Morrissey pays tribute to Irish bodyguard in The Smiths glory years

The lead singer was devastated when Jimmy Connolly, The Smiths’ former head of security, resigned to give more time to his family.

Tributes have been paid to a Dubliner who served as head of security for The Smiths at the height of their fame in the 1980s and befriended Morrissey, the band’s lead singer and lyricist.
Jimmy Connolly, from Lucan, toured the world during the 1980s with the Manchester rock band. He stayed a close acquaintance of Morrissey during the singer’s early solo career, before leaving the entourage for family reasons following the death of his first wife.
His funeral was held last Wednesday at St Mary’s Church in his native Lucan after he died “peacefully but suddenly”, according to RIP.ie. He was in his early seventies.
Upon learning of his friend’s death, Morrissey paid tribute to Connolly on his official...

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MORRISSEY.

Today sees a fairly pointless "opinion piece" from dear old Zoe Williams, who'll happily write 400 words about ANYTHING. If you can't be arsed to click through, here's the text of it:

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