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"Suggs: I searched for my father for years, but found out he had died decades ago by reading my Wikipedia page". Daily Mail. 2012-08-24.

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Was Suggs close friends with Ian Donaldson and was he a pallbearer at Ian's funeral? These are urban legends as far as I know.

Yeah urban legend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 (talk) 22:18, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is NOT an urban legend. There is a photo showing Suggs and Ian Stuart. He (stuart) lived with suggs in a flat or at suggs mother for a short time. But the 2 definitely were friends. --89.244.119.6 (talk) 17:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are interviews with both Suggs and Donaldson where the fact is mentioned. It isn't a legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.157.76.57 (talk) 09:37, 20 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

different pic please this ones depressing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 (talk) 22:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly not a very favorable picture. 82.17.105.0 (talk) 19:49, 14 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggs

Where did Mr McPherson get his stage name from? I couldn't find a reference to it - if it's there shouldn't it be near the top of the article? TheOneOnTheLeft (talk) 10:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Daily Mail article

"Suggs: I searched for my father for years, but found out he had died decades ago by reading my Wikipedia page" J N 466 13:15, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
... and dozens of others: [1] J N 466 15:37, 29 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Suggs' radio play mentions Wikipedia

Suggs' BBC4 radio play 'My Mad-Life Crisis' (narrated by Suggs, and adapted from his stage play 'My Life In Words And Music' co-written with Toby Follet) refers to how Suggs discovered the date and place of his father's death from his Wikipedia page:

reference: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tk8hw — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.175.22 (talk) 16:56, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alcohol

Hasn't he admitted having had problems with alcohol? That ought at least to be mentioned. So far, the only indication in the article of something being amiss in that direction is inclusion of the track No More Alcohol. Additionally, I'm sure there was a television documentary where his mother talked about her own battle with the bottle.

Nuttyskin (talk) 09:49, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Madness

Found this lil anecdote about Suggs, don't know if it's true or not.

"In 1980 @suggsgmcpherson climbed on top of a van and wrote MADNESS on the Berlin Wall. Here it is today." - [2]

-- œ^™ 04:33, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]