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Shane MacGowan’s wife admits ‘it’s very hard to feel sad’ after singer’s death

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Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has described life with the late Pogues frontman as “having a four-year-old child with a credit card and car”.

MacGowan was laid to rest last Friday (8 December) in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, as thousands gathered in the Irish town where he grew up to bid farewell to the iconic musician.

The “Fairytale of New York” singer died in Dublin on 30 November, at theClarke, 57, previously confirmed his .

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