Shane MacGowan's wife says he 'hated' funerals as she shares emotional update
Shane MacGowan's wife Victoria Mary Clarke said he 'hated funerals' as she shared an emotional update ahead of the singer's own memorial.
The Pogues star saddened the world when it was announced at the end of November that he passed away at the age of 65 after months of ill health. The Irish singer had battled viral encephalitis and spent most of the past year in hospital, with his wife sharing constant updates.
Ahead of his funeral on Friday, Victoria – whom he married in 2018 – took to social media to share a throwback photo of the two of them, before sharing an emotional update in the caption. "Tomorrow is Shane’s funeral which is hard to believe and probably I won’t believe it for a while," she began.
"Shane hated funerals and he refused to go to them with a few rare exceptions. So it’s incredible to think that so many people want to come to his and that so many beautiful people are pouring their hearts and souls into making it magnificent and magical and memorable for him and for us who are left behind. I am feeling my heart bursting open in all directions with the amount of love that is being showered on us and most especially because everyone has their own problems and challenges and everyone has their own loved ones who they need to look after.
Victoria shared an emotional update ahead of his funeral (instagram)"I feel that Shane is with me all the time and that he is feeling intense appreciation and gratitude and that he is still sending love to everyone and maybe in a more powerful way from where he is now. I couldn’t have possibly asked for a more precious and enduring love affair as a human and I got so much from my relationship with Shane that it would be greedy to want more!"
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Victoria went on to provide advice for those in a relationship with people with addiction or mental health issues. She continued: "I would love to say to anyone who is in a relationship with someone who has problems with addiction or anxiety or depression to please get healing and help for yourself, and to take care of yourself and you will find that it gives you the strength to keep going and to be able to enjoy your love.
"And to anyone who is in fear of losing someone just know that millions of angels are watching you and supporting you. And if you don’t want to come to the funeral Shane would definitely understand, he wouldn’t want to go either! But if you want to remember him, the next time you see a homeless person stop and give them your time and your compassion and your respect and treat them like a brother or a sister."
The procession for the late Pogues singer will take place in Dublin on Friday morning before his funeral mass later than afternoon in Tipperary, where Shane lived until he was six years old. The Irish star’s funeral will take place in his home county of Tipperary on Friday (December 8).
A mass, which will be open to the public, is expected to take place in Nenagh, his family’s hometown, where his father Maurice and sister Siobhan are still thought to live. The service will be held in St Mary of the Rosary Church, the same chapel where his beloved mother Therese MacGowan’s funeral was held.
High-profile guests such as President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and close friends including Johnny Depp and U2 singer Bono are expected to attend. Members of the public are also welcome to come and share in their ‘great memories’ of Shane.
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