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Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clark has announced the death of her beloved father Dave, just 15-months after the passing of The Pogues singer.
The Irish journalist, 58, took to X with the heartbreaking news and announce she was ‘struggling to process’ his shock death. No cause was given.
Alongside a snap of heartwarming snap of herself and her father, Victoria paid tribute to his ‘warm, witty and kind’ nature and describing him as a ‘total gentleman’.
She penned: My beautiful father Dave passed away yesterday, it was a shock and it’s really hard to process’.
‘He was a total gentleman and a warm, witty, kind, fiercely intelligent man who loved his family with all of his heart and he loved acting and Westham. Love.
It comes after legendary Irish rocker Shane died ‘peacefully’ with his wife and family at his side in November 2023 aged 65.
Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clark has announced the death of her beloved father Dave, just 15-months after the passing of The Pogues singer
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.
In November Victoria was overcome with grief as she marked her wedding anniversary with her late husband.
She confessed missing The Pogues frontman ‘desperately, more than I ever thought possible’ and admitted she doesn’t feel like ‘there’s anything to life for’.
The couple – who had a eight year age difference – began dating in 1986 and married in 2018.
Taking to Instagram with a photo from their wedding day, she began the emotional post: ‘Today is our wedding anniversary and it is f***ing hard.
‘I am just crying in bed and not feeling like there’s anything to live for. I miss him desperately, more than I even thought possible.
‘Even though I know that these emotions are really only passing through and there will be times when I can feel the joy again and the appreciation for everything that we shared.
‘And even though I know that Shane is happy in another dimension with his beautiful mother Therese.’
It comes after legendary Irish rocker Shane died ‘peacefully’ with his wife and family at his side in November 2023 aged 65
The couple – who had a eight year age difference – began dating in 1986 and married in 2018
Marking their anniversary last year she confessed missing The Pogues frontman ‘desperately, more than I ever thought possible’ and admitted she doesn’t feel like ‘there’s anything to life for’
Discussing her heartbreak she continued: ‘It’s a weird thing to know that you are human and that it f***ing hurts to be human but at the same moment that you are hurting you are also a soul and you are also eternal and powerful and full of love and light.
‘Sometimes you can feel very isolated and alone and cut off from the love ❤️ The only way back to love ❤️ is through love ❤️’.
Sharing her advice for getting through grief she added: ‘So if you are hurting, find something nice to say to yourself, find a way to love yourself and support yourself and keep asking the angels for help to heal the pain in your heart and to lift the heaviness and let the light in.
‘Never blame yourself or make yourself wrong for feeling sad. You are a beautiful soul and you are also a fragile and sensitive human and you are both at the exact same moment.
‘Be whatever you need to be in the moment and allow some space to hear the messages from your soul and your guides. You are so loved even if you think you are alone and ESPECIALLY if you think you are alone!’
Paying tribute to her husband she concluded: ‘Thank you so much for being in my life, my beautiful @shanemacgowanofficial I will love you forever and ever’.
Shane and Victoria married in Copenhagen in 2018 after being engaged for 11 years and in a relationship for decades.
Victoria also admitted that she felt suicidal at times in the wake of her husband’s death as she opened up on her intense grieving process.
Speaking to The Independent, Victoria detailed the heartbreak she felt over the loss, explaining: ‘There were obviously enormous amounts of desolation and despair. There were quite a few days where I thought that I definitely wanted to kill myself – I wanted to get out of here and go and be with him.’
The publication reports that Victoria rang suicide charity The Samaritans ‘several times’ and was also supported by her loved ones through her anguish, with Victoria adding that she doesn’t believe there’s ‘a quick or easy way past’ the grief.
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