{"id":773462,"date":"2019-12-30T05:39:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T05:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/george-michaels-late-sister-to-be-buried-next-to-her-brother\/"},"modified":"2019-12-30T05:39:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T05:39:24","slug":"george-michaels-late-sister-to-be-buried-next-to-her-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/george-michaels-late-sister-to-be-buried-next-to-her-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael\u2019s late sister to be buried next to her brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1577468375603.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".24outir0kes.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>George Michael\u2019s late sister Melanie Panayiotou will be buried next to the \u2018Faith\u2019 singer and their mother.<\/p>\n<p> Both George &#8211; who passed away on Christmas Day in 2016 &#8211; and his mother Lesley are buried beside one another at Highgate Cemetery, and it has now been revealed that Melanie will also be laid to rest alongside them, after she was tragically found dead on Wednesday, exactly three years after George\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> The Wham! singer\u2019s grave is currently unmarked, and whilst sources say Melanie will \u201cdefinitely\u201d get her own headstone, they claim George\u2019s will remain unmarked in order to stop fans from gathering at the site.<\/p>\n<p> An insider told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: \u201cGeorge still doesn&#8217;t have a gravestone three years after his death, and it&#8217;s going to stay that way.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cNow that they will also have to visit the family plot to mourn Melanie, they don&#8217;t want to be wading through fans and their tributes just to pay respect to the growing number of their tragic loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".24outir0kes.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".24outir0kes.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".24outir0kes.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Michael\u2019s late sister Melanie Panayiotou will be buried next to the \u2018Faith\u2019 singer and their mother. 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