Pop Singer

Lonnie Donegan’s Death – Cause and Date

The pop singer Lonnie Donegan died at the age of 71. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Scottish-born singer and songwriter whose more than twenty United Kingdom Top 30 hits include “Cumberland Gap,” “Gamblin’ Man,” and “My Old Man’s a Dustman.” His music spanned the folk, jazz, and pop genres.

His three marriages — to Maureen Tyler, Jill Westlake, and Sharon Donegan — produced a total of three daughters and four sons.

Donegan died on 3 November 2002, aged 71, after a heart attack in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire mid-way through a UK tour, and before he was due to perform at a memorial concert for George Harrison with the Rolling Stones.

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My original opinion still stands. I don’t think he should have put it out.

Lonnie Donegan Death Cause and Date
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The shows weren’t organized at all. They just happened.

Lonnie Donegan Death Cause and Date
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I always thought I was singing American folk music.

Lonnie Donegan Death Cause and Date