Sinéad O’Connor has died, RTÊ reviews. O’Connor’s household confirmed the information in an announcement to the Irish information outlet, writing: “It’s with nice unhappiness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her household and buddies are devastated and have requested privateness at this very troublesome time.” O’Connor was 56 years outdated.
The incomparable singer and songwriter, who grew to become internationally well-known with 1990’s I Do Not Need What I Haven’t Received and its hit single, her cowl of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” had been hospitalized final yr after her 17-year-old son Shane died.
Within the current previous, O’Connor’s public life has been a tumultuous one. In 2017, she posted a message to her Fb web page detailing how she was residing alone in a New Jersey Travelodge. “I’m all on my own, there’s completely no one in my life,” she mentioned. All through her profession, O’Connor recorded 10 studio albums. Her final album was 2014’s I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss.
O’Connor was born in Dublin, Eire. Within the late Eighties, she was found by file executives whereas performing within the band Ton Ton Macoute. Her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, was launched in 1987. She had a quick movie profession, starring as Emily Brontë in a 1992 adaptation of Wuthering Heights.
It was round this time when she established herself as a provocateur. She voiced her assist of the Irish Republican Military, reportedly refused to carry out at a U.S. live performance if it was preceded by the Nationwide Anthem, boycotted the Grammy Awards in 1991 because of the present’s commercialism, and famously tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Evening Dwell” earlier than asking viewers to “struggle the actual enemy.”
Her household life and emotional well being was, at instances, fraught. She reportedly tried suicide in 1999 following a public falling out with Irish journalist John Waters—the daddy of her daughter. O’Connor revealed she was residing with bipolar dysfunction in 2007. In November 2015, her Fb web page featured posts detailing household turmoil and messages implying that she would possibly hurt herself. Months later, it was reported to Chicago police that O’Connor had threatened to jump off a bridge. (O’Connor would later name these reviews “bullshit.”)
O’Connor continued to talk brazenly about her psychological well being struggles and slowly returned to the general public eye. In 2018, she launched “Milestones” beneath the moniker Magda Davitt, marking her first new track in 4 years. She additionally introduced her first string of tour dates in simply as lengthy. In 2021, O’Connor launched her memoir Rememberings, which chronicled her troublesome childhood, psychological well being challenges, and her outstanding contributions to common music.
