Kirsty MacColl
Birth name	Kirsty Anna MacColl
Born	10 October 1959(1959-10-10)
Origin	Croydon, England
Died	18 December 2000 (aged 41)
Genre(s)	Folk, Pop, New Wave
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	1979–2000
Label(s)	Stiff, Polydor, IRS, ZTT, V2
Website	KirstyMacColl.com

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Contents 1 Life and career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Debut single 1.3 Chart re-emergence 1.4 Later work 2 Death and "Justice for Kirsty" campaign 2.1 Death 2.2 Justice for Kirsty campaign 2.3 Posthumous reaction 3 Discography 3.1 Studio albums 3.2 Album discography 3.3 Charted singles 4 References 5 External links

Life and career

Early career

Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of dancer Jean Newlove and folk singer Ewan MacColl. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Ewan MacColl ( 25 January, 1915 - 22 October, 1989) was a British Folk singer, Songwriter, Socialist She and her brother Hamish MacColl grew up with their mother in Croydon, where she attended Park Hill Primary School, making early stage appearances in school plays. Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. At the time of Kirsty's birth, her father had been in a relationship with singer Peggy Seeger since 1956, and already had a son with Seeger. Peggy Seeger, born June 17 1935 in New York City, is an American folk singer

Her initial career followed a substantially different path from that of her father; she first came to notice when Chiswick Records released an EP by local punk rock band the Drug Addix with MacColl on backing vocals under the pseudonym Mandy Doubt. Chiswick Records was a British record company. Chiswick was the "first true ' indie ' label" to be established in Britain for nearly a decade" Stiff Records executives were not impressed with the band, but liked her and subsequently signed her to a solo deal. Stiff Records is a Record label created in London in 1976 by entrepreneurs Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera

Debut single

Her debut solo single "They Don't Know", released in 1979, was a huge airplay hit in the UK, peaking at #3 in terms of airplay. " They Don't Know " is a song written by Kirsty MacColl. However, a distributors' strike prevented copies of the single getting into shops, and the single consequently failed to appear on the official UK singles charts, which were based strictly on record sales.

MacColl recorded a follow-up single, "You Caught Me Out", but MacColl felt she lacked Stiff's full backing, and left the label shortly before the song was to be released. The single was pulled, and only a few "white label" promo copies of the single are known to exist.

MacColl moved to Polydor Records in 1981. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. She had a UK #14 hit with the witty yet meaningful "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis", taken from her critically acclaimed debut album Desperate Character. " There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis " was Kirsty MacColl 's first hit single charting in the UK at #14 in 1981 and remaining in the charts Lasting success again failed to materialise, and in 1983, Polydor dropped her just as she had completed recording the songs for a planned second album (to be called Real). She returned to Stiff, where pop singles such as "Terry" and "He's On the Beach" went nowhere but a cover of Billy Bragg's "A New England" in 1985 got to Number 7 in the UK charts. " Terry " was a minor hit single for Kirsty MacColl in 1983 charting in the UK at #81 Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who " A New England " is a song by Billy Bragg that was successfully covered by Kirsty MacColl in 1984. This included two extra verses specially written by Bragg for MacColl.

In the United States, MacColl was probably most recognisable as the writer of "They Don't Know". Tracey Ullman's version, helped by a video guest-starring Paul McCartney, reached Number 2 in the UK in 1983 and the Top Ten in North America. Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959) is a British -born naturalized U Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, (It was also played over the closing credits of Ullman's HBO show Tracey Takes On for much of the show's run. ) Ullman also recorded two more of MacColl's songs, "You Broke My Heart In 17 Places" and "You Caught Me Out", as the title tracks of her first and second albums respectively.

Chart re-emergence

When Stiff went bankrupt in 1986, MacColl was left unable to record in her own right, as no record company bought her contract from the Official Receiver. The Official Receiver (usually abbreviated OR) is the name of a statutory office holder in England and Wales However, her talents meant she was rarely short of session work as a backing vocalist, and she frequently sang on records produced or engineered by her husband, Steve Lillywhite, including tracks for The Smiths, Talking Heads, Big Country, Crossfire Choir, Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida from ABBA), and The Wonder Stuff among others. Steve Lillywhite (born 1955 is a Grammy Award -winning English music producer Early career Lillywhite entered the music industry in The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 Big Country are a rock band from Dunfermline, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a Cult Anni-Frid Princess Reuss von Plauen (born Anni-Frid Lyngstad 15 November 1945 in Bjørkåsen Ballangen, Norway) is a Norwegian The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in the Black Country, England.

MacColl re-emerged in the British charts in December 1987, reaching Number 2 with The Pogues on "Fairytale of New York", a duet with Shane MacGowan. The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane " Fairytale of New York " is a popular Christmas song by Irish Folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the English Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born 25 December 1957 is a musician and singer best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues. This led to her accompanying The Pogues on their British and European tour in 1988, an experience which she said helped her temporarily overcome her stage fright. Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the Fear of Public speaking.

After the contract issue was resolved, MacColl made a comeback as a solo artist and received notice for her work as a songwriter and artist of substance. She received considerable acclaim upon the release of Kite (LP) in 1989. Kite is the third album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989 The album contains 15 tracks including "Innocence" "Fifteen Minutes" and The album was widely praised by critics, and featured collaborations with David Gilmour and Johnny Marr. David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester) is an English Guitarist, MacColl's lyrics addressed life in Margaret Thatcher's Britain on "Free World", ridiculed the vapidity of fame in "Fifteen Minutes", and addressed the vagaries of love in "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" Although Kite contained many original compositions, MacColl's biggest chart success from the album would be the cover of The Kinks' song "Days", which gave her a UK Top 20 hit. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Kite is the third album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989 The album contains 15 tracks including "Innocence" "Fifteen Minutes" and The Kinks were an English pop and rock group formed in 1963 and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band A bonus track on the CD version of Kite was a cover of the Smiths song "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby". The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 Despite being an acclaimed songwriter in her own right, MacColl's success with these songs, as well as her version of "A New England", garnered her a reputation as being a "cover queen".

During this time, MacColl was also featured on the British sketch comedy French and Saunders, appearing as herself and singing songs, including "15 Minutes" (from Kite), "Girls On Bikes" (a reworking of B-side "Am I Right?" and, with comedy duo Raw Sex, the Frank and Nancy Sinatra hit "Something Stupid". French & Saunders is a British Sketch comedy Television show written by and staring BAFTA Award -nominee Dawn French Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940, in Jersey City New Jersey) is an American Singer and actress. She continued to write and record, releasing the album Electric Landlady (a play on the Jimi Hendrix album title Electric Ladyland), including her most successful chart hit in North America, "Walking Down Madison" (co-written with Marr and a Top 30 hit in the UK), in 1991. Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl 's fourth Studio album. Released in 1991 it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl 's fourth Studio album. Released in 1991 it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration Despite its U. S. chart success, Landlady was not a hit for Virgin Records, and in 1992, when Virgin was sold to EMI, MacColl was dropped from the label.

Later work

She released Titanic Days, inspired by her divorce from Lillywhite, in 1994, but again, MacColl was at the mercy of the industry; ZTT Records had agreed to release the album as a "one-off" and declined to sign her to a contract. Titanic Days is Kirsty MacColl 's fifth Studio album, released in 1993 ZTT Records is a Record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, producer/engineer The following year she released two new singles on Virgin, "Caroline" and a cover of Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" (a duet with Evan Dando), together with the "best of" compilation Galore. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. " Perfect Day " is a song written by Lou Reed in 1972 Evan Griffith Dando (born March 4 1967) is an American Musician, most famous for fronting the alternative rock band The Lemonheads Galore is a compilation album released by Kirsty MacColl in 1995

Galore became MacColl's only album to reach the top 10 in the UK album charts, but neither of the new singles, nor a re-released "Days", made the Top 40. MacColl would not record again for several years; her frustration with the music business was exacerbated by a lengthy case of writer's block. MacColl herself admitted that she was ready to give up her music career and become an English teacher in South America.

Several trips to Cuba and Brazil restored MacColl's creative muse, and the world music-inspired (particularly Cuban and other Latin American forms) Tropical Brainstorm was released in 2000 to critical acclaim. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Tropical Brainstorm is the final album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 2000 Brainstorm melded the Latinate music with her droll British lyrics to great effect. It included the song "In These Shoes", which garnered airplay in the U. S. , was covered by Bette Midler and featured in the HBO show Sex and the City. Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is anAmerican Singer, Actress and Comedian, also known (as her informal stage name as Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a It would later (after MacColl's death) be adopted by Catherine Tate as the theme tune for her BBC TV show and feature on the soundtrack to British film Kinky Boots. Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford 12 May 1968) is an English comedienne and Actress. The Catherine Tate Show is an award-winning British Television Sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate who stars in all of the show's Kinky Boots is a 2005 Golden Globe Award -nominated British Comedy film about a traditional Northampton Shoemaker

MacColl developed a friendship with a Cuban doctor during her many visits there, even though she used a lawyer and tried to get him a student visa for the United Kingdom, the visa was denied to her friend. MacColl was very disappointed by this and could not understand the reason for the denial.

MacColl's lyrics, at turns humorous, biting, and achingly sad, are hard to categorise, which sometimes presented a challenge to the commercial viability of her work. She developed a severe case of glossophobia, which first struck during her early tours and which she never truly overcame. Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the Fear of Public speaking. She was also devoted to her children, and would spend long periods of time away from the spotlight to focus on raising them.

Death and "Justice for Kirsty" campaign

Death

MacColl had a busy, successful year in 2000, with the success of Tropical Brainstorm, as well as her participation in the presentation of a radio programme she had done for the BBC on Cuba. ^[1] MacColl decided to take a much needed holiday, and she, her partner, musician James Knight and her sons travelled to Cozumel, Mexico. Cozumel ( Mayan: Island of the Swallows ' ( Kùutsmil in Modern Maya) is an Island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. She intended to introduce her sons during the trip to an activity she loved – scuba diving. Scuba diving is swimming underwater, or taking part in another activity while using a Scuba set. On 18 December 2000, she and her sons went diving in Cozumel, in a specific diving area that watercraft were restricted from entering. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. With the group was a local veteran divemaster, Iván Díaz. As the group was surfacing from a dive, a speeding powerboat entered the restricted area. MacColl saw the boat coming before her sons. Louis was not in the boat's path, but Jamie was. She was able to push him out of the way (he sustained minor head and rib injuries) but in doing so, she was hit by the boat and killed instantly. ^[2] MacColl's remains were repatriated to the United Kingdom and the subsequent funeral took place at Mortlake Crematorium in London. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Mortlake is a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

The boat involved in the accident was owned by Mexican supermarket millionaire Guillermo González Nova, who was on board with several members of his family. Comercial Mexicana is a Mexican Hypermarket group which features stores similar to those owned by Wal-Mart in the United States or An employee of González Nova's, boathand José Cen Yam, claimed to have been driving the boat at the time that the accident occurred. ^[3] Several published reports have included accounts from eyewitnesses that have stated Cen Yam was not at the controls; eyewitnesses also indicate that the boat was travelling much faster than the speed of one knot that Nova had claimed. Cen Yam was found guilty of culpable homicide and was sentenced to 2 years 10 months in prison. manslaughter|homicide|murder Culpable homicide is a specific offence in various jurisdictions which generally involves the unlawful killing of another with (in most relevant jurisdictions However, he was allowed under Mexican law to pay a punitive fine of 1034 pesos (about £61 or US$90) in lieu of the prison sentence. The peso ( sign: $; code: MXN) is the currency of Mexico. The symbol used for the peso is " $ " basically He was also ordered to pay approximately US $2150 in restitution to MacColl's family, an amount based on his wages. Published reports have included statements from people who spoke to Cen Yam after the accident, claiming Cen Yam had received money for taking the blame for the incident. ^{[3] [4]}

González Nova family members claimed that divemaster Iván Díaz failed to put out warning marker buoys, and there is confusion as to whether he put up the correct flag on his boat.

Justice for Kirsty campaign

MacColl's family launched the Justice For Kirsty campaign in response to the events surrounding her death. Among the group's efforts:

• Lawyers for MacColl's family and the group have campaigned for a judicial review into the events surrounding her death. They have been in repeated contact with the Mexican government, and have made an application to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the IACHR or in the three other official languages Spanish, French, and Portuguese CIDH

• MacColl's friends and family have been critical of what they have perceived as a lack of cooperation from the Mexican authorities. In May 2006, Emilio Cortez Ramírez, a federal prosecutor in Cozumel, was found liable for breach of authority in conjunction with his handling of the MacColl case. ^[5]

• The BBC has featured a documentary by Olivia Lichtenstein, entitled Who Killed Kirsty MacColl?. ^[6]

• U2 and Bono, who was a friend of MacColl's, spoke about the incident during a concert in Monterrey, Mexico, in February 2006. This article is about the Mexican city for other uses see Monterrey (disambiguation. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Mexican government released a statement after the concert indicating they would take action. However, as of the present time, no additional details have come forth. ^[7]

• In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph in December 2007 MacColl's mother hoped that a combination of a new Mexican administration and the campaign to push "Fairytale" to the coveted U. The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 K Christmas Number One slot would lead to closure for the family in the next few months. ^[8]

Posthumous reaction

Since MacColl's death, Billy Bragg has always included "her" extra verses when performing "A New England". Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who She was honoured in 2002 with a memorial concert in London at the Royal Festival Hall, featuring a number of musicians that had worked with her or been influenced by her. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Royal Festival Hall is a concert dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

In 2001, a bench was placed by the southern entrance to London's Soho Square as a memorial to her, after a lyric from one of her most poignant songs: "One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square". Soho Square is a square in Soho, London, England, with a park and garden area at its centre that dates back to 1681. Every year on the Sunday nearest to MacColl's birthday, 10 October, fans from all over the world hold a gathering at the bench to pay tribute to her and sing her songs. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated

MacColl continues to receive media exposure; in 2004 a biography of MacColl authored by Karen O'Brien, Kirsty MacColl:The One and Only, was published. As for her music, a retrospective three-CD set spanning her full career, From Croydon To Cuba, was released in 2005. Titanic Days was re-released in 2005 as a deluxe 2CD set, and Kite and Electric Landlady were also remastered and rereleased with additional tracks. Her first album Desperate Character remains out of print, but some tracks from that work were included in the box set. On 7 August 2005, The Best of Kirsty MacColl (a single-disc compilation including the 'new' single "Sun on the Water") made its debut on the UK album charts at #17, climbing to #12 a week later. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

MacColl's collaboration with the Pogues, "Fairytale of New York", remains a perennial Christmas favourite. " Fairytale of New York " is a popular Christmas song by Irish Folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the English In 2004, 2005 and 2006, it was voted favourite Christmas song in a poll by music video channel VH1. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television ^[9] "Fairytale" was re-released in the UK in December 2005, 18 years after its original release, with half of the proceeds being donated to the Justice for Kirsty Campaign. The re-release reached #3 on the UK charts, and spent five weeks in the top 75 over the Christmas and New Year period. Due to newly imposed rules in 2006 "Fairytale" managed to climb back into the top 10 for the third time in its history, peaking at #6, and re-entered the top 40 yet again in December 2007, also reaching #63 on the EU Top 200. On 18 December 2007, there was a controversy over the use of the word 'faggot' in the lyrics, which BBC Radio 1 dubbed out 'to avoid offence'. Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Faggot or fag, in modern North American and Australian English is a word and generally a Pejorative slur term for a gay or ^[10] Following criticism from listeners and MacColl's mother, Radio 1 reversed their decision later in the day. ^[11]

The 2005 movie Kinky Boots features "In These Shoes", sung by Nigerian actor Chiwetel Ejiofor (in character as Lola, during a catwalk scene in Milan). Chiwetel Ejiofor, OBE (pronounced approximately /tʃuwɛtəl ɛdʒəfɔː/ born 10 July 1974) is an award-winning and two-time Golden Globe His version of the song also appears on the soundtrack. During the closing credits, MacColl's original version is played. The album version of "In These Shoes" is also played in the 4th season premiere of Sex and the City (the beginning of the episode "The Agony and The Ex-tacy"). Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a

Discography

Studio albums

• Desperate Character (July 1981); reissued March 1985 with additional tracks as Kirsty MacColl
• Kite (April 1989)
• Electric Landlady (June 1991)
• Titanic Days (October 1993)
• Galore (March 1995)
• Tropical Brainstorm (March 2000)

Album discography

Year	Album	UK albums
1981	Desperate Character	-
1981	Real	-
1989	Kite	34
1991	Electric Landlady	17
1994	Titanic Days	46
2000	Tropical Brainstorm	39

Charted singles

Year	Song	UK singles	Irish Top 30	Album
1981	"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"	14	9	Desperate Character
1983	"Terry"	81	-	-
1985	"A New England"	7	8	-
1987	"Fairytale of New York" (with The Pogues)	2	1	If I Should Fall from Grace with God (Pogues album)
1989	"Free World"	43	-	Kite
1989	"Days"	12	9	Kite
1989	"Innocence"	80	-	Kite
1990	"Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!"	82	-	Kite
1990	"Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things" (with The Pogues)	85	-	Red Hot + Blue (compilation album)
1991	"Walking Down Madison"	23	12	Electric Landlady
1991	"My Affair"	56	-	Electric Landlady
1991	"Fairytale of New York" (with The Pogues)(reissue)	36	10	-
1995	"Caroline"	58	-	Galore
1995	"Perfect Day"	75	-	Galore
1995	"Days" (reissue)	42	-	Kite
1999	"Mambo De La Luna"	114	-	Tropical Brainstorm
2000	"In These Shoes"	82	-	Tropical Brainstorm
2005	"Sun On the Water" (download only)	-	-	The Best Of Kirsty MacColl
2005	"Fairytale of New York" (with The Pogues)(2nd reissue)	3	4	The Best Of Kirsty MacColl
2006	"Fairytale of New York" (with The Pogues)(downloads only)	6	-	The Best Of Kirsty MacColl
2007	"Fairytale of New York" (with The Pogues)(downloads only)	4	-	The Best Of Kirsty MacColl

References

• Kirsty MacColl: The One and Only by Karen O'Brien, 2004. Kite is the third album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989 The album contains 15 tracks including "Innocence" "Fifteen Minutes" and Electric Landlady is Kirsty MacColl 's fourth Studio album. Released in 1991 it was her second Capitol Records release and second collaboration Titanic Days is Kirsty MacColl 's fifth Studio album, released in 1993 Galore is a compilation album released by Kirsty MacColl in 1995 Tropical Brainstorm is the final album by Kirsty MacColl, released in 2000 The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association " A New England " is a song by Billy Bragg that was successfully covered by Kirsty MacColl in 1984. " Fairytale of New York " is a popular Christmas song by Irish Folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the English The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane If I Should Fall from Grace with God is a 1987 album by The Pogues. Miss Otis Regrets is a song by Cole Porter from 1934. It was first performed on stage by Douglas Byng in Hi Diddle Diddle, which opened "Just One of Those Things" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for the 1935 musical Jubilee. Red Hot + Blue is the first in the series of Compilation albums from the Red Hot Organization. " Fairytale of New York " is a popular Christmas song by Irish Folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the English " Perfect Day " is a song written by Lou Reed in 1972 ISBN 0-233-00070-4

External links

• Official site
• Justice for Kirsty – in-depth information regarding MacColl's death
• Kirsty MacColl at the Internet Movie Database
• [1] Official Justice For Kirsty on Myspace

Persondata
NAME	MacColl, Kirsty Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	English pop singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	10 October 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	18 December 2000
PLACE OF DEATH	Cozumel, Mexico

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