It happens 18 months after his son's awful death. The sweeping ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U" helped her become famous.
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| Sinéad O'Connor young photo at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1988 |
According to her relatives, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor passed away at the age of 56. Her reason of death hasn't been made public yet. In recent years, Ella O'Connor had suffered openly with her mental health.
With the 1990 ballad Nothing Compares 2 U, one of the best songs of the decade, the vocalist gained international recognition.
The family of O'Connor released the following statement: "It is with deep sorrow that we announce the demise of our dear Sinéad. In this extremely difficult moment, her family and friends have asked for privacy since they are saddened.
O'Connor had earlier this month posted on his Facebook page that she had relocated to London after 23 years and was working on an album that would be released the following year. She also discussed her 2024 and 2025 tour schedules, which include stops in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
She was well-known for her singing, but she was also known for her shaved head, her strong opinions on feminism, sex, religion, and war. She is remembered by some for ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II while appearing on Saturday Night Live.
The singer attempted to remain relevant in the public eye for more than 30 years. She encountered tragedies, controversies, and a tremendous singing talent.
After her son Shane, age 17, committed suicide last year, her name started to appear in the press again. She was admitted to the hospital a few days later because of the concern of her loved ones that she might attempt suicide once more.
O'Connor stated in his most recent Tweet, which featured a picture of Shane, "I have lived as an undead nocturnal monster ever since. She was my true love and the light of my soul.
On December 8, 1966, O'Connor was born. She had a challenging upbringing with a mother who, in her words, mistreated, abused, and promoted shoplifting.
She was employed at the age of 15 after a music industry professional overheard her performing Barbra Streisand's Evergreen at a party. The man requested that she let her hair grow longer and wear tighter clothing so as to appear "more feminine" when she was working in the studio on her first album, The Lion and The Cobra.
Sinéad's solution was to go to the closest hair salon and get her head shaved, adopting the appearance that would make her famous.
With the gold certification of The Lion and the Cobra, she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. The album received rave reviews and set the stage for the second album's explosion.
With I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got and Prince's cover, she achieved her highest point in 1990. Following her huge success with Nothing Compares 2 U, she came under media and public scrutiny.
Prince is the author of the famous song Nothing Compares 2 U. O'Connor, however, received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year and a second nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal rendition for her rendition, which debuted at No. 1 in several nations. She won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance for the album.
She appeared on SNL in 1992 as a musical guest. Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II while singing Bob Marley's War to protest the wrongdoing of certain Catholic Church members.
O'Connor made headlines in Ireland in 1999 when she was appointed priestess of the sectarian Tridentine Latin Church, a role that was unofficially sanctioned by the mainstream Catholic Church. She advocated for a thorough inquiry into the scope of the church's complicity in covering up priestly child abuse for many years.
Pope Benedict's 2010 apology to Ireland for decades of abuse was criticized by O'Connor as not going far enough, and she urged Catholics to abstain from Mass until a thorough probe into the Vatican's participation. By 2018, this had garnered international attention.
"People said I didn't have a faith in God. That is definitely not the case. I am a Catholic by birth and culture, and if the Vatican provided a true reconciliation, I would be the first in line at the church, she stated in the Washington Post in 2010.
The singer had four previous marriages, but the one she had with addiction counselor Barry Herridge in 2011 only lasted 16 days. She was honest about all aspects of her private life, including her sexuality and mental condition.
You will only suffer harm from the music industry; you won't get anything in return. Don't let them take advantage of you, she warned Miley Cyrus in a letter that was made public. She begged him to stand up for her skills, not to let them use her as a sexual object or otherwise exploit her. The public's reactions to the letter were diverse, and musician Amanda Palmer responded by penning an open letter in which she claimed that O'Connor had been "off the mark" in her critique.
Additionally, she made news any time Amy Winehouse or Britney Spears had an issue.
The Irish woman disclosed in a 2007 interview that she attempted suicide on her 33rd birthday in 1999 and was given a bipolar illness diagnosis in 2003. She asserted that she had received three additional views saying that she was not bipolar, but seven years later.
She was reported missing in 2016 following yet another court fight for the custody of her kids and a slew of unsettling social media remarks. Everyone thought she had committed suicide. A day later, Chicago police located her.
She claimed in a video on her Facebook page in August 2017 that she suffered from three mental diseases and felt alone as a result of losing custody of her son Shane, who was at the time 13 years old. She said that she had contemplated suicide for a number of years and that her psychiatrist and doctor were the only people keeping her alive. She begged a member of her family to look after her.
Despite continuing to use the stage name Sinéad O'Connor professionally, O'Connor declared in 2018 that she had converted to Islam and would take the name Shuhada' Davitt, then Shuhada Sadaqat.
Her 17-year-old son Shane vanished from the facility where he was committed at the start of last year. Sinéad begged him to come back while pleading for him to avoid making any disastrous choices on social media. But a few hours later, the young man was discovered dead. Sinéad sent him farewell with a touching message and pleaded with the kids to follow her lead and ask for help. She was hospitalised the next day and given medication.
Jake, with her first husband John Reynolds; Roisin, with John Waters; Shane, with Donald Lunny; and Yeshua Bonadio, with Frank Bonadio, were O'Connor's four children.
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