Sinead O’Connor, Irish music legend, dies aged 56

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Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56.The iconic singer's family told Irish media that they were "devastated". In a statement, they 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.” Sinéad is known to have suffered years of mental health battles – she said they were as a result of being physically and sexually abused by her mother as a child.The singer first shot to fame in 1990 with an emotional cover of Prince's song, Nothing Compares 2 U.

Tributes have flooded in for music legend Sinead O'Connor after her family confirmed her death aged 56.

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Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician, has died at 56. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad," the singer's family said in a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE.

was first to report the news. No cause of death has yet been reported.«It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,» her family confirmed in a statement to RTE.

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Grammy-winning musician Sinead O’Connor has died at age 56.

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Sineád O’Connor, the 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, has died at 56, according to a statement from her family provided to Irish TV and radio broadcaster RTÉ. No details on the cause, date or place of her death were given.

Singer Sinéad O’Connor has died, Irish media has reported. The Nothing Compares 2 U singer, who shot to fame in 1990 with her biggest hit, was aged 56.

Sinead O’Connor has tragically passed away at the age of 56, according to the New York Post.

The Irish Times.She released 10 studio albums during her record-setting career. Her rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” was named the number one world single in 1990 at the Billboard Music Awards.

Erin Nyren Staff EditorSinéad O’Connor, the Irish singer-songwriter of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” has died, The Irish Times reports. She was 56.O’Connor, who was outspoken about her decades-long struggle with mental illness, wrote on her Facebook page earlier this month that she had moved back to London after 23 years and was finishing an album to be released next year. She also shared plans to tour in Australia and New Zealand in 2024, and in Europe, the United States and other territories in 2025.O’Connor had a difficult childhood after the separation of her parents when she was eight.