Tom McManamon, Irish banjo player

[Evan Hulka]

>From pogues.com:

"On December 15, 2006 Tom McManamon passed away after a long battle
with illness. Tom played in Shane MacGowan's band The Popes, with James
McNally as half of Storm, and has guested with The Pogues, Depeche
Mode, Joe Strummer, U2, Sinead O'Connor, and many more. He had his
banjo in his hands and was surrounded by friends when he died."

The Dead Rock Stars Club site says the cause of death was liver
failure.

This is the third mid-December death in the extended Pogues family,
following those of Kirsty MacColl (who sang on the band's "Fairytale of
New York") in 2000 and Joe Strummer (who replaced MacGowan briefly as
Pogues lead singer) in 2002.

Hulka