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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Foster and agency

Shane MacGowan’s widow hopes Fairytale of New York will be Christmas No 1 in UK

Victoria Mary Clarke with Shane MacGowan at Croke Park, Dublin
Victoria Mary Clarke said her husband’s addictions had affected their relationship. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

The widow of the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan, has said she hopes his song Fairytale of New York will be this year’s Christmas No 1.

The singer died on Thursday with his wife, Victoria Mary Clarke, and family by his side. He was 65.

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