Fans worldwide are showing an outpouring of emotions over the death of singer George Michael, whose death at age 53 of heart failure was announced Sunday.
Michael, who started out as one half of the pop duo WHAM! along with Andrew Ridgely during the early 80s had sold more than 100 million records over the course of his career. During his solo years, he had multi-platinum hits including “Careless Whisper,” “Faith,” “I Want Your Sex,” “Father Figure,” “Kissing a Fool,” “Fastlove,” and “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” which he recorded with Elton John.
Upon hearing of his death — particularly on Christmas Day, the social media world reacted with sadness.
” @maryjblige and @georgemichael ~ their remake of #steviewonder‘s AS says it all to me..” #georgemichael “ALWAYS!!!” pic.twitter.com/Fy3wx2PJWE
— MAXWELL (@_MAXWELL_) December 26, 2016
IN MEMORY OF A TRUE POP LEGEND • George Michael 1963-2016
Remembering him w this 1985 Apollo performance with Stevie Wonder. pic.twitter.com/AETQp2QzRd
— Apollo Theater (@ApolloTheater) December 26, 2016
Did a few shows with Wham! in the 80s. Remembering George Michael covering Ain’t Nobody in 91. https://t.co/bxN6jrKTEq ❤ — Chaka Khan (@ChakaKhan) December 26, 2016
“Well there’s one year of my life in these songs
And some of them are about you…” https://t.co/IjhMptDTUP— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) December 26, 2016
Trust me, you want this list. Really enjoying the trip down memory lane. https://t.co/aMawX73clB
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 26, 2016
I feel very sad and shocked to hear the news about George Michael today.. He meant such a lot to the millions of… https://t.co/7DUy6IT3pl — Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) December 26, 2016
Bowie, Rickman, Wogan, Corbett, Wood, Prince, Parfitt, and now George Michael. Could someone tell the Grim Reaper he’s using the wrong list.
— Prince Charles (@Charles_HRH) December 26, 2016
