Soho Square

English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl 1959 – 2000

was killed on 18 December 2000.

Kirsty was holiday with her family in Cozumel, Mexico.

She had been Scuba diving in the sea, on surfacing from a

dive, she was hit by a speeding powerboat that had entered

the restricted area. She died instantly in front of her two sons.

At the southern entrance to London's Soho Square there is a memorial to her.

It takes the form of a wooden bench with an inscription.

The wording quotes lyrics from her song, Soho Square.

"One day I'll be waiting there / No empty bench in Soho Square"