George Michael's family shares heartfelt message for fans on Christmas

  • 26/12/2017

George Michael's family has shared an emotional tribute to the icon with fans, one year on from his death.

In a statement posted on his official website, Michael's family shared a photo of the singer as a child along with a message to his fans.

"This year has been a series of new and tough challenges for those of us close and loyal to Yog [Michael's nickname], not least of which was steeling ourselves this month, to hear 'Last Christmas' and 'December Song' streaming out of shops, cars, and radios, as it has done for decades, knowing he's no longer here with us, missing him," they wrote. 

"This Christmas will be hard without him, but we know that we are not alone in our mourning the anniversary of his loss, and that the sadness of our wider family, and true friends, is shared by many of you.

"Yog shared his music with all of us, and many of you connected deeply with his words, yet in life, many hold their own important words and feelings inside, as so often they are the hardest to say out loud.

"So if you can, in his memory this year, take a moment and a deep breath and say those 'I Love Yous' out loud. We all think there is time, don't we?  but, just maybe, it's later than you think..."

The British singer was found dead by his partner Fadi Fawaz in their home on Christmas Day last year. 

Fawaz also paid tribute to the singer on Christmas, sharing an image with his and Michael's faces superimposed on each other to Instagram.

A Coroner attributed the 53-year-old's death to natural causes.

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