Sinéad O’Connor's Text Messages To Friends Before Death 'Laden With Desperation And Despair'
31.07.2023 - 18:47
/ perezhilton.com
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Sinéad O’Connor‘s final text messages to friends were a concerning and heartbreaking mix of jubilantly happy and despairingly sad moments. That’s according to singer and political activist Bob Geldof, at least.
Geldof (pictured above alongside Sinéad at a 2020 event) was a longtime friend and collaborator with Sinéad. The Live Aid founder knew the late Irish performer for nearly all of his life. In fact, as the Irish Examiner has noted, the duo first met back in their childhoods, when they grew up in the same neighborhood and took the same bus to school.
Thus, when news first broke of Sinéad’s death last week at 56 years old, it hit Geldof hard. Of course, he wasn’t the only one affected by the Irish recording artist’s demise. The entire world has been mourning her loss. But for longtime pals like Geldof, the Nothing Compares 2 U singer’s death has been another level of heartbreak.
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So when Geldof went to perform at the Cavan Calling Festival in Cavan, Ireland on Saturday night, he wanted to share some of his final memories of the singer. According to The Independent, the 71-year-old singer explained to concertgoers that he’d been communicating with Sinéad nearly right up until the end:
With the audience quietly and sadly mourning O’Connor’s passing, Geldof went on to reveal that her final texts to him were a mix of happy and sad. He said:
Geldof also recalled how helpless he felt after first learning of O’Connor’s death — via the internet.
Lamenting how little there was for him to do amid the flurry of online reports over her passing late last week, he told the Cavan Calling crowd that he’d