<p>A post-mortem examination on the body of pop icon George Michael, who died on Christmas Day after a chart-topping career and years of drug-taking, has proved &quot;inconclusive&quot;, police said on Friday.</p>

<p>&quot;The cause of death is inconclusive and further tests will now be carried out. The results of these tests are unlikely to be known for several weeks,&quot; a police statement said.</p>

<p>Police said earlier they were treating his death as &quot;unexplained but not suspicious&quot;. The post-mortem was carried out on Thursday.</p>

<p>Michael&#39;s partner Fadi Fawaz said he had found the star &quot;lying peacefully&quot; in bed at his home in the village of Goring on the River Thames west of London.</p>

<p>His manager Michael Lippman told Billboard magazine that the cause of death appeared to be heart failure.</p>

<p>Tributes have poured in all week from heartbroken fans leaving flowers, candles and emotional messages outside his homes in Goring and London.</p>

<p>Michael&#39;s family said Tuesday they were &quot;touched&quot; by the long line of tributes, including ones from Madonna and Elton John.</p>

<p>&quot;The family and close friends of George have been touched beyond words by the incredible outpouring of love for him in the hours and days since his death,&quot; the singer&#39;s publicist said in a statement.</p>

<p>&quot;Contrary to some reports, there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and from the bottom of our hearts we thank those who, rightly, have chosen to celebrate his life and legacy&quot;.</p>

<p><strong>Quiet philanthropist</strong></p>

<p>&quot;Last Christmas&quot;, one of Michael&#39;s best-selling singles from his time in the pop duo Wham!, returned to the British charts, the Official Charts Company said on Friday.</p>

<p>The festive hit climbed to number seven in the charts -- its first time in the top 10 sales since it was released 31 years ago.</p>

<p>The song has also become the second most streamed track of the week, with 3.6 million streams.</p>

<p>Michael notched up police cautions for cannabis and crack cocaine possession in his final years and in 2010 was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after crashing his 4x4 into a London shop while under the influence of cannabis and prescription medication.</p>

<p>In 2011, he spent several weeks in hospital in Vienna after contracting pneumonia while on tour, later saying he had come close to death.</p>

<p>Stories about Michael&#39;s quiet philanthropy for children and HIV charities have been shared widely since his death, as well as a report of his anonymous &pound;15,000 (17,600 euro, $18,400) donation to a woman who could not conceive to get IVF treatment.</p>

<p>Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother in north London in 1963, Michael shot to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million records in his career.</p>

<p>He met Andrew Ridgeley at high school and the pair went on to form Wham! in 1981.&nbsp;</p>

<p>With their good looks, perma-tans, highlighted hair and hedonistic image, the duo captured the go-getting spirit of the age and fast became one of Britain&#39;s biggest pop acts with a string of hits including &quot;Last Christmas&quot; and &quot;Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go&quot;.</p>

<p>Michael only revealed in public that he was gay in 1998 after being arrested by police in Los Angeles. He went on to become a major campaigner and donor for gay rights and HIV charities.</p>

<p>The star later said he had not wanted to come out while his mother was still alive because she would be concerned he had contracted HIV.</p>

<p>(AFP)</p>


Police said earlier they were treating his death as 'unexplained but not suspicious'

A post-mortem examination on the body of pop icon George Michael, who died on Christmas Day after a chart-topping career and years of drug-taking, has proved "inconclusive", police said on Friday. "The cause of death is inconclusive and further tests will now be carried out. The results of these tests are unlikely to be known for several weeks," a police statement said. Police said earlier they were treating his death as "unexplained but not suspicious". The post-mortem was carried out on Thursday. Michael's partner Fadi Fawaz said he had found the star "lying peacefully" in bed at his home in the village of Goring on the River Thames west of London. His manager Michael Lippman told Billboard magazine that the cause of death appeared to be heart failure. Tributes have poured in all week from heartbroken fans leaving flowers, candles and emotional messages outside his homes in Goring and London. Michael's family said Tuesday they were "touched" by the long line of tributes, including ones from Madonna and Elton John. "The family and close friends of George have been touched beyond words by the incredible outpouring of love for him in the hours and days since his death," the singer's publicist said in a statement. "Contrary to some reports, there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death and from the bottom of our hearts we thank those who, rightly, have chosen to celebrate his life and legacy". Quiet philanthropist "Last Christmas", one of Michael's best-selling singles from his time in the pop duo Wham!, returned to the British charts, the Official Charts Company said on Friday. The festive hit climbed to number seven in the charts -- its first time in the top 10 sales since it was released 31 years ago. The song has also become the second most streamed track of the week, with 3.6 million streams. Michael notched up police cautions for cannabis and crack cocaine possession in his final years and in 2010 was sentenced to eight weeks in jail after crashing his 4x4 into a London shop while under the influence of cannabis and prescription medication. In 2011, he spent several weeks in hospital in Vienna after contracting pneumonia while on tour, later saying he had come close to death. Stories about Michael's quiet philanthropy for children and HIV charities have been shared widely since his death, as well as a report of his anonymous £15,000 (17,600 euro, $18,400) donation to a woman who could not conceive to get IVF treatment. Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother in north London in 1963, Michael shot to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million records in his career. He met Andrew Ridgeley at high school and the pair went on to form Wham! in 1981. With their good looks, perma-tans, highlighted hair and hedonistic image, the duo captured the go-getting spirit of the age and fast became one of Britain's biggest pop acts with a string of hits including "Last Christmas" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". Michael only revealed in public that he was gay in 1998 after being arrested by police in Los Angeles. He went on to become a major campaigner and donor for gay rights and HIV charities. The star later said he had not wanted to come out while his mother was still alive because she would be concerned he had contracted HIV. (AFP)

Post-mortem on George Michael 'inconclusive'

<p>George Michael&#39;s death has been uniquely agonising in a year filled with a shocking amount of&nbsp;dying mega stars. At one time the biggest pop star in Britain, Michael&nbsp;sold more than 100 million records in his career. But he had&nbsp;a personal connection with many&nbsp;fans that stemmed from more&nbsp;than just music.</p>

<p>Michael is remembered and appreciated today for representing the LGBT community in the 80&#39;s and 90&#39;s, when doing so was much less fashionable and acceptable than it is today. He made countless people feel better about themselves in ways most of us will never understand.</p>

<p>Tributes of this nature were numerous and very touching&nbsp;though&nbsp;expected, but&nbsp;the world was taken by surprise as&nbsp;the full extent of his generosity and charitable giving came to light. More, he went to considerable lengths to avoid receiving public credit.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/george-michael-bought-john-lennon-piano-so-it-wouldnt-end-up-in-storage-a7496951.html">The Independent</a> reports that Michael anonymously paid 1.6 million pounds to purchase John Lennon&#39;s piano, so that it would be kept out of storage and be made available to the public. There are new stories of his intense altruism still being reported.</p>

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<p>George Michael wrote upbeat party songs with a light fun touch, but was emotionally vulnerable, and gave badly-needed strength to many through his art.</p>

<p>That he also gave away so much of his time and money, not to boost his image but purely to&nbsp;help&nbsp;people, speaks to who he was as a person. People are right to be wary of celebrity culture, with their hollow&nbsp;images contrived by PR consultants.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It&#39;s worth repeating that the celebrities we see on screens are total strangers to us, but it&#39;s impossible to read about what&nbsp;Michael&#39;s art meant to so many&nbsp;and all the things he did for people&nbsp;without feeling that this stranger was a very good person.</p>

<p>So&nbsp;news of his all generosity, coupled with the fact that the composer&nbsp;of the hit &quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI">Last Christmas</a>&quot;&nbsp;was found dead&nbsp;on&nbsp;Christmas Day, makes this death a standout&nbsp;in an awful year&nbsp;for truly talented and big-hearted musicians.</p>

<p>RIP, George Michael.</p>

<p>(WION)</p>


The late British musician, who was found dead in his bed on Christmas day, spent years anonymously doing wonderful things for people

George Michael's death has been uniquely agonising in a year filled with a shocking amount of dying mega stars. At one time the biggest pop star in Britain, Michael sold more than 100 million records in his career. But he had a personal connection with many fans that stemmed from more than just music. Michael is remembered and appreciated today for representing the LGBT community in the 80's and 90's, when doing so was much less fashionable and acceptable than it is today. He made countless people feel better about themselves in ways most of us will never understand. Tributes of this nature were numerous and very touching though expected, but the world was taken by surprise as the full extent of his generosity and charitable giving came to light. More, he went to considerable lengths to avoid receiving public credit. George Michael worked anonymously at a homeless shelter I was volunteering at. I've never told anyone, he asked we didn't. That's who he was — EMILYNE MONDO (@EmilyneMondo) December 26, 2016 × A woman on 'Deal Or No Deal' told us she needed £15k for IVF treatment. George Michael secretly phoned the next day and gave her the £15k. — Richard Osman (@richardosman) December 26, 2016 × The Independent reports that Michael anonymously paid 1.6 million pounds to purchase John Lennon's piano, so that it would be kept out of storage and be made available to the public. There are new stories of his intense altruism still being reported. George Michael ‘quietly’ donated MILLIONS to charities https://t.co/cwu7IVE4MP pic.twitter.com/a3LmMQBqxa — Are We All Asleep ? (@demindblower) December 27, 2016 × George Michael wrote upbeat party songs with a light fun touch, but was emotionally vulnerable, and gave badly-needed strength to many through his art. That he also gave away so much of his time and money, not to boost his image but purely to help people, speaks to who he was as a person. People are right to be wary of celebrity culture, with their hollow images contrived by PR consultants. It's worth repeating that the celebrities we see on screens are total strangers to us, but it's impossible to read about what Michael's art meant to so many and all the things he did for people without feeling that this stranger was a very good person. So news of his all generosity, coupled with the fact that the composer of the hit "Last Christmas" was found dead on Christmas Day, makes this death a standout in an awful year for truly talented and big-hearted musicians. RIP, George Michael. (WION)

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