Entertainment
Published on November 30, 2023
Updated November 30, 2023, 7:27 a.m. ET
Shane MacGowan, the legendary frontman of Irish band The Pogues, died early Thursday, his family announced online. He was 65.
The “Fairytale of New York” songwriter died at 3 a.m. with his wife and family by his side, his band announced online.
“I don’t know how to say this so I’ll just say it,” his wife Victoria Mary Clarke also wrote on Instagram.
“‘There is no way to describe the loss I feel and the longing for one more of his smiles that lit up my world,’ she said of the “love of my life and the most beautiful soul and angel.”
A cause of death was not immediately clear Thursday, but MacGowan had suffered from a number of health problems in recent years.
Shane MacGowan died at 3 a.m. with his wife and family by his side, his band announced online. Getty Images Kirsty MacColl and Shane MacGowan worked together on Fairytale of New York. Getty Images
He was treated for encephalitis – an enlargement of the brain – in December 2022 and spent more time in intensive care over the summer.
MacGowan, who has been in a wheelchair since 2015, was back in hospital earlier this month for an undisclosed illness.
Born on Christmas Day 1957 in Kent, England, MacGowan demonstrated his skills as a storyteller at an early age.
Shane MacGowan was seen here on October 11, 2022. GC Images Members of the Pogues, 11/30/84. Pictured are Shane MacGowan, Cait O’Riordan, Andrew Rankin, Jem Finer, Spider Stacy and James Fearnley. Getty Images The Pogues were photographed together in 1986. / Retna Ltd.
At just 13, he won the Daily Mirror literary prize and received a scholarship to Westminster School in London for his essays.
“I didn’t last long there,” MacGowan told the Guardian in 2013. “I was punished and kicked out for smoking a joint.”
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