The Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, famous for performing classic Christmas song Fairytale of New York, has died aged 65. The musician recently left hospital.
He had been receiving care in St Vincent’s Hospital in Dublin for an infection. It comes after MacGowan revealed he was diagnosed with encephalitis last year in a video posted to social media on New Year’s Eve.
It is is an uncommon but serious condition in which the brain becomes inflamed, according to the NHS website. His wife Victoria Mary Clarke confirmed the heartbreaking news on Thursday (November 30) saying: "I don’t know how to say this so I am just going to say it," alongside a throwback photo of her late husband. READ MORE: I'm A Celebrity's Grace Dent breaks silence on her exit days after being 'removed' from jungle READ MORE: Read more of today's top stories from the Manchester Evening News She continued: "Shane who will always be the light that I hold before me and the measure of my dreams and the love of my life and the most beautiful soul and beautiful angel and the sun and the moon and the start and end of everything that I hold dear has gone to be with Jesus and Mary and his beautiful mother Therese. “I am blessed beyond words to have met him and to have loved him and to have been so endlessly and unconditionally loved by him and to have had so many years of life and love and joy and fun and laughter and so many adventures.
There’s no way to describe the loss that I am feeling and the longing for just one more of his smiles that lit up my world. "Thank you thank you thank you thank you for your presence in this world you made it so very bright and you gave so much joy to so many people with your heart and soul and your music.
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