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OBITUARY Carrie Fisher Colourful, witty and somewhat erratic actress born into Hollywood royalty and best known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars Carrie Fisher was fresh out of drama school when she was auditioned by George Lucas for the part of Princess Leia in an obscure sci-fi film called  Star Wars . Almost 40 years later she reprised her role for one of the franchise’s many films,  The Force Awakens , in which once again she was fighting intergalactic foes. Between those two milestones Fisher, born into Hollywood royalty and once described as too eccentric for Tinseltown, starred in only a handful of major films, including  The Blues Brothers  (1980) and  When Harry Met Sally  (1989), in which she played Marie, keeping a card-index system of men she tries to set up with Sally. She also wrote a series of books such as  Postcards from the Edge  (1987) about an actress called Suzanne trying to restore her life after taking a ...

ENOUGH ALREADY oh hang on ............. just one more  RIP Carrie Fisher

OBITUARY George Michael Hugely successful singer-songwriter whose demons almost eclipsed his musical talents George Michael’s turbulent career embraced pop exuberance as teenage pin-up in Wham! and a major reinvention as serious solo artist. He made some memorable music, sold an estimated 100 million records and was one of the biggest stars of the past four decades. In later years, however, he became disenchanted with his celebrity. A high-profile and disastrous lawsuit against his record company cost him millions and a conviction for lewd behaviour in a public lavatory forced him into the belated admission that he was gay. He attempted to rebuild his career after these events but struggled to replicate his earlier commercial success. In 2005 he went as far as to announce his farewell to the world of pop music, declaring that the genre was “dead”. He was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London, to a Greek-Cypriot father and English mother and met ...

Grim Reaper Having A Field Day In 2016 George Michael: Life in Pictures A look back at the life of singer George Michael, who has died at the age of 53. BBC Singer George Michael has died aged 53. He shot to fame in the 1980s pop duo Wham! and became one of the most successful and beloved pop stars of his era. GETTY IMAGES Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed Wham! after meeting at school. They had two number one albums and their hit singles included Last Christmas, Club Tropicana and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. PA Michael launched his solo career in 1984 with the song Careless Whisper, which was a global hit and became one of his signature tunes. He and Ridgeley were also among the performers at Live Aid in 1985. AP Michael (far left) joined the Live Aid finale at Wembley Stadium alongside (left-right) promoter Harvey Goldsmith, Bono, Paul McCartney, Bob Geldof and Freddie Mercury....