Sinéad O'Connor died in July 2023. She was found unresponsive in her London home. The London Inner South Coroner's Court was notified and since there was no medical explanation at the time, an autopsy was ordered to find out if an inquest was needed. The results are in.
Sinéad died from natural causes. There was no foul play. Scotland Yard, London's police authority, had previously stated that foul play was not suspected. The court is no longer involved in this case.
Sinéad was a mother of four children. Her firstborn son is Jake Reynolds, whom she shared with ex-husband record producer John Reynolds. She shared her daughter Roisin with ex-John Waters, an Irish journalist. She shared a son, Shane, with Irish folk singer Donal Lunny. Shane tragically took his own life in 2022. Her youngest child is son Yeshua whom she shared with Frank Bonadio.
Sinéad was born in Dublin, Ireland, on December 8, 1966. She had a difficult childhood and struggled with mental health issues most of her life. She was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
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She rose to fame in 1990 with her second album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, which contained her version of Prince’s song, "Nothing Compares 2 U." The song made her a star and sold millions of copies around the world. She took home the Grammy Award for best music video that same year.
Her career was not without controversy. In 1992, she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live. This enraged many people and many believe it slowed down her career.
Sinéad viewed this differently. She explained in her 2021 memoir Rememberings. "A lot of people say or think that tearing up the pope's photo derailed my career. That's not how I feel about it. I feel that having a number-one record derailed my career and my tearing the photo put me back on the right track,” she mused.
