cheesed off.Did you know that George Michael had passed away!!!

[colyboy]

If you don,t know where have you been?

I am just about cheesed off with all the hype on the radio, press and Tv about GM. Next thing they will want is a state funeral!,

Colyboy

 

[Janine]

Each to his own - I thought he was a lovely, generous man.

 

[Forestboy]

Each to his own - I thought he was a lovely, generous man.

Me too.
Don't see the need for negative comments.

 

[dabhand]

Funny how people don't moan when it's about Aleppo every night all death is a shame I suppose!

 

[Mikey RV]

Your radio and tv has a off button, push it if you don't like what's on there.

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[CWH]

I'm afraid I have to agree with @colyboy who is after all making 'negative comments' about the media, not about George Michael.
And there's something of a difference in scale when compared with Aleppo, over 80 people killed on one day mid-December. (And that's 'killed' rather than died naturally.)
Yes, death is a shame. Yes, his is an untimely death. Yes, he was well-known. Yes, he seems to have been a nice person as well as a 'celeb'.
However: world news top headline on every channel for at least a quarter of each programme?
And yes, the TV/ radio have 'off' buttons - but what if you're wanting to know about other world news?

 

[buttons]

I think to add to this thread would just encourage it. George Michael was a national superstar and world icon who has generated millions for this country sold 100 million records and had numerous number one hits across the globe with a huge fan base across the entire planet. What is the problem you have with this generous talented individual who died long before his time...

 

[Popeye]

Next thing they will want is a state funeral

He was good, but I don't think even he would have wanted that.

 

[Tykatem]

Pete

 

[Sandancers]

I would agree with the OP on the point that the coverage of George's death, or any celeb these days, is well over the top. Nothing against George personally, sure he was a very nice person, but the news of 100 Russians killed in a plane crash was well overshadowed by one person's death.

If George had died one day earlier I'd suggest the media might have cancelled the Queens Speech to cover it.

Of course for the media it's manner from Heaven, cheap and easy reporting, play loads of old songs and get other celebs and fans to say what a great person the deceased was.

But better get used to it folks, as many of the greats are approaching an age where the man with the scythe could be a visitor. A big problem for the media would be if any two of the greats died on the same day. Imagine if Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger died on the same day, no other news would get a look in. If I was Putin and wanted to invade somewhere, that's the day to do it !

As I've said before, we should have an obituary channel, the news reports a death and the obituary channel goes into to all the detail.

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[Mikey RV]

I expect if you watched Russian tv the plane crash would have over shadowed George Michaels news.

 

[CWH]

What is the problem you have with this generous talented individual who died long before his time...

Nobody on this thread so far has ANY 'problem' with George Michael. As I said before:

'negative comments' about the media, not about George Michael

I think to add to this thread would just encourage it.

So did you then add to it just to prove your point? - it worked (& made me smile, which is some achievement right now )

 

[Bailey58]

I think we had a similar thread earlier this year on the amount of airtime given to a deceased celebrity, probably Terry Wogan. A bigger loss to me was Rick Parfitt but only because I was a great Quo fan from the 60's and he hasn't had the same coverage as George Michael. He, like pop music in general, passed me by from the mid 70's when I/we were in business and bring up a young family. They both led the sort of life that was always going to bring them an untimely end and in Michael's case for more unsavoury reasons in the eyes of some.

 

[The Wino]

Must be a sign of being famous when the press have your obituary ready just in case.....sadly. I suspect most think it is overdone when its someone they don't like or like me when its a royal and I'm not interested but if its what people want it will continue.

 

[buttons]

I think we had a similar thread earlier this year on the amount of airtime given to a deceased celebrity, probably Terry Wogan. A bigger loss to me was Rick Parfitt but only because I was a great Quo fan from the 60's and he hasn't had the same coverage as George Michael. He, like pop music in general, passed me by from the mid 70's when I/we were in business and bring up a young family. They both led the sort of life that was always going to bring them an untimely end and in Michael's case for more unsavoury reasons in the eyes of some.

Wasn't it a suspected heart failure in his sleep. How unsavory can it get....

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[PeteH]

Like Many "Celeb`s" these days he was probably a victim of his Life Choices, which is far different from life style. Money and Fame are difficult bedfellows. As many in and of his chosen profession before him have discovered.

 

[Charlie123]

Yes I heard..


I'm never gonna dance again

My guilty feet ain't got no rhythm ......

 

[Charlie123]

I think we had a similar thread earlier this year on the amount of airtime given to a deceased celebrity, probably Terry Wogan. A bigger loss to me was Rick Parfitt but only because I was a great Quo fan from the 60's and he hasn't had the same coverage as George Michael. He, like pop music in general, passed me by from the mid 70's when I/we were in business and bring up a young family. They both led the sort of life that was always going to bring them an untimely end and in Michael's case for more unsavoury reasons in the eyes of some.

He was a warm generous man.

If he chose drugs which is not proven or alcohol both are an illness almost that comes with the pressures of the job.

He was gay but there is no law against that and in today's tolerant society that was his and no one else's business.

As a performer he was hugely talented and as above a warm down to earth and realistic human being.

 

[laird of Dunstan]

carrie fisher has just joined him

 

[My Dog Likes Fishing]

Sick!

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[Bognor Saint]

Amongst other gifts of money he donated the royalties of one of his hits to Childline, something over 2 million pounds.

 

[Bailey58]

Very generous man by all accounts and, agreed, being gay was, and is, not illegal, not so his arrest in the USA where If I remember right he he was caught in a compromising situation which was the unsavoury aspect I was referring to. None of that detracts from the fact he was a wonderful entertainer idolised by many but like many he had his demons.

 

[Vanman]

Not sure why I copy this here other than it may be of some interest to some ... one or two had sneaked past me

List of celebrity deaths so far this year..
January 10 David Bowie, 69, Rock icon
January 14 Alan Rickman, 69, Actor
January 18 Glenn Frey, 67, Eagles rocker
January 23 Jimmy Bain, 68, Rainbow rock star
January 30 Frank Finlay, 89, Acting great
January 31 Terry Wogan, 77, TV & radio legend
February 3 Maurice White, 74, Earth Wind & Fire star
February 19 Harper Lee, 89, To Kill A Mockingbird author
February 28 Frank Kelly, 77, Father Ted star
February 28 George Kennedy, 91, Movie great
March 1 Tony Warren, 79, Coronation St creator
March 8 George Martin, 90, Beatles producer
March 11 Keith Emerson, 71, ELP rock legend
March 15 Sylvia Anderson, 88, Lady Penelope
March 16 Frank Sinatra Junior, 72, Sinatra’s singer son
March 17 Paul Daniels, 77, Comedy magician
March 29 Patty Duke, 69, Child star
March 31 Ronnie Corbett, 85, Comedy legend
March 31 Denise Robertson, 83, TV agony aunt
April 6 Merle Haggard, 79, Country legend
April 12 David Gest, 62, TV personality
April 20 Victoria Wood, 62, Comedy genius
April 20 Joanie “Chyna” Laurer, 46, WWE wrestling legend
April 21 Lonnie Mack, 74, Blues guitar great
April 21 Prince, 57, Pop icon
April 21 Guy Hamilton, 93, Bond director
April 24 Billy Paul, 80, Chart star
May 17 Guy Clark, 74, Country legend
May 19 John Berry, 52, Beastie Boys star
May 19 Alan Young, 96, Mister Ed TV star
May 21 Nick Menza, 51, Megadeth drummer
May 24 Burt Kwouk, 85, Pink Panther star
May 31 Carla Lane, 87, Liver Birds writer
June 3 Muhammad Ali, 74, Boxing legend
June 14 Henry McCullough, 72, Wings guitarist
June 19 Anton Yelchin, 27, Star Trek’s Chekov
June 24 Bernie Worrall, 72, Funkadelic star
June 28 Scotty Moore, 84, Elvis’s guitarist
July 2 Caroline Aherne, 52, Comedy actress
July 16 Alan Vega, 78, Suicide punk pioneer
August 13 Kenny Baker, 81, Star Wars’ R2-D2
August 15 Dalian Atkinson, 48, Villa cup hero
August 29 Gene Wilder, 83, Comic genius
September 11 Alexis Arquette, 47, Transgender actress
September 17 Charmian Carr, 73, Sound of Music’s Liesl
September 25 Arnold Palmer, 87, Golfing legend
October 14 Jean Alexander, 90, Corrie’s Hilda Ogden
October 23 Pete Burns, 57, Dead or Alive chart star
October 24 Bobby Vee, 73, 1960s teen idol
November 7 Leonard Cohen, 82, Iconic singer & writer
November 11 Robert Vaughn, 83, Veteran actor
November 13 Leon Russell, 74, US rock legend
November 24 Colonel Abrams, 67, 80s chart star
November 25 Florence Henderson, 82, Brady Bunch star
November 26 Ron Glass, 71, US TV star
December 1 Andrew Sachs, 86, Fawlty Towers star
December 6 Peter Vaughan, 93, Game of Thrones star
December 7 Ian Cartwright, 52, Wolves midfielder
December 8 John Glenn, 95, First to orbit Earth
December 8 Greg Lake, 69, ELP legend
December 10 AA Gill, 62, Writer & critic
December 10 Ian McCaskill, 78, TV weatherman
December 12 Walter Swinburn, 55, Derby winning jockey
December 18 Zsa Zsa Gabor, 99, Actress
December 24 Rick Parfitt, 68, Quo Rocker
December 25 George Michael, 53, Singer
December 26 Liz Smith, 95, Actress
December 27 Richard Adams, 96, Author
December 27 Carrie Fisher, 60, Actress

 

[iandsm]

Sick!

Would you please expand your comment, what do you mean, what is sick ?