Died singer George Michael

In the UK, at the 54th year of life, British singer George Michael died. As the BBC reports , the artist died at home. At the moment, the official cause of death has not been established, the police did not find any "suspicious circumstances" of what happened.

The real name of the singer is Yorgos Kiriacos Panayota. He was born in London on June 25, 1963. His father came to Britain from Cyprus in the 50s and contained a small Greek restaurant. Mother, Englishwoman, was a dancer.

In 1981, Michael and his classmate Andrew Ridge founded the Wham!. The first single Wham "Rap!" It remained by and large unnoticed, but the second one - Young Guns (Go for It) - brought them fame. The song rose to third place in the British hit parade.

The group broke up in 1986, after which George Michael began a solo career. In 1988, he received the Grammy Award for the song I Knew You Were Waiting performed in a duet with an Arett Franklin. In 1989, the artist again won Grammy, but already for the Faith album.

In recent years, the singer has repeatedly fell into criminal reports. In April 1998, he was arrested in a public toilet in Beverly Hills by a police officer in civilian clothes. The singer was charged with depraved actions, he was fined and sentenced to 80 hours of public work.

In 2006, he was arrested, and he was charged with drug storage. In 2010, George Michael was sentenced to eight weeks of imprisonment for driving a car in a state of drug intoxication. He was released after serving half the term. The singer released his last album in 2014.