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What is it like to grieve a public figure?

What is it like when your grief becomes public property? Dealing with loss is incredibly complica...

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10.00 2 Apr 2026


What is it like to grieve a public figure?


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10.00 2 Apr 2026


What is it like when your grief becomes public property? Dealing with loss is incredibly complicated for anyone. But that really adds another, very difficult dimension. 

How do you cope with loss, when there are cameras in your face? Or people you don’t know laying claim to the one you’ve lost? To talk more about with Claire was Siobhan MacGowan, sister of Shane MacGowan.


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