He was buried in St Fintan's Cemetery, Dublin. Phil Lynott's funeral was held at St Elizabeth's Church in London five days later, and was followed by a second service at Howth Parish Church in Dublin, on January 11. The wildman founded Thin Lizzy in 1969 with Whisky In The Jar catapulting the band to fame three years later. Record cover/Art by Jim Fitzpatrick On many a. Just eleven days after his collapse, on January 4 1986, he died of pneumonia and heart failure at the hospital's intensive care unit. He was just 36. Thin Lizzy's classic lineup graphic doppelgangers on the 'Jailbreak' cover: Brian Robertson, Brian Downey, Phil Lynott, and Scott Gorham. There he was diagnosed with septicaemia (poisoning of the blood), as well as kidney and liver damage.Īlthough he regained consciousness and was able to speak to Philomena, his condition worsened, and by the start of the New Year he was put on a ventilator to help with his breathing. Philip Parris Lynott was born on 20th August 1949 in West Bromwich, near Birmingham. Familiar with his habit, she rushed him to a drug clinic at Clouds House near Shaftesbury, where the clinicians took one look at the ailing Lynott and sent him quickly on to Salisbury Infirmary. Thin Lizzy are the personification of Rock ‘N’ Roll in Ireland and continue to influence artists worldwide to this day. He collapsed at home in Kew, and while his two daughters Sara and Cathleen were at the house, it was his mother, Philomena, who discovered him and called his estranged wife.Ĭaroline jumped in her car and drove the 100 miles from her home in Bath to be at Lynott’s side. The 36-year-old rock star had been admitted to Salisbury Hospital in Wiltshire with a serious kidney and liver infection on Christmas Day, after he collapsed from a drink and drug binge at his home in. Lynott's body finally gave in on Christmas Day. Phil Lynott, the former lead singer of the rock band Thin Lizzy, has died from heart failure and pneumonia after an 11-day fight for his life.
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