, died on Christmas Day, the same day George passed away, exactly three years later. The family's lawyer, John Reid, confirmed the news, asking for the family's privacy to be respected. London police had been alerted on Christmas evening to the "sudden death of a woman in her fifties" in north London. Melanie was 55, and the death is not being treated as suspicious. George Michael – real name Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – author of a long series of hits with Wham! and as a solo artist, died, apparently from a heart condition, at the age of 53. Andrew Ridgeley, the other member of Wham!, tweeted the "tragic news" and expressed his condolences to the family (his father Jack and sister Yioda) "at this very sad time." A film called 'Last Christmas,' partially inspired by one of George and Andy's most famous songs, was released on Christmas Eve.
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