The Script Guitarist Mark Sheehan Dies At 46

The British rock band The Script‘s’s guitar Mark Sheehan passed away after a” long illness ,” the group announced on Friday. He had 46.

Sheehan was a founding member of the well-known circle, which debuted in 2001 in Dublin. He was referred to by the band as” greatly loved husband, father, brother, channel mate, and friend” in a speech.

Mark Sheehan, a cherished husband, father, brother, bandmate, and mate, passed away today in the clinic. At this dreadful time, the family and group request that fans support their privacy. picture. twitter.com / 6HaShCk8l4

— on April 14, 2023, the script (@ thescript )

The Script — known for its hits “Hall of Fame,” “The Man Who Can’t Be Moved,” and “Breakeven” — featured singer Danny O’Donoghue, Glen Power on the drums, and guitarist Sheehan. The Irish band topped charts in the U.K. with its debut album in 2008. During the 2010s, The Script continued its success, going on to have six top 10 albums in the U.K. and one placed in the top three albums in the U.S. The band ended up selling over 29 million records worldwide.

Sheehan grew up in inner-city Dublin and lost his father when he was just 14, according to The Irish Times. In 2006, after The Script members signed their record deal and were preparing to record their debut album, Sheehan’s mother had a stroke.

Sheehan stated,” She spent 10 months in the hospital, and that is what brought me back to Dublin. The boys returned with me. At the back of the James Street home where I grew up, I had a small workshop that resembled an lose. I could work night shifts there with my mother, read songs, and then return home to read and record more because it was just next to the hospital.

Within a year, Sheehan’s’s mother passed away, and soon after that, the guitar contributed to the band writing its first strikes.

Sheehan recalled passing through Dublin Airport and spotting a moving message heart with something about an Irish boyband after The Script signed its record contract in 2008. Oh man, we’re’re actually setting ourselves up here, I thought.

Sheehan, though, didn’t just focus on his immediate popularity. He contributed to the band’s’s final album,” Sunsets & Full Moons ,” which was released in 2019, as well as the albums” Science and Faith ,”” No Sound Without Silence ,” and” Freedom Child.”

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Sheehan remarked,” What I’ve’ve learned from that entire experience was to never take anything for granted and to always keep your business head on.” ” We’re’re in this because we love music, but you also need to be aware of the business side of things.”

Sheehan’s’s family Rina and their three children are still alive.