And a few days after I posted that, Mr McGowan is gone at 65 years old.I kept scrolling and waiting to see this one and was shocked it wasn't here:
It was Christmas Eve, babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me
"Won't see another one"
....................
The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
To anyone who followed him, even peripherally, this is no surprise. He lived the life and he paid the toll.
May he finally be at peace.
(the song is posted because it is a favorite of mine. the lyrics, particularly the chorus, are not intended as a eulogy)