Here Some Background Info About our Kirsty...
Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of dancer Jean Newlove and noted folk singer Ewan MacColl, and she and her brother Hamish MacColl grew up in Croydon. Her parents separated when she was young, and her father moved out of the family home (later moving in with singer Peggy Seeger).
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 Kirsty on backing vocals under the pseudonym Mandy Doubt. Stiff Records executives were not impressed with the band, but liked her and subsequently signed her to a solo deal.
Some Of The Singles Kirsty Has Done where..
+They Don't Know
+You Caught Me Out
+There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
+A New England
+The Pogues
+Fairytale of New York...
Sadly the death of Kirsty MacColl. Kirsty had a busy, successful year in 2000, with the success of Tropical Brainstorm, as well as her participation in the presentation of a radio program she had done for the BBC on Cuba. [2] MacColl decided to take a much needed holiday, and she, her partner, musician James Knight, and her sons traveled to Cozumel, Mexico. She intended to introduce her sons during the trip to an activity she loved – scuba diving. On December 18, 2000, she and her sons went diving in Cozumel, in a specific diving area that watercraft were restricted from entering. With the group was a local veteran divemaster, Ivan Diaz. As the group was surfacing from a dive, a speeding powerboat entered the restricted area. MacColl saw the boat coming for 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.
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. An employee of González Nova's, boathand José Cen Yam, claimed to have been driving the boat at the time that the accident occurred. [4] 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 González Nova had claimed. Cen Yam was found guilty of culpable homicide and was sentenced to 2 years 10 months in prison.
We will allways miss you!!!
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