“The last time I saw him was three weeks before he died. He filled a glass with vodka, knocked it straight back and filled it up again. He said, ‘Oh, did you want one?’ ‘Uh, no thanks, Phil’”: Scott Gorham on the last days of Thin Lizzy legend Phil Lynott

Phil Lynott in 1983.

Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott was just 36 years old when he died in 1986 – and right to the very end, his bandmate Scott Gorham never gave up hope that Lynott could survive the ravages of his wild lifestyle.

Thin Lizzy broke up in 1983 after a farewell tour featuring the line-up of Lynott on bass and vocals, Gorham and John Sykes on guitars, Brian Downey on drums and Darren Wharton on keyboards.