Editing Ewan MacColl (section)

==Death and legacy==
After many years of poor health (in 1979 he suffered the first of many heart attacks), MacColl died on 22 October 1989, in the [[Brompton Hospital]], in London, after complications following heart surgery.<ref name="Oxford"/><ref name="Seeger"/> His autobiography ''Journeyman'' was published the following year. The lifetime archive of his work with Peggy Seeger and others was passed on to [[Ruskin College]] in [[Oxford]].

There is a plaque dedicated to MacColl in [[Russell Square]] in London. The inscription includes: "Presented by his communist friends 25.1.1990&nbsp;... Folk Laureate&nbsp;– Singer&nbsp;– Dramatist&nbsp;– Marxist&nbsp;... in recognition of strength and singleness of purpose of this fighter for Peace and Socialism". In 1991 he was awarded a posthumous honorary degree by the [[University of Salford]].{{cn|date=July 2023}}

His daughter from his second marriage, [[Kirsty MacColl]], followed him into a musical career, albeit in a different genre.<ref name="Oxford" /> She died in a boating accident in Mexico in 2000. His son with Peggy Seeger, Neill MacColl, is the long-standing guitarist for [[Manchester, UK|Mancunian]] musician [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]]. His grandson Jamie MacColl has also developed a musical career of his own with the band [[Bombay Bicycle Club]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/9g6m | title=Difficult second album syndrome neatly avoided by north London indie kids | first=Paul | last=Lester | date=15 July 2010 | publisher=BBC | access-date=12 October 2010 }}</ref>