Noon is a simple period for Ed Sheeran. To professional problems related toaccusation of plagiarism for the song Thinking Out Loud, now joins the mourning loss of grandmother, Anne Mary Mulligan, for all Nancy, to whom the artist was very close. To the point of dedicating one of his most famous songs to her: Nancy Mulligan.
Ed Sheeran, who was the beloved grandmother
As reported by the DailyMail, Anne Mary Mulligan in Sheeran died on April 25 at 98 years old. She died at Castle Gardens Nursing Home in Enniscorthy, Ireland. The singer’s grandmother was remembered by his family as “beloved wife of the late Bill and loving mother of Jim, Bill, Peter, Chris, John, MaryAnne, Bridget and the late Sally and sister of the late Thomas, Jim, May and Peggy” . Nancy and Ed Sheeran’s grandfather William had eight children and 23 grandchildren.
The song dedicated to her
Own grandmother Anne Mary is the inspiration of Nancy Mulligancontained in the album Divide of 2017. The piece tells in music the love story between the artist’s grandparents: grandfather William Sheeran, a Protestant from Belfast in Northern Ireland, and Nancy, a Catholic from the Republic of Ireland. After their meeting, the two fall in love during the Second World War and marry on the Wexford border. «They wore borrowed clothes to get married. He stole gold teeth from the dental office where he worked and melted them into a wedding ring. No one showed up for their wedding. They have a love story like Romeo and Juliet, a romantic story. So I thought of writing a song» the artist said some time ago.
The accusation of plagiarism
In addition to grieving the loss of her grandmother, the music star is facing copyright infringement lawsuit. To finish under accusation is the song released in 2014 Thinking Out Loudconsidered similar to the song Let’s Get It On by Marvin Gaye. To sue the singer was the family of Ed Townsend, the singer who wrote Let’s Get It On along with Marvin Gaye. Sheeran, who has described the accusations against him as “offensive”, he even showed up in court with the guitar singing the piece for which he is accused of plagiarism. And he threatened to quit music permanently should he be found guilty.
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