The guitarist of the 'Man Who Can't Be Moved' band took a sabbatical from music in a bid to spend quality time with his loved ones, months before he passed away.
- Apr 15, 2023
AceShowbiz - Mark Sheehan took a break from The Script to nurture his family months before his death. The band's guitarist's shock passing was revealed on Friday, April 14 evening by the band, who said he had died in hospital aged 46 after a "brief illness."
Last May, Mark's best friend and Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue, 42, explained how his beloved bandmate needed a break from being the "engine" of the group they co-founded to be with his wife Rina, who Mark married when he was 25 and with whom he had three children.
Danny told the Sunday World newspaper in May 2022 about Mark's hiatus from the band, "His children needed a father and his wife needed a husband. He's been the engine of The Script for such a long time, (I told him) that, 'If you want to take a bit of time out for your family you are more than welcome to, and I insist on you going and doing it.' "
"He took a little bit of time off - 'You get refreshed, then you come back with a new zest for life.' And I believe it was the best thing that could have happened for all of us."
Mark missed nearly a year of gigs in 2021 and early 2022 to be close to his loved ones before reuniting with the group last summer for a string of concerts. They included gigs at the SSE Arena, Belfast, on May 14 and 15, Dublin's 3 Arena in June and an outdoor concert in Musgrave Park in Cork on June 19.
Mark's wife Rina was the love of his life, and he told the Irish Mirror in 2008, "Rina is from Texas - we met on the road. I was producing and working in different studios and she was a studio session singer and backing singer. And we just kind of clicked in the usual way you do."
The couple had their first child, son Cameron 18 years ago, and have two other young children, Avery and Lil.
