Stars honour skiffle legend Donegan

FAMILY, friends and colleagues of skiffle star Lonnie Donegan packed a church yesterday to pay tribute to a legend of the British pop scene.

Stars attending the memorial service at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, central London, included Brian May, Mark Knopfler and Bill Wyman.

Music which Donegan helped popularise rang out in the building as his work as a pioneer of British pop was remembered.