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Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has announced the death of her sister Vanessa on Friday night – almost two years after her husband’s passing.
The Irish journalist and writer, 59, took to social media to share the sad news as she described Vanessa as her ‘best friend’.
In a lengthy tribute to her sibling, Victoria also posted a sweet snap of Vanessa posing with the late singer MacGowan.
Victoria penned: My beautiful sister Vanessa died last night. She has been my best friend since we were babies and she was the embodiment of kindness and compassion and one of the most selfless and caring humans on this planet.
‘She was the best and the brightest and the smartest woman you could meet and she looked after everyone around her and she was interested in everything.
‘We were all blessed to have had her in our lives even though it wasn’t nearly long enough. I’m devastated without her and she will leave an enormous void in our lives.
Shane MacGowan’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke has announced the death of her sister Vanessa on Friday night
The Irish journalist and writer, 59, took to social media to share the sad news as she described Vanessa as her ‘best friend’
‘She loved @shanemacgowanofficial like a sister and he adored her so I hope and pray that he was waiting for her when she crossed over and that he is looking after her and that she is feeling the love ❤️ that we are all sending her for her journey onwards.
‘Bless you my darling sister I love you forever.’
The Pogues frontman Shane died in November 2023 with pneumonia.
Victoria first met her late husband when she was 16 years old at the Royal Oak pub in North London in December 1982.
The couple – who had a eight year age difference – began dating in 1986 and married in 2018, celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary just days before Shane died.
