I just read today that Sinead O’Connnor died today, doubtless a suicide like her son. 🙁
These angry libtards are obsessed with being miserable victims. And, in this whole wide world, why was her son, who has been dead for 18 months, her only true friend?
There are some seriously messed-up white people….
Hence the need for a true Aryan religion.
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…..Sinead O’Connor dead: Irish music legend dies aged 56 after years of mental health battles – and 18 months after her 17-year-old son Shane also passed away
- Sinéad O’Connor has died aged 56, her ‘devastated’ family confirmed today
- READ MORE: Watch star’s final video about the toll her son’s suicide took on her
Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56 after years of mental health battles, her ‘devastated’ family confirmed.
The Irish Grammy-winning singer, whose cause of death is not yet known, became world famous in 1990 with her heartrending cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U.
It comes 18 months after the mother-of-four’s son Shane, 17, took his life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while on suicide watch.
At the time of her death, the musician, who changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018 when she converted to Islam, was thought to be spending her time between Co Roscommon, Ireland, and London.
In her last Tweet, O’Connor posted a photo of Shane and said: ‘Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul.
Irish music legend Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56, her ‘devastated’ family confirmed
The Irish singer shot to stardom across the world in 1990 by her heartrending cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U (pictured, O’Connor in the music video for the song)
In a statement, O’Connor’s family said: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time’
At the time of her death, the musician, who changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018 when she converted to Islam, was thought to be spending her time between Co Roscommon, Ireland, and London
After signing with Ensign Records she released her album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got in 1990, which sold more than seven million copies
The album also included her breakthrough hit Nothing Compares 2 U, a cover of one of Prince’s songs
‘We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him.’
The mother-of-four also posted a series of Spotify links to relatively sad and heart breaking songs, including one she dedicated to ‘all mothers of Suicided children’.
O’Connor had spoken publicly about her mental health struggles over the years and admitted she battled thoughts of suicide and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
In 2012 she cancelled a tour after suffering a ‘very serious breakdown’, and in 2015 revealed she had overdosed at a hotel in Ireland.
In a statement on Wednesday, the beloved singer’s family said: ‘It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad.
‘Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.’
Tributes poured in for the adored singer after her death was announced on Wednesday evening.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins praised O’Connor’s ‘extraordinarily beautiful, unique voice’ and said he hoped ‘her spirit [may] find the peace she sought in so many different ways’.
He said: ‘May I send my deepest condolences to Sinéad O’Connor’s father John, the members of her family and to all those with whom she shared her life.
‘My first reaction on hearing the news of Sinéad’s loss was to remember her extraordinarily beautiful, unique voice.
‘What was striking in all of the recordings she made and in all of her appearances was the authenticity of the performance, while her commitment to the delivery of the song and its meaning was total.
‘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.
‘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, one who had a unique talent and extraordinary connection with her audience, all of whom held such love and warmth for her.
‘The way in which she was able to move across the different forms of the arts was a singular achievement, as was the way her voice went around the world and how it was received.
‘Her accomplishments included a body of work for film through the production of perfectly chosen and widely acclaimed lyrics.
‘Sinéad O’Connor’s voice and delivery was in so many different ways original, extraordinary and left one with a deep deep impression that to have accomplished all she did while carrying the burden which she did was a powerful achievement in its own way.
‘Her contribution joins those great contributions of Irish women who contributed to our lives, its culture and its history in their own unique but unforgettable ways.
‘May her spirit find the peace she sought in so many different ways.’
The singer was known to have had years of mental health battles before her death was reported last night
It comes a year after the mother-of-four’s son Shane, 17, took his own life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while on suicide watch
Pictured: Possibly the last image of O’Connor, from a video she posted on July 9 to Twitter
In her last Tweet, O’Connor posted a photo of Shane and said: ‘Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul’
She added: ‘We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally.’ Pictured: Sinead O’Connor on stage at the Olympic Ballroom, Dublin, in March 1988
In the years after her breakthrough she wrote other hits including You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart – for the soundtrack of Daniel Day-Lewis film In the Name of the Father – Drink Before The War and This Is The Day
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said: ‘Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor.
‘Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare.
‘Condolences to her family, her friends and all who loved her music.
‘Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a hAnam. [At the right hand of God rest her soul/Rest in peace.]’
Tanaiste Micheál Martin said he was ‘devastated’ to hear of O’Connor’s passing.
He added: ‘One of our greatest musical icons, and someone deeply loved by the people of Ireland, and beyond.
‘Our hearts goes out to her children, her family, friends and all who knew and loved her.’
The Irish Embassy in America said: ‘Deeply saddened to learn of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing. A wonderful artist whose music brought so much joy to people all around the world.’
Comedian Dara O’Briain said: ‘Ah s****, Sinead O’Connor has died. That’s just very sad news. Poor thing. I hope she realised how much love there was for her.’
O’Connor had recently recorded a new theme for historical TV drama Outlander, working with composer Bear McCreary, who wrote on Twitter: ‘I am gutted by the loss of Sinead O’Connor.
‘She was the warrior poet I expected her to be – wise and visionary, but also hilarious. She and I laughed a lot.
‘We were writing new songs together, which will now never be complete.
‘We’ve all lost an icon. I’ve lost a friend. RIP.’
British singer Alison Moyet said O’Connor had a voice that ‘cracked stone with force by increment’.
O’Connor was born into a troubled family in Dublin on December 8, 1966.
Later in her life she claimed she started having mental health issues because her mother physically and sexually abused her as a child.
Her parents separated when she was eight and she left her mother Marie when she was 13 to live with her father Jack.
She was placed in corrective school aged 15 after bouts of stealing. An Grianán Training Centre, in Dublin was previously a notorious Magdalene laundry for ‘fallen women’.
Although O’Connor said it was no longer an abusive place, she said being kept away from her family was upsetting.
However, one of the nuns there spotted her musical talent and bought her a guitar and pushed her to have lessons.
Through an advert in a Dublin music magazine she met Colm Farrelly and together formed the band Ton Ton Macoute, which brought 18-year-old O’Connor to the attention of the global music industry.
In the same year, her mother died after losing control of her car on an icy road and crashing into a bus.
After signing with Ensign Records O’Connor released her critically acclaimed first album The Lion And The Cobra in 1987.
Yet it was her second album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, which came out in 1990, that propelled her to stardom.
The album sold more than seven million copies and included her breakthrough hit Nothing Compares 2 U.
The music video for the song contains footage of O’Connor that many fans will remember her best by – of her pure voice, pale skin and shaved head with tears rolling down her cheek.
The singer said she always thought of her mother Marie when she sang the ballad.
Sinéad O’Connor (pictured in 1990 on Saturday Night Live) shared how she had been living as an ‘undead night creature’ since her son’s suicide last year in a final Twitter post
O’Connor performs during her concert at the open-air ‘Gurtenfestival’ in Bern, Switzerland, July 18, 1998
She released 10 studio albums in her career, and Nothing Compares 2 U was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards
The Dublin-born Irish singer performed at The Beacon Theater on August 26, 1997 in New York City
She wrote other hits including You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart – for the soundtrack of Daniel Day-Lewis film In the Name of the Father – Drink Before The War and This Is The Day.
She released 10 studio albums in her career, and Nothing Compares 2 U was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards.
Nothing Compares 2 U received three Grammy nominations and Rolling Stone named her Artist of the Year in 1991.
The magazine said: ‘She proved that a recording artist could refuse to compromise and still connect with millions of listeners hungry for music of substance.’
Long known as much for her shaved head and outspoken views on religion, sex, feminism and war as for her music, she will be remembered in some quarters for ripping up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a television appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live.’
![Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said: 'Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O'Connor. Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare. Condolences to her family, her friends and all who loved her music. Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a hAnam [At the right hand of God rest her soul/Rest in peace]'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/26/19/73650227-12341117-image-a-39_1690395432832.jpg)
Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said: ‘Really sorry to hear of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor. Her music was loved around the world and her talent was unmatched and beyond compare. Condolences to her family, her friends and all who loved her music. Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a hAnam [At the right hand of God rest her soul/Rest in peace]’
The Irish Embassy in America said: ‘Deeply saddened to learn of Sinéad O’Connor’s passing. A wonderful artist whose music brought so much joy to people all around the world’
Comedian Dara O’Briain said: ‘Ah s****, Sinead O’Connor has died. That’s just very sad news. Poor thing. I hope she realised how much love there was for her’
Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor, who O’Connor once sang into the ring for a UFC fight in Las Vegas, said: ‘The world has lost an artist with the voice of an Angel’
Sharing his agony over her passing, singer Boy George wrote alongside a picture of O’Connor: ‘Devastated. Love you Sinead!’
The Culture Club lead singer also shared a video tribute to Sinéad, in which he opened up about her incredible cover of Nothing Compares 2U, her controversial moments, her being ‘a survivor and a mother’ and her iconic music
Rockstar Bryan Adams also paid tribute online, writing: ‘I loved working with you doing gigs in Ireland together’
Actor David Morrissey put: ‘One of the most courageous artists of modern times. Gone way too soon!’
Irish pop duo Jedward shared: ‘Rest in Peace Sinead O’Connor, very sad to hear the news. True Irish Icon of our Generation! We only just met her this year and she was in good spirits, a very welcoming person with a big heart’
Irish actress Sharon Horgan took to Instagram with a snap of O’Connor and a heartfelt message which read: ‘Oh this is terrible news. The worst’
Jamie Lee Curtis shared a heartfelt tribute to the late Irish singer, saying ‘Rest in power. Rest in peace’
Politician David Lammy said: ‘Oh my! How very very sad. Such a soulful, haunting and powerful voice. My heart goes out to her children and family. May she rest in peace’
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said O’Connor was a ‘unique musical talent’, and added ‘إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ’, an Arabic phrase from the Quran meaning, ‘We belong to Allah, and to Him we return’
Piers Morgan said: ‘RIP Sinead. Wondrously gifted singer, and fiercely intelligent, highly amusing, complex, uncompromising, provocative woman with many demons’
Brash and outspoken – her shaved head, pained expression, and shapeless wardrobe a direct challenge to popular culture’s long-prevailing notions of femininity and sexuality – O’Connor changed the image of women in music in the early 1990s.
‘Everyone wants a pop star, see?’ she 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.’
Her political and cultural stances and troubled private life often overshadowed her music.
She feuded with Frank Sinatra over her refusal to allow the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner at one of her shows and accused Prince of physically threatening her.
In 1989 she declared her support for the Irish Republican Army, a statement she retracted a year later.
Around the same time, she skipped the Grammy ceremony, saying it was too commercialized.
A critic of the Catholic Church well before allegations sexual abuse were widely reported, O’Connor made headlines in October 1992 when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II while appearing live on NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ and denounced the church as the enemy.
In 1999, O’Connor caused uproar in Ireland when she became a priestess of the breakaway Latin Tridentine Church – a position that was not recognized by the mainstream Catholic Church.
O’Connor made headlines in October 1992 when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II while appearing live on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and denounced the church as the enemy
The then 26-year-old singer performed Bob Marley’s ‘War’ to bring attention to the issue of child abuse
For many years, she called for a full investigation into the extent of the church’s role in concealing child abuse by clergy.
In 2010, when Pope Benedict XVI apologized to Ireland to atone for decades of abuse, O’Connor condemned the apology for not going far enough and called for Catholics to boycott Mass until there was a full investigation into the Vatican’s role, which by 2018 was making international headlines.
‘People assumed I didn’t believe in God. That’s not the case at all. I’m Catholic by birth and culture and would be the first at the church door if the Vatican offered sincere reconciliation,’ she wrote in the Washington Post in 2010.
O’Connor announced in 2018 that she had converted to Islam and would be adopting the name Shuhada’ Davitt – although she continued to use Sinéad O’Connor professionally.
O’Connor announced she was retiring from music in 2003, but she continued to record new material. Her most recent album was ‘ I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss,’ released in 2014.
The singer married four times and had four children: Jake, with her first husband John Reynolds; Roisin, with John Waters; Shane – who died last year – with Donal Lunny; and Yeshua Bonadio, with Frank Bonadio.
O’Connor is survived by her three children.
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Well, I still feel some pity for her. Yes, she became deranged, but I see the reasons for that. I do see the person behind all that madness.
While this isn´t an excuse for her acts, it at least explains it. She was abused as a kid and teenager. Her mother hit her and abused her emotionally. [JdN: And an Irish family court removed her from the home.]
I guess the mother passed her own failed marriage onto her daughter, a thing that unfortunately happens too often, especially in catholic areas or when people grow up with these “values.” It happened in my family and in many rural areas.
She was then later sexually abused in a Catholic nursing home. I guess that´s why she deliberately made herself ugly with the shaved head.
My ex-buddy, who was also sexually abused as a kid, seems to have developed the unpleasant habit of not washing himself to avoid his stepdad abusing him.
Such things clearly show what a heavy impact severe abuse can have on kids, even in later life, and that it often seems impossible to get rid of such behaviour.
Really a waste — Sinead had such a good voice.
Tearing apart a photo of the jew-ass-kissing pope was brave back then! Today nobody really bats an eye when making fun of the Church, but back then it was different.
And she replaced the word “racism” with “child abuse” when covering Bob Marley´s song. Imagine that today. Anti-racism is the holy cow nobody dares to touch.
There are few organisations more deserving of hatred than the crooked Roman Catholic church.
I personally despise Christianity, Catholicism and the other demoninations.
I can see nothing “holy” in them, just a mask for power abuse.
Reading comments on some news site shows that many Christians and conservatives are unempathic bigots. There are many comments like “oh good, now the bitch can burn in hell, because she committed suicide. She is an apostate, and the Lord punished her” ..bla-bla-bla.”
Really, fuck you with y<our harsh, hypocrotical beliefs.
Christianity is the malignant cancer that has to be cut out from Europe and Whites in general.
Good comment. All religion can be misused to create a holier-than-thou feeling of arrogant moral superiority,and Nietzsche, the grandson of a Lutheran minister, exposed this ugly undercurrent.
I actually saw the “Saturday Night Live” episode where she ripped up the photo of the Pope.
It angered people for the way she did it, though, believe me, the Catholic-priest-pedophilia scandal was known already in the 1990s. It seemed like more of an emotional outburst than an effective presentation, and, in a way, a lack of empathy on her part, too, because 1) we all have our cross to bear, as the expression goes, and not just Sinead O’Connor has pain…. and tied right in with this, 2) people watch comedy BECAUSE they have tough lives and need a laugh. And the more You get to REALLY know people, the more you hear about terrible childhoods being not rare at all, but almost the norm now.
So in a way, Sinead violated the viewers’ trust and expectations. They wanted to be entertained, pure and simple, and the monstrous pedo thing can ruin anyone’s mood.
And this antipathy lingers. At the local bar and grill, I often play music on the jukebox, and people love it, but if I ever play “No one compares 2 U,” some people get positively angry. “Why did you play that crazy bitch?”
It was too heavy and intrusive the way she did it, however understandable her rage! And I speak as a sexual-abuse survivor myself. I never want to add to other peoples’ burdens with my problems. Instead, I got counseling, 18 months of it. And as for losing my beloved wife, Margaret, to cancer last year after 17 mostly good years together, yes, it was indeed terrible…. but cancer is now at epidemic levels, touching every other family.
We all have experienced loss, grief, and tragedy on this material plane. But they can also push us to grow, become stronger, and more loving. 🙂
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Yes, that´s why I dislike organised religion. It is usually abused by questionable characters.
Ok, I can´t comment on the situation back then. It might have not been the most sensitive move, but often people don´t can grasp this.
It´s often the same situation with people committing suicide by standing on railway tracks. There are often comments like “why can´t they just hang themselves in the woods or jump from a high-rise building? These assholes getting the train driver into it”. Which is unfortunately true, but if someone is at a point where he doesn´t care about anything anymore…
Yes, I have read about your bad experience. Sadly it happens too often. There are too many families where are dark secrets, often with the knowledge of the others. It doesn´t help to be silent about that.
Counseling can help, if it´s good. But the problem there is, in many countries healthcare is bad.
Psychologists are more often that not helpful at all. I even would say Psychology as a degree is mostly nonsense, as it´s just a hodgepodge of often contradictory teachings.
Spiritual healers have to be paid as health insurance doesn´t cover that. Some are helpful, but there are also unfortunately many black sheep.
And in the end it would be better if there wouldn´t be so much causes for grief in the first place.
Cancer is another nasty thing. I don´t want to go too much into detail, as this is an other and extensive topic, but the main problem is the nutrition of today. Basically most “normal” foods are killers in the long run. But most people will not give up their bad habits, even if they are already sick. Meat, alcohol, processed foods and industrial sugar cause all the diseases, and often bad habits like smoking add up to it.
@German Reader, is meat unhealthy ?
So…it was a busy week, and it took me a while to come back to making comments on JdN’s website.
But yes, meat is without a doubt unhealthy. Some people will never believe it, but they fail to give me any reason that meat is good.
I see several reasons to actually not eat meat:
1. It is not meant for our digestion systems. It stays there for several days because the body has many issues in digesting it. During digestion the body becomes too acidic, and hyperacidity can be a cause for cancer.
2. It is today usually full of hormones, antibiotics and other things.
Why?
Because the poor creatures they feed and force to grow fast are overbred breeds that barely can live beyond their respective youth.
They are kept in gulag-like conditions with no light, with aggression occurring between the animals, wallowing in their own feces, and so on. No wonder they get sick.
3. Meat is also full of the emotions of the slaughtered animals. And what kind of emotions can a creature be feeling just before its violent death?
Some might like that. Kosher slaughtering (and halal, the muslim thing which is basically the same) is all about the meat becoming more tender due to the agony of the animal.
Since I stopped eating meat, I really feel much better, my digestion has improved, I lost a lot of weight, and my health is better overall.
It also means avoiding other unhealthy foods like wheat (and gluten in general), industrial sugar, alcohol and artificial flavours.
Interesting and thanks.
The best historical example of an all-meat diet is among the Eskimos (the “Inuit”), who of course cannot grow crops/plants in a region of eternal snow, just as during the Ice Age in northern Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_cuisine
But the article concedes that they have a lot of heart disease.
Yes – that proves my point further. They don´t have many options, of course, but then I suspect they also don´t get very old
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Most Eskimos that can be seen in documentaries and so on don´t look really healthy…They remind me more of old cave people.