, it seems like a mad decision that i was going to rectify my economic situation by becoming a singer. # i remember you well in the chelsea hotel. # you were talking so brave and so sweet # ....