Nothing Compares 2 U Singer Passes Away at Age 56

Grammy-winning musician Sinead O’Connor has died at age 56.

The Irish Instances was first to report the information on Wednesday, July 26. Her household confirmed in a press release to RTE, noting, “It’s with nice disappointment that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her household and associates are devastated and have requested privateness at this very tough time.”

A reason behind dying was not instantly revealed.

O’Connor is greatest recognized for her rendition of Prince‘s hit tune “Nothing Compares 2 U,” which earned her nominations for Document of the Yr, Finest Feminine Pop Vocal Efficiency and Grammy Award for Finest Music Video, Brief Kind on the 1990 Grammys.

Following her 1987 debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, O’Connor launched 9 extra studio albums and an EP. Her final full-length document, I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss, dropped in 2014.

O’Connor is survived by her three youngsters. She introduced in January 2022 that her son Shane died at age 17.


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“My stunning son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very gentle of my life, determined to finish his earthly wrestle right this moment and is now with God,” she tweeted on the time. “Could he relaxation in peace and will nobody observe his instance. My child. I like you a lot. Please be at peace.”

In a separate tribute, O’Connor devoted Bob Marley’s “Experience Natty Experience” to her late son. “That is for my Shaney. The sunshine of my life. The lamp of my soul. My blue-eye child. You’ll at all times be my gentle. We’ll at all times be collectively. No boundary can separate us,” she wrote.

As O’Connor grieved, she shared a sequence of messages by way of social media seemingly threatening to take her personal life. “I’ve determined to observe my son,” she wrote in a single tweet, which was subsequently deleted. “There isn’t a level residing with out him. Every part I contact, I break. I solely stayed for him. And now he’s gone.”

Followers instantly grew involved for O’Connor’s security, however she later introduced by way of Twitter that she was admitted to a hospital.

O’Connor beforehand expressed having suicidal ideas in a September 2011 submit. “Anyway … If any1 is aware of how I can kill myself … With out my youngsters discovering out I did it intentionally pls inform me asa f–kin p,” she wrote on the time.

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She later clarified by way of her weblog that she believed “suicide is a sin” and “doesn’t clear up your issues.” O’Connor defined, “It solely makes them infinitely, un-countably worse. Its [sic] a everlasting resolution to a brief downside. Which brings u an entire rake of latest karmic issues. Its egocentric [sic]. And s–t. So … Let’s not do it.”

5 years later, O’Connor denied studies that she was on suicide watch after allegedly threatening to leap off a bridge in Chicago. She referred to as the rumors “bulls‑‑t” by way of Fb.

The late singer skilled her fair proportion of ups and downs all through her profession — and was no stranger to igniting controversy. In 1992, she carried out a now-infamous rendition of Marley’s “Battle” on Saturday Evening Dwell as an act of protest towards the Catholic Church. She held up a photograph of Pope John Paul II in the course of the episode and tore the picture to items.

When requested concerning the incident 10 years later, O’Connor instructed Salon that she had no regrets. She additional addressed the scandal in her 2021 e book, Rememberings.

“Everybody needs a pop star, see? However I’m a protest singer. I simply had stuff to get off my chest. I had no need for fame,” she wrote.

O’Connor was married 4 instances, first exchanging vows with music producer John Reynolds in 1989. The collaborators welcomed their son, Jake, two years earlier than tying the knot.

Following her 1991 break up from Reynolds, O’Connor welcomed daughter Roisin with journalist John Waters in 1996. A custody battle ensued, with O’Connor finally agreeing for Roisin to dwell in Dublin along with her father.

O’Connor married British journalist Nick Sommerlad in Wales in 2001, however the marriage fizzled out lower than one 12 months later. She subsequently welcomed sons Shane with Donal Lunny and Yeshua with Frank Bonadio.

Her third and fourth marriages had been to longtime pal Steve Cooney from July 2010 to March 2011 and to therapist Barry Herridge, whom she wed in Las Vegas in December 2011. The twosome referred to as it quits simply 18 days later.

If you happen to or somebody you realize is considering suicide, name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988.