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Known for his music with The Pogues, and perhaps the most important Irish writer since James Joyce, the venerated and critically acclaimed Shane MacGowan has died in Dublin at the age of 65.

The legend of Irish music passed away after a long illness

Listen to some of The Pogues' best songs after the passing of Shane MacGowan.

Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.

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.

A drunken hymn for those with broken dreams and abandoned hope

Shane MacGowan, bandleader of iconic punk group The Pogues, has died aged 65, his wife confirms

Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues, best known for their ballad “Fairytale of New York,” has died