Brian Francis Connolly (1945 - 1997)

Born 5 Oct 1945 in Govanhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 10 Feb 1997 at age 51 in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Brian Connolly is Notable.

Brian Francis Connolly (5 October 1945 – 10 February 1997) was a Scottish-born singer-songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead singer between 1968 and 1979 of the British glam rock band The Sweet.

The identity of his father was never made public and his mother was a teenage waitress, Frances Connolly, who left him in a Glasgow hospital as an infant whilst he was possibly suffering from meningitis. Connolly was fostered at the age of two by Jim and Helen McManus of Blantyre and took their family name. After inadvertently discovering his lineage, he eventually reverted to the name Connolly. Connolly was the adoptive brother of Mark McManus of Taggart fame.

During January 1997 Connolly had a heart attack and he was hospitalised in Slough. After a week in hospital, he discharged himself, but had to be readmitted the following week. This time there was little more that could be done. Connolly died around midnight of 9-10 February 1997, due to kidney failure, liver failure and repeated heart attacks. He was 51 years old.^[1]

He was cremated after a ceremony at Most Holy Name Roman Catholic Church at Old Mill Road, Denham, Buckinghamshire on Monday, 17 February 1997, and his ashes were scattered over the water by his daughters Nicola and Michelle.

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ6-SZK1 : 4 September 2014), Brian Francis Connolly, Feb 1997; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Wikipedia contributors, "Brian Connolly," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brian_Connolly&oldid=971919306 (accessed August 24, 2020).