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Singer Luke Kelly picture(s)/pic(s), wallpaper and photo gallery, albums covers pictures. Born: 10 May 1940 Dublin, Ireland. Died: January 30 1984 (aged 43). Luke Kelly biography (bio): Luke Kelly was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin, Ireland, most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners. Early Life: Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner city,he was born on the periphery of the Docks, on Sherriff Street. He attended the O'Connell School on North Richmond Street before emigrating to Britain in 1958. There he first became involved in the growing international folk music scene in which Ewan MacColl was a central figure, as well as joining the Communist Party of Great Britain. Career: In 1962 Luke Kelly returned to Dublin and quickly became a central figure in the city's burgeoning folk music community, playing in sessions in O'Donoghue's Pub on Merrion Row with the likes of Ronnie Drew, Barney McKenna and The Fureys. Not long after, he ended up forming a folk group with Drew, McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan, which he named The Dubliners. In 1965, Kelly married the actress Deirdre O'Connell, one of the founders of the Focus Theatre. In the mid-1960s, Kelly returned to England for a while. On coming back to Ireland, he rejoined the Dubliners. His interpretations of "Raglan Road" and Scorn Not His Simplicity were significant musical achievements and became points of reference in Irish folk music. His version of "Raglan Road" came about when the poem's author, Patrick Kavanagh, heard him singing in a pub in Dublin city then called the Bailey, and approached him to say that he should sing the poem, which is set to the tune of 'Dawning of the day'. Kelly remained a politically engaged musician, and many of the songs he recorded dealt with social issues, the arms race and war, workers' rights and Irish nationalism, ("The Springhill Disaster", "Second World Song", "Joe Hill", "The Button Pusher", "Alabama 1958" and "God Save Ireland" all being good examples of his concerns). One of the Dubliners' seminal albums was titled Revolution. In the socially and politically conservative atmosphere of the Republic of Ireland at the time, this was notable. Illness and Death: On June 30, 1980 during a concert in the Opera House in Cork Luke Kelly collapsed on the stage. He had already suffered for some time from headaches and forgetfulness, which however had been ascribed to his alcohol consumption. A brain tumour was diagnosed. Although Kelly toured with the Dubliners after enduring an operation, his health deteriorated further. He forgot lyrics and had to take longer breaks in concerts as he felt weak. On his European tour in Autumn 1983 he came off the stage in Traun (Austria) and again in Mannheim (Germany). Shortly after he had to cancel the tour of southern Germany and after a short stay in hospital in Heidelberg was flown back to Dublin. After another operation he spent Christmas with his family but was taken into hospital again in the New Year, where he died on 30th January 1984. His gravestone bears the inscription: Luke Kelly - Dubliner.

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