I wasn't a huge George Michael fan, but I did love "Faith." It shares a church organ-y intro with a great song, "Let's Go Crazy", from another artist we lost in 2016.
I'd rather think about 2016 as the probable final demise of many western establishment politicians: Cameron, Clinton, Bush, Hollande, Sarkozy, Rensi, ?
"....George Michael was a British singer who had a net worth of $200 million. During his lifetime, Michael sold over 100 million albums worldwide as member of Wham! and as a solo artist. He was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963 in Hertfordshire, England." Happens to the bests of us, and it happens to da rests of us...."
Don't jinx it, dolt.
Whether it is a good thing depends on us.