{"id":92994,"date":"2017-03-08T02:02:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T07:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92994"},"modified":"2017-03-08T02:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T07:02:31","slug":"george-michael-died-of-natural-causes-coroner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/08\/george-michael-died-of-natural-causes-coroner\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael died of natural causes – coroner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pop star George Michael, who was found dead in his UK home in December last year, died of natural causes, a coroner confirmed on Tuesday. (Photo by Insasse (This photo is my own work.) [CC BY-SA 2.5<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>LONDON\u2014Pop star George Michael, who was found dead in his UK home in December last year, died of natural causes, a coroner confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old suffered a dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver, Darren Salter, senior coroner for Oxfordshire, said in his report into the “unexplained” death.<\/p>\n

Thames Valley Police had said the singer’s death at his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire was unexplained but not suspicious and an initial post-mortem examination was “inconclusive”.<\/p>\n

The coroner said in a statement: “Inquires into the death of George Michael have been concluded and the final post-mortem report received. As there is a confirmed natural cause of death, being dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver, the investigation is being discontinued and there is no need for an inquest or any further inquiries.”<\/p>\n

“No further updates will be provided and the family requests the media and public respect their privacy.”<\/p>\n

Dilated cardiomyopathya is a disease that causes the heart muscle to become stretched and thin and unable to pump blood around the body efficiently.<\/p>\n

Michael’s partner Fadi Fawaz had found the star dead in bed when he arrived to wake him before a planned Christmas Day lunch in December 2016. He described Michael as a “beautiful person” and a “kind and generous man”.<\/p>\n

The “Careless Whisper” and “Last Christmas” singer was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in 1963. He was one of the world’s bestselling pop-stars who sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career, initially as a member of Wham, then as a solo artist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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