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George Michael's body still hasn't been returned to his family

George Michael's body has not been returned to his family, six weeks after he passed away at the age of 53.

Toxicology tests on the Wham! star still haven't been completed, according to The Sun, and may not be handed down until the end of February.

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The setback has delayed the pop singer's send-off, with family members left in the dark as to when they can hold a funeral.

Michael – born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – died peacefully at his home in Oxfordshire on Christmas Day, local time.

The pop star's Australian-born boyfriend, hair stylist Fadi Fawaz, discovered his body on Christmas morning. He was not known to have suffered from any illnesses.

Back in December, Michael's long-time manager Michael Lippman told the media his client died from heart failure.

Local police described the singer's death as "unexplained but not suspicious".

The 1980s legend had several health scares during the past decade. Just last year he was forced to deny allegations he was using drugs.

In 2013, he was airlifted to hospital with a head injury after falling from his car. Two years earlier, he nearly died from pneumonia and emerged from hospital to tell the media it was "touch and go" as to whether he lived.