Bono recalls losing his mother at 14 after she suffered stroke at grandfather’s funeral
metro.co.ukBono has recalled losing his mother when he was just 14, and says she was ‘never spoken of’ after her death.The rocker, who fronts one of the most successful bands of all time, grew up in Dublin in the 1960s and 1970s, back when he was Paul Hewson rather than the one-word moniker he’s best-known for today.Bono formed U2 while he was still at school, along with his classmates the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr, with the group enjoying massive success in the almost 50 years since.Known for his philanthropy and charity work almost as much as for his music, Bono has led a rollercoaster of a life – which is now all set to be laid out in public.The vocalist is due to release his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story in November, which details his life from his childhood in the Irish capital to his Band Aid activism, music career and everything in between.In anticipation of the memoir’s release, US outlet The New Yorker published an excerpt in which Bono reflects on the death of his mother, who tragically suffered a stroke on the day of his grandfather’s funeral.In devastating simplicity, Bono writes that he has ‘very few memories’ of his mother, and ‘the simple explanation is that, in our house, after she died she was never spoken of again.’He adds: ‘I fear it was worse than that.
That we rarely thought of her again.’The singer explains that he, his older brother Norman and his father Bob ‘avoided the pain’ that would come by acknowledging her loss.Recalling what little memories of his mother that he has, Bono says Iris had a habit of laughing at the most inappropriate moments – such as when his father almost ‘castrated’ himself with a drill – that she only heard him sing in public once, and that her side of the.
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