Hard-Living Irish Musician Shane MacGowan Received Last Rites Before He Died, Family Says
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By Matt McDonald
Irish songwriter and former Pogues lead singer Shane MacGowan received last rites before he died Thursday, his family said.
“Prayers and the last rites were read during his passing,” the family said in a written statement Nov. 30.
MacGowan, 65, is best known as the co-author of the 1987...