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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Roisin O'Connor

Shane MacGowan’s wife Victoria shares touching memory of Pogues frontman’s final days

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Shane MacGowan was “vibrant and beautiful” and “determined to live” only a few days before his death aged 65, his wife has said.

The Pogues frontman died at 3am on Thursday 30 November, just weeks before he turned 66 on Christmas Day.

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