In New York, Ed Sheeran yesterday vehemently denied the claims he infringed upon Gaye and his co-writer Ed Townsend s 1973 hit when he wrote and composed Thinking Out Loud .
Ed Sheeran’s Irish granny Anne Mary Sheeran (née Mulligan), who inspired his tune “Nancy Mulligan,” has died in her native Co Wexford. A funeral for Anne Mary Sheeran will be held in Gorey, Co Wexford on May 3.