What happened to Thin Lizzy's original singer, Phil Lynott?

What happened to Thin Lizzy's original singer, Phil Lynott?

Sadly, Thin Lizzy's original singer, Phil Lynott, died on Jan 4, 1986 from heart failure after an 11 day bout of pneumonia. The 36-year-old rock star had been admitted to Salisbury Hospital in Wiltshire with a serious kidney and liver infection on Christmas Day, after he collapsed from a drink and drug binge at his home in Surrey. Phil started Thin Lizzy in 1970 with Eric Bell on guitar and Brian Downey on drums. Their first hit was a novelty rock version of the traditional Irish folk song "Whisky in the jar". The band underwent a series of changes in 1974. The arrival of guitarists Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham stabilized the line up as the band entered their most productive phase with the top selling album Jailbreak in 1976. Throughout the 1970s and until the group split up in 1984, the band's membership continued to change.

My thanks to this article from the BBC News.    See the full story here.