What is Shane MacGowan?
{{Infobox person | image = Shane-MacGowan.jpg | caption = MacGowan in 1991 | birth_name = Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan | birth_place = [[Pembury]], Kent, England | nationality = Irish<!--See WP:INFONAT--> | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1957|12|25}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|11|30|1957|12|25}} | death_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}} | years_active = 1977–2020 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Victoria Mary Clarke]]|2018}} | website = {{url|ShaneMacGowan.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|banjo}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Celtic punk]]|[[Celtic rock]]|[[folk punk]]|[[folk rock]]}} | past_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Pogues]]|[[Shane MacGowan and The Popes]]|[[The Nipple Erectors]]|The Shane Gang}} }} }} '''Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan''' (25 December 1957 – 30 November 2023) was an Irish-British musician and singer-songwriter. He was best known as the lead singer and songwriter of [[Celtic punk]] band [[the Pogues]]. He was also a member of [[the Nipple Erectors]] and [[Shane MacGowan and the Popes]], as well as producing his own solo material. In the summer of 2015, MacGowan fell as he was leaving a Dublin studio, fracturing his pelvis. MacGowan was using a wheelchair since the accident.<ref>{{cite news|first=Emma | last=Gritt | title=Wheelchair bound Shane MacGowan shows off his new teeth as he attends charity event in Dublin | date=16 December 2016 | publisher = [[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]] | url=https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/2416412/wheelchair-bound-shane-macgowan-shows-off-his-new-teeth-as-he-attends-charity-event-in-dublin/ | access-date=23 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Fears grow for wheelchair-bound punk legend | date=23 July 2017 | publisher=[[Daily Mail]] | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4722326/Fears-grow-wheelchair-