Singer George Michael died of natural causes - coroner

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Singer George Michael died of natural causes - coroner

REUTERS

 

British singer George Michael performs on stage during his "Symphonica" tour concert in Vienna September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Singer George Michael died of natural causes, a British coroner said on Tuesday, finding that heart failure and liver disease caused the pop star's death on Christmas Day last year.

 

The coroner said that there was no need for further inquiries into the death of Michael, 53, who rose to stardom in the 1980s with Wham! before a successful solo career.

 

"As there is a confirmed natural cause of death, being Dilated Cardiomyopathy with Myocarditis and Fatty Liver, the investigation is being discontinued," Darren Salter, the Senior Coroner for Oxfordshire, said in a statement.

 

Dilated cardiomyopathy is a heart condition that impairs the pumping of blood around the body.

 

The initial autopsy into the singer's death had been inconclusive, though his manager had said previously that he had died of heart failure.

 

“Wham! were one of the most successful pop duos of the mid 1980s, with singles such as “"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Last Christmas", “"Careless Whisper", and "Young Guns (Go For It!)".

 

(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Michael Holden)

 

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[Nasrullah]

It's better than knowing he took his own life......for all the worries he was said to have had, it is of some condolence...

 

A true british great!

[ezzra]

 

Well, there's natural death and three's the other natural death where you die peacefully of old age, something that George Michael had no chance to get to with his rampant hard drug use and wicked gay life... did he had an inkling that he might end up this way and continue with his ways? will never know....

[whatawonderfulday]

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

 

Well, there's natural death and three's the other natural death where you die peacefully of old age, something that George Michael had no chance to get to with his rampant hard drug use and wicked gay life... did he had an inkling that he might end up this way and continue with his ways? will never know....

And it is even more disappointing that knowing his drug abuse and  his shameful public toilet behaviour, he was, and no doubt still is, a role model for some. God help us, well if you believe in her.

[foxboy]

Natural causes?? Would he have died anyway age 53 without a lifetime of drink and drug use/abuse... I doubt it! 

[bangkokorbust]

Natural causes?? Would he have died anyway age 53 without a lifetime of drink and drug use/abuse... I doubt it! 

Shhhhh don't tell Keith Richards

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