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Thread #127190   Message #2834312
Posted By: GUEST,David Jones Guest
09-Feb-10 - 02:40 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Charles O'Hegarty (1937-2010)
Subject: RE: Charles O'Hegarty (obit?)
This is a shock, I sang with Charlie for many years and tried to keep in touch with him in London, but it was hard to meet up with him. I will try to locate his daughter Marika, and his former wife Anna for confirmation. John Townley might have some info. Charlie was very popular at South Street Seaport in NYC and was a mighty singer and a great entertainer. A former Royal Marine, he wrote some good songs, some of which were recorded by The Irish Rovers. His most well known song was "Body in the Bag", "The More I Travel" was my favorite and may have been his best song, it was recorded by the Bears Family I think, although changed much from the way Charlie sang it. He made his living, such as it was, by performing, sadly, Charlie ran into problems with drink which got the better of him. I will try to write more later and give a more details of Charlies life.