Born as Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, he was immensely successful with Andrew Ridgeleyin the 1980s pop music duo Wham! (Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go) and then in a solo career.
Died at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Christmas day. Guardian obit.
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George Michael
By the time we got there (in 2014 - it was not top of our priority list) the ...
The Mighty Diamonds were a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group was formed in 1969 and were best known for their 1976 debut album, Right Time...
Musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. Born Whitechapel, son of artist Keith Albarn (1939 - ). Co-founder of the band Blur and the virtual group Gorillaz.
For 39 years the organist of All Saints Talbot Road, W11. Andrew Behan has researched Robertson: Richard William Robertson was born in Kensington in 1880, the eldest of the eleven children of Will...
Singer and record producer. Born Aldershot as Michael Hayes. Worked as a singing waiter at the 2i's coffee bar. As a producer he discovered the Animals and also worked with Herman's Hermits and ...
Michael David Rock was a photographer of rock acts in the 1970s. Born Hammersmith possibly (records differ) with the surname Rock which would give him a serious case of nominative determinism. Oth...
The Young family began fishing the Thames for whitebait in 1750. In 1811 William Young married Elizabeth Martha who had been selling fish at the Greenwich quayside. They set up a fish shop and the ...
One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. A Baptist minister, he visited London in December 1964 on his way to Oslo to collect his Nobel Peace Prize. He stayed at...
Person, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, USA
Our colleague Alan Patient decoded JEECS into ‘Jewish East End Celebration Society’ and the colourful something is their logo, so they ar...
Builders. Also constructed the 1928 Wilmington Arms, Rosebery Avenue and the 1938 Warner House, Nos 43–49 Warner Street.
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