{"id":1895,"date":"2013-06-25T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2013-06-25T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T00:59:17","slug":"george-michael-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/25\/george-michael-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 50th Birthday, George Michael!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George Michael is celebrating his 50th birthday today!<\/p>\n<p>His spokesperson said, \u201cHe is fiercely private. He is having a quiet birthday with his friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can catch many articles and photos in celebration of George&#8217;s 50th birthday.\u00a0 Here are just a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/music.uk.msn.com\/features\/george-michael-turns-50-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael turns 50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/home\/2013\/06\/24\/two-decades-of-singer-george-michael-as-he-turns-50\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Two Decades Of Singer George Michael As He Turns 50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansa.it\/web\/notizie\/photostory\/spettacolo\/2013\/06\/24\/George-Michael-50-anni-vissuti-pericolosamente-_8919859.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael, 50 anni vissuti pericolosamente<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcomercio.com\/entretenimiento\/GeorgeMichael-cumpleanos-musica-salud_0_943705745.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael cumple 50 a\u00f1os sin dejar de dar sustos a sus fans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/06\/25\/george-michael-50-careless-whisper-wham-andrew-r_n_3494325.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Happy 50th Birthday George Michael! We Celebrate Singer&#8217;s Life In Haircuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/music\/music-news\/10139404\/George-Michael-50-years-in-numbers.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael: 50 years in numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elleuk.com\/star-style\/news\/george-michael-top-five-music-videos-wham#image=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Five of the best: George Michael<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/articles\/482957\/20130625\/george-michael-birthday-50-careless-whisper-photos.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Happy Birthday George Michael! Careless Whisper Singer Turns 50 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/videos\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/george-michael-turns-50\/v5Ds4\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael turns 50<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/showbiz\/celebrity-news\/george-michael-celebrates-50th-birthday-1995096\" rel=\"nofollow\">Happy 50th birthday George Michael! Check out his weird and wonderful outfits over the years<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/thingstodo\/music\/articles\/20130624george-michael-best-songs-wham-playlist.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">George Michael playlist: 25 best songs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(I will be adding more articles throughout the day.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Michael is celebrating his 50th birthday today! His spokesperson said, \u201cHe is fiercely private. He is having a quiet birthday with his friends and family.\u201d You can catch many articles and photos in celebration of George&#8217;s 50th birthday.\u00a0 Here are just a few: George Michael turns 50 Two Decades Of Singer George Michael As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy 50th Birthday, George Michael! - George Michael News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"George Michael is celebrating his 50th birthday today!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/25\/george-michael-50\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy 50th Birthday, George Michael! 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