Updated with new details: Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted and Grammy-winning but troubled Irish singer and activist who scored a global smash with Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” in 1990 and was banned from Saturday Night Live for tearing up a photo of Pope John Paul II during her performance two years later, died Wednesday in London. She was 56.
Her family confirmed the news in a statement provided to Irish TV and radio broadcaster RTÉ but offered no cause of death. Scotland Yard police found O’Connor unconscious and tried to revive her but could not, and they do not suspect foul play, according to multiple media reports.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” the statement reads. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”
O’Connor was hospitalized in January 2022 after posting a series of disturbing,...
Her family confirmed the news in a statement provided to Irish TV and radio broadcaster RTÉ but offered no cause of death. Scotland Yard police found O’Connor unconscious and tried to revive her but could not, and they do not suspect foul play, according to multiple media reports.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” the statement reads. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”
O’Connor was hospitalized in January 2022 after posting a series of disturbing,...
- 7/26/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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