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Shane MacGowan

Anglo-Irish singer-songwriter

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born: 1957
died: 2023
age at death: 65
known for: musician, singer, singer-songwriter

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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was an English-born Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. Best known as the original lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues, MacGowan was an acclaimed songwriter whose lyrics often focused on the Irish emigrant experience. He also received widespread media attention for his personal life, which included decades of heavy alcohol and drug abuse.

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