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Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Mary Clarke admits she felt suicidal and called The Samaritans 'several times' after The Pogues star's death as she says there's 'no easy way past' grief
Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Mary Clarke has admitted that she felt suicidal at times in the wake of her husband's death.
Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Mary Clarke has admitted that she felt suicidal at times in the wake of her husband's death. During the very candid interview, Victoria - who recently opened her first solo exhibition - told how her late partner has been an influence on her work, telling how she gave a talk about grief, but then Shane kept 'getting me to say funny things', leaving the audience in stitches. The singer was battling viral encephalitis – a life-threatening condition that leads to brain swelling - and had been in and out of Dublin's St Vincent's Hospital for months.
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