Kirsty MacColl

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Born 10 October 1959. Died 18 December 2000.

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Kirsty MacColl - Miss Otis Regrets (Hootenanny 1995)

Kirsty MacColl & the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards perform Miss Otis Regrets in 1995.

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Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. She scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. During this era, she often sang on recordings produced by her then husband Steve Lillywhite, notably those of The Smiths and the song "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues. She was killed in a boating accident in Mexico in 2000, under controversial circumstances.

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