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PHILIP NOLAN: Shane MacGowans death yesterday brings to a close one of the most rambunctious musical and personal lives of the past 40 years.

The Pogues frontman, who died Thursday at 65, joined punk to traditional Irish music, establishing himself and the group as its loud and soused heirs.

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed. He continued performing with a new group as Shane MacGowan and The Popes, before rejoining The Pogues on stage for a time. 

With his double act with the tragic Kirsty MacColl on 1987 festive hit Fairytale of New York, MacGowan cemented himself into the hearts of millions

The late Irish singer Sinead O'Connor once saved The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan's life after she decided to call the police on him in an effort to make him quit drugs

15 Essential Shane MacGowan Songs

Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed. He died on Thursday aged 65, although many would have been forgiven for wondering how he made it that far. ..

In Las Vegas, the answer is a resounding yes — and why not throw in a wedding chapel and a bar, too?

On Saturday, Kim Hill brought the curtain down on a 38-year career at RNZ. After making her name as an unparalleled interviewer, she switched places and let Sunday Morning's Jim Mora ask her questions.