{"id":2423,"date":"2017-06-28T14:04:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2024-07-01T20:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T00:05:54","slug":"bet-awards-tribute-george-michael","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/","title":{"rendered":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4KE6Yqyy1JI?si=LR4Dxze6KiVM8wEj\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang &#8220;Careless Whisper&#8221; in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaction to the tribute has been mostly positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fyogworld%2Fposts%2F1229245357187493&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"457\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t you think George would have been honored that the BET Awards paid tribute to his music? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DaDBKsl8FR\">https:\/\/t.co\/DaDBKsl8FR<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Yours Only George (@yogworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yogworld\/status\/879516933837774848\">June 27, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Just ran back that George Michael tribute. Shoutout to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BET\">@BET<\/a> for putting some respect on his name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Golden Corrales (@DUNKFACE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DUNKFACE\/status\/879179947205513216\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Thanks BET for thinking of George Michael. He was truly talented. There will never be another. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards?src=hash\">#BETAwards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Jess (@Honey223344) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Honey223344\/status\/879183559214473216\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>OH SNAP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElDeBarge\">@ElDeBarge<\/a> paying the ultimate tribute to George Michael <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards?src=hash\">#BETAwards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 ESSENCE (@Essence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Essence\/status\/879168432004100096\">June 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure to follow Yours Only George on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/yogworld\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/yogworld\">X<\/a>, and join our <a href=\"https:\/\/follow.it\/george-michael-news\">mailing list<\/a> for the latest news on George Michael.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang &#8220;Careless Whisper&#8221; in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards. Reaction to the tribute has been mostly positive. Don&#8217;t you think George would have been honored that the BET [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang &quot;Careless Whisper&quot; in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.\" \/>\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\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang &quot;Careless Whisper&quot; in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"George Michael News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yogworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@yogworld\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de\"},\"headline\":\"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Death\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/\",\"name\":\"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang \\\"Careless Whisper\\\" in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/28\\\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"George Michael News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"George Michael News\",\"description\":\"Your Link to George Michael News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de\"},\"alternateName\":\"Yours Only George - Your Link to the George Michael World - www.yogworld.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de\",\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\",\"width\":960,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"Melanie\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/george-michael-blog2013.gif\"},\"description\":\"Melanie is the co-founder of Yours Only George and has been the webmaster of the site since 1997. Melanie has been a George Michael and Wham! fan since \\\"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go\\\" in 1984.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.yogworld.com\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/yogworld\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/georgemichaelyogworld\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/georgemichaelyogworld\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.twitter.com\\\/yogworld\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News","description":"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang \"Careless Whisper\" in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News","og_description":"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang \"Careless Whisper\" in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/","og_site_name":"George Michael News","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogworld","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogworld","article_published_time":"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00","author":"Melanie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yogworld","twitter_site":"@yogworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melanie","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/"},"author":{"name":"Melanie","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de"},"headline":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael","datePublished":"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/"},"wordCount":156,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de"},"articleSection":["Death"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/","name":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael - George Michael News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-06-28T18:04:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-02T00:05:54+00:00","description":"It was a pleasant surprise that the BET Awards paid tribute to George Michael on Sunday. Kamasi Washington played saxophone while El Debarge sang \"Careless Whisper\" in tribute to George Michael at the 2017 BET Awards.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/28\/bet-awards-tribute-george-michael\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"George Michael News","item":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BET Awards Pay Tribute to George Michael"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/","name":"George Michael News","description":"Your Link to George Michael News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de"},"alternateName":"Yours Only George - Your Link to the George Michael World - www.yogworld.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/21596f100f04468fe5cb8376fe2f69de","name":"Melanie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif","url":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif","width":960,"height":153,"caption":"Melanie"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/george-michael-blog2013.gif"},"description":"Melanie is the co-founder of Yours Only George and has been the webmaster of the site since 1997. Melanie has been a George Michael and Wham! fan since \"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go\" in 1984.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.yogworld.com","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogworld","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgemichaelyogworld\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/georgemichaelyogworld","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/yogworld"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}