RIP: Sinead O'Conner, 56
Jul. 26th, 2023 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneWow. 56. No cause listed, but as the pretty extensive Rolling Stone obit notes, her 17 y/o son took his own life 18 months ago, definitely a significant event.
Sinead had been recording and making songs for a very long time, and fighting to be her own person from a young age. She didn't break out until she covered the Prince song, Nothing Compares (To You). She made international headlines by tearing a photo of the Pope in half on Saturday Night Live, which seriously hurt her career for quite a number of years. Very controversial woman.
Quite sad, I feel she had a lot of good music left to give us.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sinead-oconnor-dead-obituary-200764/
Sinead had been recording and making songs for a very long time, and fighting to be her own person from a young age. She didn't break out until she covered the Prince song, Nothing Compares (To You). She made international headlines by tearing a photo of the Pope in half on Saturday Night Live, which seriously hurt her career for quite a number of years. Very controversial woman.
Quite sad, I feel she had a lot of good music left to give us.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sinead-oconnor-dead-obituary-200764/
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Date: 2023-07-26 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-07-27 01:15 am (UTC)I didn't know about a custody battle, that would be very rough. Seems like she had a pretty hard life overall. A tremendous amount of success, but very hard-fought getting there.
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Date: 2023-07-27 01:26 am (UTC)Ahh it was her daughter, here is a clip
"In 1995, O'Connor welcomed her first and only daughter Roisin, whom she shares with journalist John Waters. Following her birth, O'Connor and Waters went through a lengthy custody battle; after O'Connor attempted suicide, she gave custody of Roisin to Waters."
So sad and yes, like you say a hard life.