Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty MacColl (born on October 10, 1959 in Croydon, South London, UK - died December 18, 2000 in Cozumel, Mexico) was a singer-songwriter from England, UK. She was the daughter of folk singer artist 615404 and dancer Jean Newlove, and the sister of artist 417669 and half-sister to artist 281142, Neill MacColl (of artist 171150) and Calum MacColl (of artist 281126). Aunt of artist 424408 (of artist 1103990).

After a brief stint in 1978 with her first band artist 1459785, she went solo and scored a hit with the single There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis in 1981. In 1984, she married producer Steve Lillywhite and had two children artist 2951664 (manager of Ellie Goulding) and artist 7245766.

Kirsty died whilst swimming with her children in Cozumel, Mexico after being hit by a speedboat which had crossed into an area restricted to swimmers only. Her final album Tropical Brainstorm was released posthumously, in early 2001.