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It's honestly a miracle he survived as long as he did. He was definitely a character and the man had his own so voice style that would be recognised straight aw

It's honestly a miracle he survived as long as he did. He was definitely a character and the man had his own so voice style that would be recognised straight away.

pvaldes 3y ago
Sinnead O'Connor give him a few years more by the uncommon procedure of send him to the jail
- pieter_mj 3y ago
  :) Yeah Sinéad saved him more than once. It was said at the time of her passing a few months ago that is was ironic she should go before him. Not ironic at all if you're getting saved by Sinéad. In their wonderful duet "Haunted", she aptly sings about him "you've got a way of talking". Not a bad writer herself if you read her autobiography.
- jacquesm 3y ago
  "I love Shane," Ms O'Connor said, "and it makes me angry to see him destroy himself selfishly in front of those who love him." That's just too much irony.
  - secondcoming 3y ago
    Sinead O'Connor developed some quite serious mental health issues, and the suicide of her son finished her. McGowan was just a hard-core partier.
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Yes. Terrible, all of it.
      - pieter_mj 3y ago
        GP's comment that MacGowan was a partier is correct. But there was a terrible misdiagnosis in the case of Sinéad. She was never bipolar but was prescribed medication for it, after she had a mastectomy which caused hormonal unbalances. Depressed and maybe borderline she was, but above all devastated by the preventible suicide of her son. (which is a huge story of Ireland's health service momumental fuckups on its own.)
  - pvaldes 3y ago
    I would say that people in pain are in a privileged place to understand other's suffering and sometimes able to do something about it. Even if they are unable to fix their own ghosts. Some of the O'Connor problems, like having an abusive mother, can't be directly attributed to her. Other are. Drugs just accelerate the melting mind process.
arp242 3y ago
Ozzy Osbourne is still alive, at 74. He was as much of an alcoholic as MacGowan ever was, if not worse (although I don't think Ozzy ever did heroin?) Dick van Dyke is still around at 97(!) in spite of many years of chain-smoking and alcoholism (he stopped drinking in his late 40s, and smoking in his 70s). Look, I like Dick van Dyke and I wish him many more years, but he ought to have died decades ago. Biology is funny business.
- jzb 3y ago
  “ Over the past forty years, I've been loaded on booze, coke, acid, Quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list in this footnote. On more than a few occasions I was on all of those at the same time.” - Ozzy Osbourne
- devnullbrain 3y ago
  Keith Richards did become addicted to heroin and is 80 in a few weeks.
  - justinator 3y ago
    Heroin surprisingly doesn't have a lot of long term effects to health (so long as you don't OD). It's the use of needles and blood born illnesses that can really well: kill you. Hepatitis, HIV, etc.
    - ska 3y ago
      Heroin is a funny one - it's not hard on your body; you are hard on your body as a user.
    - kagakuninja 3y ago
      While true, opioid abuse can cause severe constipation (which perhaps helped kill Elvis), and increases your risk of GI disorders like SIBO.
  - justinator 3y ago
anonymousDan 3y ago
Yes it made me chuckle when an article said he had been in bad health for the last few years - more like the last 40 years!

It's honestly a miracle he survived as long as he did. He was definitely a character and the man had his own so voice style that would be recognised straight away.

pvaldes 3y ago

Sinnead O'Connor give him a few years more by the uncommon procedure of send him to the jail

pieter_mj 3y ago
:) Yeah Sinéad saved him more than once. It was said at the time of her passing a few months ago that is was ironic she should go before him. Not ironic at all if you're getting saved by Sinéad. In their wonderful duet "Haunted", she aptly sings about him "you've got a way of talking". Not a bad writer herself if you read her autobiography.
jacquesm 3y ago
"I love Shane," Ms O'Connor said, "and it makes me angry to see him destroy himself selfishly in front of those who love him." That's just too much irony.
- secondcoming 3y ago
  Sinead O'Connor developed some quite serious mental health issues, and the suicide of her son finished her. McGowan was just a hard-core partier.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    Yes. Terrible, all of it.
    - pieter_mj 3y ago
      GP's comment that MacGowan was a partier is correct. But there was a terrible misdiagnosis in the case of Sinéad. She was never bipolar but was prescribed medication for it, after she had a mastectomy which caused hormonal unbalances. Depressed and maybe borderline she was, but above all devastated by the preventible suicide of her son. (which is a huge story of Ireland's health service momumental fuckups on its own.)
- pvaldes 3y ago
  I would say that people in pain are in a privileged place to understand other's suffering and sometimes able to do something about it. Even if they are unable to fix their own ghosts. Some of the O'Connor problems, like having an abusive mother, can't be directly attributed to her. Other are. Drugs just accelerate the melting mind process.

arp242 3y ago

Ozzy Osbourne is still alive, at 74. He was as much of an alcoholic as MacGowan ever was, if not worse (although I don't think Ozzy ever did heroin?) Dick van Dyke is still around at 97(!) in spite of many years of chain-smoking and alcoholism (he stopped drinking in his late 40s, and smoking in his 70s). Look, I like Dick van Dyke and I wish him many more years, but he ought to have died decades ago. Biology is funny business.

jzb 3y ago
“ Over the past forty years, I've been loaded on booze, coke, acid, Quaaludes, glue, cough mixture, heroin, Rohypnol, Klonopin, Vicodin, and too many other heavy-duty substances to list in this footnote. On more than a few occasions I was on all of those at the same time.” - Ozzy Osbourne
devnullbrain 3y ago
Keith Richards did become addicted to heroin and is 80 in a few weeks.
- justinator 3y ago
  Heroin surprisingly doesn't have a lot of long term effects to health (so long as you don't OD). It's the use of needles and blood born illnesses that can really well: kill you. Hepatitis, HIV, etc.
  - ska 3y ago
    Heroin is a funny one - it's not hard on your body; you are hard on your body as a user.
  - kagakuninja 3y ago
    While true, opioid abuse can cause severe constipation (which perhaps helped kill Elvis), and increases your risk of GI disorders like SIBO.
- justinator 3y ago

anonymousDan 3y ago

Yes it made me chuckle when an article said he had been in bad health for the last few years - more like the last 40 years!