A life in pictures - George Michael

Singer and songwriter, who has died at the age of 53, experienced huge fame with Wham! and forged a successful solo career amid run-ins with the British police and tabloid newspapers

Tributes flood in for late pop star – live reaction

Main image: George Michael of Wham at his family home, London, Britain - 1980s
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sheila Rock/REX/Shutterstock (2206077b) George Michael George Michael of Wham at his family home, London, Britain - 1980s Photograph: Sheila Rock/REX/Shutterstock

Mon 26 Dec 2016 07.25 GMT First published on Mon 26 Dec 2016 00.53 GMT

  • George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of Wham! perform on TV show Solid Gold in 1982 in the pop duo’s first American television appearance.

  • George Michael at his family home in London in the early 1980s.

  • George Michael in September 1984.

  • Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael of Wham! in 1985.

  • George Michael in a Sydney hotel room in January 1985 during Wham!’s world tour.

  • George Michael, concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith, Bono, Paul McCartney, Bob Geldof and Freddie Mercury join in the finale of the Live Aid famine relief concert at Wembley Stadium in London on 13 July 1985.

  • Boy George with George Michael at a charity Aids concert at Wembley Arena in 1987.

  • In Los Angeles in 1989.

  • Princess Diana talks to George Michael (second right) as Mick Hucknall looks on ahead of a concert at London’s Wembley Arena to mark World Aids Day on 1 December 1993.

  • George Michael outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London in October 1993 at the start of his lawsuit against Sony Music.

  • George Michael and Elton John leave Westminster Abbey following the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales on 6 September 1997.

  • The singer performs at the NetAid charity concert at Wembley Stadium in London in 1999.

  • With his then partner Kenny Goss at Attitude magazine’s 10th birthday party in London in 2004.

  • The singer leaves a Berlin news conference where he was promoting the film George Michael: A Different Story, in February 2005.

  • Leaving Brent magistrates court in London on 8 June 2007 after receiving a two-year driving ban and 100 hours’ community service.

  • Performing during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games.

  • With model Kate Moss during the making of the video for comeback single White Light in June 2012.

  • At a concert to raise money for the Aids charity Sidaction at the Palais Garnier Opera House in Paris in September 2012.
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