VARIOUS FILE: Austrian media report singer George Michael has left hospital. The singer's publicist claims reports are based on rumours

Record ID: 191174

  • Title: VARIOUS FILE: Austrian media report singer George Michael has left hospital. The singer's publicist claims reports are based on rumours
  • Date: 23rd December 2011
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 25, 2011) (REUTERS) MICHAEL WALKING PASSED REPORTERS BACKSTAGE MICHAEL MEETS MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE MICHAEL, SINGER, SAYING: "It's just recently turned into, really I can feel myself becoming a better singer every night, you know what I mean. So it's really what I wanted from this apart from everybody else. I want to kind of bring, choose songs that I can showcase my voice because then I've kind of given my fans both types of show. You know I did three years with a greatest hits thing and this is really about my voice."
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  • Location: Czech Republic, Usa, United Kingdom
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  • Country: Czech Republic Usa United Kingdom
  • Topics: Entertainment,Health
  • Reuters ID: LVA3NEKYSPCUMX71AM1019QQJS9X
  • Story Text: British singer George Michael was discharged from a Vienna hospital on Thursday after weeks of treatment for severe pneumonia, the Oesterreich newspaper reported.
    The report on the Austrian paper's website said the 48-year-old former Wham! frontman walked to a waiting limousine which took him to the airport.
    It cited unidentified hospital staff.
    "He will be able to celebrate Christmas at home in London," it said.
    A spokeswoman for the Vienna General Hospital declined to comment on the report, referring questions to Michael's public relations agency.
    Michael's publicist in London told Reuters the Oesterreich newspaper story was based on rumours.
    "Nothing has been confirmed to us -- and we don't know when he will be released ... it could be in the coming weeks," a spokeswoman told Reuters.
    "There have been lots of rumours in the Austrian press."
    Asked if reports were wrong, she declined to comment further.
    Michael, whose chart-topping hits as a solo artist include "Faith" and "Careless Whisper", postponed a series of concerts and was taken into hospital in Vienna last month.
    The Grammy award-winning singer first found fame in the 1980s with Wham! before going on to pursue a successful solo career. He has sold an estimated 100 million records and has a personal fortune estimated at 90 million pounds. ($141 million). ($1 = 0.6384 British pounds)
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