"Last Christmas": George Michael's Tragic Death

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George Michael&#039;s &quot;Last Christmas&quot; sweetens the festive season, but his tragic death on Christmas day seven years ago still lingers. Do you know what his cause of death was?

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00:00 For nearly 40 years, Last Christmas has been played continuously during the holiday season.

00:06 George Michael passed away suddenly on Christmas Day 2016, and his voice has been missed ever

00:11 since.

00:13 George Michael co-founded Wham! alongside Andrew Ridgely in 1981.

00:19 Together, in 1984, they created one of the most iconic Christmas songs of all time, Last

00:25 Christmas.

00:26 Decades later, on December 25, 2016, George Michael tragically passed away at his home

00:32 in Oxfordshire, England, at the age of just 53.

00:36 His partner, Vaati Fawaz, found the singer lifeless in bed on Christmas Day.

00:42 Billboard magazine reported that the last Christmas legend died of heart failure, according

00:46 to his manager, Michael Lipman.

00:49 An autopsy determined that George Michael had an enlarged heart muscle known as dilated

00:53 cardiomyopathy.

00:56 It was also found that he had an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle and fatty liver.

01:01 George Michael was laid to rest at Highgate North London Cemetery in London.

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