Shane MacGowan’s widow says because of “tower of energy” Johnny Depp
Shane MacGowan‘s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has shared her gratitude to Johnny Depp following her husband’s funeral.
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Depp was amongst a number of well-known mates who attended the Pogues frontman’s funeral final week following the singer’s loss of life from pneumonia, aged 65.
Throughout the ceremony, the Pirates Of The Caribbean actor stood for a studying, the place he known as MacGowan “maestro”.
“We pray for a deeper spirit and compassion on the earth,” he stated. “Could we really feel the ache of others, perceive their want and attain out to all who are suffering in any means with a steady love that’s rooted in religion and peace.”
Once you lose a beloved one you want to have the ability to give attention to the blessings and I need to thank #johnnydepp for being a tower of energy and for supporting me and @ShaneMacGowan in so some ways with such respect and compassion and loyalty
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— @victoriamary (@Victoriamary) December 10, 2023
Clarke has now shared a publish on X (previously Twitter) with an image of herself and Depp, calling the actor a “tower of energy”.
“Once you lose a beloved one you want to have the ability to give attention to the blessings and I need to thank #johnnydepp for being a tower of energy and for supporting me and @ShaneMacGowan in so some ways with such respect and compassion and loyalty,” she wrote.
The funeral came about in Co Tipperary, Eire, and included a efficiency from Nick Cave, who performed the 1986 Pogues tune ‘A Wet Night time in Soho’, whereas Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill carried out a model of MacGowan’s 1987 Christmas hit ‘Fairytale of New York’, backed by members of The Pogues as members of MacGowan’s household danced.
Johnny Depp delivers a short studying at Shane MacGowan’s funeral
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Irish singers Mundy and Camille O’Sullivan carried out a model of ‘Haunted’, a duet recorded by MacGowan and Sinead O’Connor in 1995, whereas members of The Pogues additionally carried out ‘The Parting Glass’, and Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan and musician John Francis Flynn lined ‘I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Each Day’.
Additionally delivering readings on the service had been Sinn Fein politician Gerry Adams and actor Aiden Gillen.
Earlier within the day, followers lined the streets of Dublin forward of the funeral, with a procession that concerned a horse-drawn carriage.