Person    | Female  Born 10/10/1959  Died 18/12/2000

Kirsty MacColl

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Mexico

Singer-songwriter. Born Mayday Hospital, Thornton Heath, daughter of Ewan. Killed in a swimming / motorboat incident in Mexico. Whether the person actually responsible for her death was properly prosecuted or not was the subject of the "Justice for Kirsty" campaign.

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Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl, 1959 - 2000, "One day I'll be waiting there, no empty bench i...

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