This weekend Johnny Depp He attended the funeral of his friend and “teacher” Shane MacGowancomposer and vocalist of The Pogues, to whom he dedicated some emotional words and carried the coffin on his shoulders due to the affection and closeness that existed between them until the last day.
Last November 30 The music world suffered a great loss with the death of the 65-year-old Irish singer as a result of pneumonia. And at his funeral, fans, friends and family showed the great affection they had for him with a procession through the streets of Dublin to say their “final goodbye.”
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Although there were a large number of well-known personalities at the funeral ceremony such as actors, actresses and politicians, Depp’s presence captured the attention as he was one of those most affected by the loss of MacGowanwith whom he had a professional and friendly relationship for years.
Johnny Depp says goodbye to his “master”
In the religious ceremony which took place in the church of the Virgin Mary of the Rosaries, the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean was in charge of reading the prayer of the faithful, addressed to whom he called “his teacher.”
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“We pray for a deeper spirit of compassion in the world, that we may feel the pain of others, understand their needs, and reach out to all who suffer in any way with the continued love that is rooted in faith and peace. Lord, hear us,” Depp pronounced in the church.
At the end of the ceremony, depp was one of those in charge of carrying the wicker coffin, covered in red roses and with a black and white photograph of MacGowanover his shoulder.
The actor’s gesture is due to the closeness they maintained, since in their friendship of more than three decades, Johnny even produced the biopic of MacGowan who he said, when presenting the film project at the San Sebastian Festival, left him “fascinated with his language” and its “powerful songs.
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Admiration for MacGowan at his funeral
The singer’s widow Victoria Mary Clarke He said that MacGowan never liked funerals, so the funeral became a party where the attendees, out of the admiration they felt for him, danced and sang.
Some members of The Dubliners, an Irish folk musical group founded in Dublin in 1962, performed ‘Fairy tale of New York’, a Christmas song that could be quite the opposite.
With information from EFE