Sinéad O'Connor Dead at 56 2023-07-26 by Trey STAFF | 44 Comments |
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56.
Although she is most famous for her 1990 hit "Nothing Compares 2 U", a song written and composed by Prince, as well as tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live, she actually released ten albums over her career.
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad," her family confirmed in a statement. "Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time."
After O'Connor's death was announced, the Irish national radio broadcaster's regular evening music show exclusively played her songs and read out tributes from listeners.
"To those of us who had the privilege of knowing her, one couldn't but always be struck by the depth of her fearless commitment to the important issues which she brought to public attention, no matter how uncomfortable those truths may have been," Irish President Michael D. Higgins said in a statement.
"What Ireland has lost at such a relatively young age is one of our greatest and most gifted composers, songwriters and performers of recent decades."
O'Connor posted on her official Facebook account on July 12 that she had recently moved back to London, was finishing an album, and intended to tour towards the end of 2024 and early 2025.
The album, the first she had recorded in almost a decade, was ready to go, Irish radio presenter and friend Dave Fanning told Channel 4 news on Wednesday.
"Everyone wants a pop star, see?" O'Connor wrote in her 2021 memoir "Rememberings". "But I am a protest singer. I just had stuff to get off my chest. I had no desire for fame."
The circumstances of her death are currently unclear.
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RIP.
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Damn
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thank you for everything, Sinéad
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Jesus, this hits hard. Didn't her son commit suicide a year ago? And now I'm hearing that's likely how she went too....devastating.
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Anyone who was aware of her early life knew how incredibly brave she was. And yet the tragedies kept piling up.
Aside from all that, of course, she was an immensely talented performer; a protest artist, rather than a pop darling, which is what everyone wanted her to be.
RIP Sinéad
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yo wtf. RIP.
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RIP Queen
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Trapped in a maze, and no one could help.
RIP
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Thank you for the music, Ms. O’Connor.
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Such a shame.R.I.P Should have been Ronnie Radke
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Very sincere RIP
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Not a fan of her work whatsoever, but I'm sure her music was very important to a lot of people.
RIP
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when alive she never truly got the flowers that she more than deserved.she had conviction and spoke her truth and regardless of consequence stood by it never cowering to the haters, she is somebody to truly admire.Rest In Peace you no longer have to suffer.
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True punk rock
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RIP. She will be sorely missed.
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RIP
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Rest in peace.
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Always seemed a bit try hard to me but ultimately she was genuine and an undoubtedly troubled soul.
The talent shone through and she left her mark.
RIP
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Fuckin' RIP
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RIP, "Nothing Compares to You" was among the first songs I listened to during my formative years as a music enthusiast.
And a somewhat telling pattern…
Kurt Cobain's parents divorced when he was nine years old, O' Connor's parents split when she was eight years old…
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Fuck
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very sad news. R.I.P.
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Rest in Peace. She had a wonderful voice with an unfathomable amount of courage
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Huge loss, huge legacy. rest in peace
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Rest in peace
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Technically her name was Shuhada' Sadaqat at the time of her death
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she was the real fucking deal
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Huge R.I.P., a fearless fighter who kept her head up, no matter how much shit life threw at her.
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r.i.p.
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R.I.P.
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R.I.P.
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RIP QUEEN
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RIP to a talented and brave woman
Her standing up against the church always meant a lot to me
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"Technically her name was Shuhada' Sadaqat at the time of her death"
thanks for this very important piece of information which you've undoubtedly acquired from another news article. fkn dumbass
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"Technically her name was Shuhada' Sadaqat at the time of her death"
Yeah cuz the article "Shuhada' Sadaqat dead at 56" would get lots of views
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fwiw she was still performing under her birth name.
I don't think ars was advocating changing the name of the article, you wouldn't change the Bowie one to David Jones dead etc
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Just being massively arsey funnily enough much like Sinead/Shuhada at times
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have you heard her first album zak?
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Yes mate it’s quality.
Like a lot of people though my first awareness of her was when Nothing Compares 2 U was released. It was and still is sensational.
She was an unbelievably attractive woman then, and the song is something else.
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her version of Nothing Compares 2 U is so good that the Prince version sounds overly elaborate and less driven in comparison
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RIP hard
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Rip Sid.
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R.I.P.
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True punk rock [2]
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