Editing Wham! (section)

===Post-Wham! and Michael's death===
In January 1991, Ridgeley joined Michael on stage for a few songs at the [[encore]] of his performance at the [[Rock in Rio]] event at the [[Estádio do Maracanã|Maracanã Stadium]] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<ref name="tours.yogsbackyard.co.uk"/> 

[[Sony Music]], the owners of CBS Records, released a greatest hits compilation in 1997 called ''[[The Best of Wham!: If You Were There...]]''. Sony released another compilation in 2023 called ''[[The Singles: Echoes from the Edge of Heaven]]''.

On 21 November 2009, there was a Wham!-themed night on television's ''[[The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor]]'' in the UK. Michael later appeared on the show's final episode, performing a duet of "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" with finalist and eventual winner [[Joe McElderry]]. 

In 2012, Michael said that there was no truth in speculation that he and Ridgeley were set for a Wham! reunion to mark the 30th anniversary of the group's first album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2012-06-20/wham-reunion-rumoured-after-george-michael-announces-new-single/ |title=Wham! reunion rumours quashed by George Michael|publisher=[[ITV News]] |date=20 June 2012 |access-date=29 December 2012}}</ref>

Michael died from heart and liver disease at his home in [[Goring-on-Thames|Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire]] on Christmas Day 2016, at the age of 53. Upon hearing of Michael's death, Ridgeley paid his respects on Twitter, saying, "Heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend Yog."<ref>{{cite tweet|user=ajridgeley|author=Andrew Ridgeley|number=813176997174280192|date=26 December 2016|title=Heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend Yog. Me, his loved ones, his friends, the world of music, the world at...}}</ref> Michael was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a solo artist in November 2023, with Ridgeley as the induction presenter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monroe |first1=Jazz |last2=Lindert |first2=Hattie |title=Miguel, Adam Levine, and Carrie Underwood Perform at George Michael's Rock Hall 2023 Induction |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/miguel-adam-levine-and-carrie-underwood-perform-at-george-michaels-rock-hall-2023-induction/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=4 November 2023 |date=4 November 2023}}</ref>