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Headline: Pete Doherty thought Shane MacGowan 'was bulletproof'

Caption: The Pogues frontman passed away aged 65 on Thursday, just over a week after he had been released from hospital after several months of treatment. He had been diagnosed with encephalitis, a serious condition in which the brain becomes inflamed, last year. Speaking about MacGowan's death on BBC World Service's Newshour on Thursday, Doherty remarked, "I knew he was ill but I thought he was bulletproof." The Libertines singer shared that he "loved and respected" the Fairytale of New York hitmaker…

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