It was in the crucible of punk rock in the late 1970s that The Pogues first started to take shape. But there was still a long road to travel before the outfi.
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From his gilded beginnings at private schools, MacGowan transformed himself into the drunken icon of Irish music, a man who first hit the news pages under the headline: Cannablism at Clash gig .
The legendary musician, who was behind the Christmas anthem Fairytale of New York, died peacefully at 3am today, aged 65, with his wife Victoria Mary Clarke and family by his side.