Before she sadly passed away, the last ever song Sinead O'Connor recorded was a "haunting" rendition of The Skye Boat Song for hit show Outlander.
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Sinéad O'Connor sadly passed away this week, and since her kids were very small, she gave them clear instructions on what to do if she died.
The Irish singer is survived by her beloved three children, Jake Reynolds, 34, Roisin Waters, 27, and sixteen-year-old Yeshua Bonadio. Her second son, Shane Lunny, died by suicide aged 17 last year, writes The Mirror.
Two years ago, O'Connor opened up about discussing her mortality with her kids ever since they were "small".
In an interview with People magazine, she explained that her priority in death was to protect her finances and body of work and that she wished for her accountant to be called before emergency services.
In 2021, she told People: "See, when the artists are dead, they're much more valuable than when they're alive."
She then mentioned rapper Tupac's album sales increasing following his death. "It's kind of gross what record companies do."
And in light of this, Sinead asked for her accountant to be the first person her children called in the event of her sudden passing. The Nothing Compares 2 U singer said that she "always instructed" her kids that if she "drops dead tomorrow" they were to ring her accountant before contacting 911.
Sinead then went on to say that she wanted to "make sure the record companies don't start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is".
On Wednesday, Sinead's death was confirmed in a statement by her family after the iconic musician was found "unresponsive" in a "residential address" in London.
The 56-year-old had reportedly moved into a penthouse flat in the Lambeth area of the city just a few weeks ago, having previously been based in Bray, South County Dublin.
In her last ever video posted to Twitter, Sinead said that she was
Before she sadly passed away, the last ever song Sinead O'Connor recorded was a "haunting" rendition of The Skye Boat Song for hit show Outlander.
Sinead O’Connor died earlier this month, rocking the music industry and her hometown of Ireland. Mourners from all over the world gathered on Tuesday in the town of Bray, located south of Dublin and the place of O’Connor’s last family home. Her funeral was filled with fans and mourners, including her friends and fellow musicians Bono and Bob Geldof.
The tearjerking moment Sinead O'Connor fans broke out into a rendition of her biggest hit as they waited for her funeral cortege to pass her Irish home was captured on video.
Sinéad O’Connor‘s music rose by 2,885 per cent following her death.The musician and activist died at her home in London last month (July 26) at the age of 56.Many figures from the music industry have since paid tribute, including Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Fall Out Boy, Ice-T and Tori Amos.According to Billboard, streams of her music went up by 7.9million in the US during the week of July 21-27.O’Connor’s music was streamed 243,000 times from July 24-25, before that number rose to 7.3million from July 26-27 in the wake of her death.Her cover of Prince‘s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ alone amassed 3.2million streams in the week news of her death broke. The single was also downloaded 10,000 times.Streaming figures for her music in the UK are yet to be released.The latest figures come after a 2021 interview with People resurfaced earlier this week in which O’Connor explained that she’d thought about the importance of protecting her finances and art, and had instructed her children on what to do when she died.“See, when the artists are dead, they’re much more valuable than when they’re alive,” the singer said at the time.
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Sinéad O’Connor fans gathered in Dublin this weekend and sang her song ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in memory of the late singer.The iconic Irish singer and activist died at the age of 56 last week, after being found unresponsive in her London home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.The news of her passing came a year after her 17-year-old son Shane took his own life in January 2022.Tributes quickly poured in from across the music industry from Garbage, Billy Corgan, Michael Stipe, Ice-T and many more.On Sunday afternoon (July 30), around 100 people gathered at Dublin’s City Hall to pay tribute to O’Connor, organised by socialist feminist group Rosa (via PA Media).Dozens of people gathered at City Hall in Dublin on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the life, work and activism of Sinead O'Connor and an event which culminated with an emotion-packed singing of Nothing Compares 2 U.
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Sinead O'Connor knew that it was important to plan for certain things in the event of her death.In a 2021 interview with, the Irish musician — who died earlier this week at age 56 — revealed that she had given her children instructions on how to protect her music and money when she died.«I've always instructed my children since they were very small, 'If your mother drops dead tomorrow, before you call 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don't start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is,'» she revealed.O’Connor had four children, three of whom were living at the time of her death: son Jake Reynolds was born in 1987 to the singer and her first husband, music producer John Reynolds. Her daughter, Roisin Waters, born in 1996, grew up living with her father, Irish journalist John Waters.
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Sinead O'Connor. The Irish-born musician, who became an international star in 1990 with her cover of Prince’s «Nothing Compares 2 U,» died at the age of 56. No cause of death has yet been reported.
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Sinead O’Connor died at the age of 56. Her family confirmed the news with The Irish Times, requesting privacy, saying her family and friends are devastated.