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Sisters Of Mercy guitarist Chris Sheehan has lost his battle against cancer
22nd of December 2014, 19:14
New Zealander Chris Sheehan (real name Chris Starling) has lost his long battle with Stage 4 metastatic nodular
His musical career includes founding band The Starlings, and performing with Curve, Babylon Zoo, the Sisters of Mercy and Mutton Birds. His time playing guitar with The Sisters of Mercy was the 1996 Roadkill-Tour, and then again from 2000-2003, during the Trip The Light Fantastic, Exxile On Euphoria, the Summer Europe 2002 and Smoke And Mirrors tours, leaving the band in 2005.
Source; Post-punk.com
