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Depp and Higgins join crowd in saying goodbye to Shane MacGowan

Source: PA Wire

The small town of Nenagh in Co Tipperary had never witnessed anything quite like it before.

The attendance of both Hollywood star Johnny Depp and Irish president Michael D Higgins at St Mary of the Rosary Church on Friday was a tribute to how the music and personality of Shane MacGowan crossed boundaries and seemed to attract fans and friends from all walks of life.

More than an hour before the funeral was due to begin, devoted followers of MacGowan and The

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