Kirsty MacColl was killed in a horrific speedboat accident in 2000, just days before Christmas, and now her son Louis Lillywhite has spoken out about the tragedy Kirsty MacColl performing on stage in 1995 five years before her death (Image: Ian Dickson/Redferns)

Its annual reappearance on the radio and in stores often heralds the start of the festive season. However, for Louis Lillywhite, the Christmas classic Fairytale of New York carries a deeper significance.

He was only 14 when his mother, Kirsty MacColl, who performed the hit duet with Pogues frontman Shane McGowan, tragically died in a devastating speedboat accident .

Kirsty's life was abruptly ended just a week before Christmas when she was struck by a high-speed boat off the Mexican coast on December 18, 2000, as s

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