The cause of death for The Pogues' bandleader Shane MacGowan has been revealed.
The “Fairytale of New York” musician's wife Victoria Mary Clarke told the New York Times that MacGowan died of pneumonia in a hospital on Nov. 30.
Prior to his death, the artist who would have turned 66 on Christmas Day, was battling viral encephalitis, which is an uncommon and potentially life threatening condition that causes the brain to swell, since December 2022 per Sky News.
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