George Michael's Family Flies To His Bedside While He Battles Pneumonia!

11/29/2011 6:50 PM ET | Filed under: Music Minute • George Michael • Sad Sad

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Oh no! This sounds much more serious than we had originally anticipated!

George Michael was forced to cancel the remaining dates of his Symphonica tour after he was hospitalized in Vienna, Austria with pneumonia, but according to new reports, the illness is so serious that many members his family has flown out to be by his bedside!

Not only has 75-year-old father Jack Panos has been son's side, but also the singer's sisters Melanie, and Yioda, 53, as well as current boyfriend Fadi Fawaz, and even his ex, Kenny Goss!

A family friend explains:

"His whole family are with him. They are very close-knit. George is just such a lucky man in that sense. He’s so adored. Kenny of course is very concerned. He has been in touch every day. They will always be the best of friends."

And Dr. Christoph Zielinski and Dr. Thomas Staudinger, specialists in Vienna treating Michaels, issued the following statement yesterday:

"George Michael has severe community acquired pneumonia and is being treated as an inpatient. His condition has stabilized and he is responding to treatment. From the current point of view, the time until recovery cannot be estimated, but he will not be able to perform the rest of the tour. Besides medical treatment, complete rest and peace and quiet are mandatory."

Poor thing!

And how vague everyone seems to be regarding the length of his recovery is only that much more nerve-wracking!

But we're happy to hear that so many of his loved ones are with him during such a frightening, difficult time!

Get well soon, George!

You're in our thoughts!

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Tags: cancelation, fadi fawaz, family, father, george michael, get well soon, hospital, jack panos, kenny goss, pneumonia, recovery, sisters, symphonica tour

yianna13 says – reply to this

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He probably has AIDS
Lasqueesha says – reply to this

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get well George! a true music legend and one of the greatest singer songwriters of his generation. I still think he has something more serious going on thats not being said. I just hope the AIDS rumours are not true.
GreatGooglyMoogly says – reply to this

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I hope he gets better. EVERYONE please keep the hateful, acidic comments out of this. For goodness sake, lets act like we were born with a conscience.
raypearson says – reply to this

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hopefully it is not Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Gracie 2004 says – reply to this

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So what if he did have Aids. What is your point?
Pam's Tijuana-Bought Silicone Breasts says – reply to this

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His face changed to that HIV face that people who have Aids get….
Pam's Tijuana-Bought Silicone Breasts says – reply to this

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40-ish white men do not normally get this , and certainly not white men worth over $100 million…..UNLESS THEY HAVE…
Pam's Tijuana-Bought Silicone Breasts says – reply to this

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Maybe they will let George troll the hospital men's rooms ONE LAST TIME before his family PULLS- THE-PLUG…..
Pam's Tijuana-Bought Silicone Breasts says – reply to this

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You don't call an ex-boyfriend to a hospital ward IN A FAR-AWAY COUNTRY if he's just recovering & resting…..
Truth_Is_A-Virus says – reply to this

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AIDS anyone? Anyone for AIDS?
cuddlyguyjohn says – reply to this

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the man has PNEUMONIA not fucking AIDS, you all make me sick…a gay man gets Pneumonia and all of you jump to the conclusion that he has AIDS.
Gracie 2004 says – reply to this

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HIV face? I didn't know there was a face to HIV.
bbcb says – reply to this

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Wake me up before you go go.
All the best George . get well soon.
Candy Barr says – reply to this

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Re: cuddlyguyjohn – Back in the '80s, pneumonia was what many gay men were thought to have had before they died.
Paris France says – reply to this

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Get well George and stay strong.
Jody132r43 says – reply to this

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He has AIDS and will very likely be like Freddie Mercury and refuse to admit is, while infecting scores of other hookups that he meets in public bathrooms.

IMO if you have AIDS it should be the law in every country that your name and personal info be made public so everyone knows to stay away from sex with you.
Gracie 2004 says – reply to this

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There is too much fear, hate and stigma around HIV, making it impossible for PHA to disclose. How and when is that going to change?
hotdogbuns says – reply to this

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Holy shit, what is up with everybody? For starters, white men over 40 CAN get pneumonia, my father had it a couple of times. Second, even if it is AIDS, who cares? He doesn't have to disclose to the public if he doesn't want to. Get well soon, George!

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