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He was diagnosed with viral encephalitis last year and went into hospital early November for help with an infection. Presumably this did him in.
He was lead singer with the Pogues until excessive drinking lead to them firing him. He did some indie projects, reunited with the Pogues, left them again, fell down some steps leaving a studio resulting in a pelvis fracture which led him to being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shane-macgowan-pogues-dead-obit-1234809695/
He was diagnosed with viral encephalitis last year and went into hospital early November for help with an infection. Presumably this did him in.
He was lead singer with the Pogues until excessive drinking lead to them firing him. He did some indie projects, reunited with the Pogues, left them again, fell down some steps leaving a studio resulting in a pelvis fracture which led him to being wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/shane-macgowan-pogues-dead-obit-1234809695/