Which of the statements listed connects James Brown, Charlie Chaplin, Dean Martin and George Michael?

Each one of the celebrities named died on a Christmas Day.

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker and composer who became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp". His career spanned more than 75 years, from the Victorian era until a year before his death, aged 88, in Switzerland in 1977.

Dino Paul Crocetti (June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995), best known as Dean Martin, was an American actor, singer, comedian and entertainer noted for his effortless charisma and self-assurance. He retired from public life in early 1995 and died of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema (linked to lung cancer) at his Beverly Hills home at the age of 78.

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul". Brown died at age 73, from congestive heart failure, resulting from complications of pneumonia.

George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist who rose to fame as a member of the music duo “Wham!” As a solo artist he sold over 80 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He died at his home in Goring-on-Thames, England, aged 53. His death was attributed to dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis.