David Cavanagh, British music writer and journalist, Dead

David Cavanagh died on December 29, 2018.

He was a British writer and music journalist.

David Cavanagh was a writer for Sounds, Select, Q, Uncut and Mojo.

Cavanagh's books included a history of Creation Records, My Magpie Eyes Are Hungry for the Prize and Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life, about John Peel.

David Cavanagh was at one time an editor of Select.

He was raised in Northern Ireland.

David Cavanagh passed away in December 2018.