Celebrity Deathwatch: Kirsty MacColl, British Singer, 41

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http://www.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/19/obit.maccoll.reut/index.html

British singer Kirsty MacColl dead at 41
December 19, 2000
Web posted at: 12:58 PM EST (1758 GMT)


LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl has
died in a boating accident in Mexico, her agent said Tuesday. She was 41.

It is believed the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean
Newlove was swimming off the coast when she was run over by a speedboat.

MacColl first shot to fame in 1981 with her single, "There's a Guy Works
Down the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)," and scored her biggest hit with the
Pogues in 1987 with Christmas favorite, "Fairytale in New York."

"Pop music has always been my first love," she said in a recent interview
with the Times newspaper. She collaborated with several bands including the
Smiths, Talking Heads and Billy Bragg.

Her latest album, Tropical Brainstorm, released earlier this year, reflected
influences from Brazil and Cuba and critics praised her latest live
performances. She was due to present "Kirsty MacColl's Cuba," an eight-part
series on the development of popular Cuban music which was scheduled to
start on Wednesday on BBC Radio 2.

A spokesman for the channel said the series had been pre-recorded but it was
unclear when they would now be broadcast.

MacColl is survived by two children from her marriage to producer Steve
Lillywhite.

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