Mark Sheehan, the guitarist and co-founder of The Script, has died at the age of 46, after a “brief illness”.

Sheehan, along with Danny O’Donoghue and Glen Power, founded The Script, in Dublin, in 2001. The band released six albums, with their self-titled debut album hitting #1 in the UK and Ireland.

We saw the band in Jun 2015 and Oct 2012, talking about Sheehan and his fear of height: “A couple of fun tidbits about this show, apparently guitarist Mark Sheehan had a massive fear of heights, and the director decided that the video shoot for “Man on a Wire” would require Sheehan to stand up way high on the side of a building (with nothing but some strings holding him up). He was in fear of his life, but at the end of it, he seemed really glad to have faced that fear. Obviously much happier to have his feet on the ground, playing guitars for us on a horizontal stage.”

Rest in peace, Mark Sheehan.

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[14 Apr 2023] Mark Sheehan (Irish guitarist for The Script), 46

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[12 Apr 2023] Jah Shaka (Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator)

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[10 Apr 2023] Danny Schur (Canadian composer), 56, brain cancer

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[09 Apr 2023] Karl Berger (German jazz pianist, composer, and educator), 88

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[09 Apr 2023] Valter Dešpalj (Croatian cellist), 75

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[09 Apr 2023] Chuck Morris (American percussionist for Lotus), 46

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[08 Apr 2023] Rami Meir (Рами Меир) (Azerbaijani-born Israeli artist, poet, and singer), 60

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[08 Apr 2023] Bob Heatlie (Scottish songwriter and record producer), 76

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[07 Apr 2023] Ian Bairnson (Scottish musician for The Alan Parsons Project), 69

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[07 Apr 2023] Kidd Jordan (American jazz saxophonist), 87

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[07 Apr 2023] Guy Bailey (British guitarist and songwriter for The Quireboys)

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[07 Apr 2023] John Regan (American bass guitarist for Frehley’s Comet), 71

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[07 Apr 2023] Lasse Wellander (Swedish guitarist for ABBA), 70

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[06 Apr 2023] Nora Forster (German music promoter for The Slits, Sex Pistols), 80, Alzheimer’s disease

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[06 Apr 2023] Paul Cattermole (English singer for S Club 7), 46

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[05 Apr 2023] Duško Gojković (Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger), 91

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[04 Apr 2023] Vivian Trimble (American musician for Luscious Jackson), 59, cancer

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