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# RIP
Shane MacGowan expresses thanks for support after mother's death in car crash
Therese MacGowan died after her car struck a wall in Tipperary.
SHANE MACGOWAN HAS expressed his thanks for support he has received after his mother died in a car crash.
His partner, Victoria Mary Clarke, tweeted that people have been “overwhelmingly lovely and kind”.
His mother, Therese MacGowan (late 80s), died after her car struck a wall in Tipperary yesterday afternoon.
The incident happened at around 3pm at Ballintogher near Nenagh, the area where MacGowan is originally from.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
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