Personal Life
McLagan developed a relationship with Kim Kerrigan, the young estranged wife of Keith Moon, drummer of The Who. She divorced Moon and lived with McLagan, and her daughter Amanda (from her marriage to Moon). The two married in 1978, one month after Moon died at the age of 32. Kerrigan died in a traffic accident near their home in Austin, Texas on 2 August 2006. She was 57.
MacLagan is a devoted dog owner, and is particularly fond of greyhounds. In an interview with Creem magazine, McLagan commented, "I used to be the part-owner of a racing greyhound...poor thing. He came in last in every race, and one the one time he came in fifth was because one dog dropped dead on the tracks." -Creem magazine, July 1975
He published an autobiography, "All the Rage: A Riotous Romp Through Rock & Roll History" in 2000.
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