George Michael the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. The 2005 documentary "A Different Story" covered his career and personal life. Michael's first tour in 15 years, the 25 Live tour, spanned three tours over the course of three years (2006, 2007, and 2008). He performed his final concert at London's Earls Court on 17 October 2012. In the early hours of 25 December 2016, Michael, aged 53, was found dead at his Oxfordshire home. A coroner's report attributed his death to natural causes. George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, London on 25 June
George Michael 1963. His father, Kyriacos Panayiotou (nicknamed "Jack"), was a Greek Cypriot restaurateur who emigrated to England in the 1950s. His mother, Lesley Angold ("née" Harrison), was an English dancer. In June 2008, Michael told the "Los Angeles Times" that his maternal grandmother was Jewish, but she married a non-Jewish man and raised her children with no knowledge of their Jewish background due to her fear during World War II. Michael spent most of his childhood in Kingsbury, London, in the home his parents bought soon after his birth; he attended Roe Green Junior School and Kingsbury High School. His older