Songwriter, singer and Irish icon Shane MacGowan has died at age 65. Famous as the frontman for the band The Pogues, MacGowan melded rock energy with Irish folk. But he was almost as famous for his struggles with alcohol as for his music, as host Marco Werman explains.
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