David Cavanagh

David Cavanagh was an Irish writer and music journalist. He was editor of Select magazine in the 1990s and wrote My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize (2000), which detailed the rise and fall of Creation Records.[1]

Cavanagh was born in Dublin, and grew up in Northern Ireland.[2] During his career, he wrote for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo.[2]

He died by suicide in Luton in December 2018, aged 54.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Davidson, Tom (25 April 2019). "Top music journalist 'delayed suicide to not disrupt people going home for Christmas'". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Harris, John (31 December 2018). "David Cavanagh: the writer who saw the musicians behind the music". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 31 December 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.