Thin Lizzy - Spirit Slips Away (In honor of Phil) RIP #thinlizzy #phillynott

Mr Lonely Heart: the tragic death of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott By Philip Wilding ( Classic Rock ) published September 30, 2019 When Phil Lynott collapsed on Christmas Day 1985, it was the beginning of the end for the former Thin Lizzy legend. It was difficult to reconcile the emaciated figure lying there among the plastic tubes – the medical equipment beeping intermittently – with the familiar face of Phil Lynott, one of the great lost vagabonds of the western world. His estranged wife Caroline, face etched with worry, was at his bedside. By her side was her father, the TV host Leslie Crowther, his hand tightly clutching hers as the clock kept a ticking vigil and the night crept towards another day.  How did it get to this? Arguably one of rock’s most charismatic and eloquent singers and songwriters, struck dumb by drink and drugs. The man who sang about dancing in the moonlight, or being down on his luck in Hollywood. The man who escaped dire poverty in Dublin to take Thin Liz