(TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY - JANUARY 3) 1986, Irish singer, songwriter and bassist Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died of heart failure and pneumonia after being in a coma for eight days following a drug overdose. Had the 1973 hit Whiskey in the Jar, (their version of the traditional Irish song), 1978 album Live and Dangerous spent 62 weeks on the UK chart. A life-size bronze statue of Phil Lynott was unveiled on Harry Street in Dublin in 2005 thisdayinmusic/
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