According to a statement
released by the family, Melanie “passed away suddenly” over Christmas.
Late British singer and
songwriter, George Michael’s sister Melanie Panayiotou has been found dead at
her home in Hampstead, northwest London on Wednesday, December 25, 2019.
The hairdresser died at the
age of 55 exactly three years since the singer’s death on Christmas Day 2016.
George was found dead at
his home in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on Christmas Day 2016, aged 53.
“We would simply ask that
the family’s privacy be respected at this very sad time,” the family said in
the statement.
The Metropolitan Police
also confirmed the death in a statement, which read: “Police were called by
London Ambulance Service at approximately 1935hrs on Wednesday, 25 December to
reports of the sudden death of a woman, aged in her 50s.
“The death is not being
treated as suspicious by police.”
Melanie and George – whose
mother Lesley died in 1997 – are survived by their father Kyriacos, known as
Jack, and their oldest sister Yioda, 57.
Melanie and her brother
were close, and she was left part of his estate – which included a £97.6million
fortune and a Grade II listed mansion in Highgate, North London – after his
death.
In November she stood up
for her brother in a magazine article, saying he was ‘my ‘very proud to be gay’
brother, contrary to what you may have read recently.’
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