Following the death of Irish artist Sinead O’Connor at 56, tributes have swirled around the music world and beyond.
The death of Irish singer Sinead O’Connor at 56, famous for her hit Nothing Compares 2 U has resulted in a shower of tributes, from the world of music to the Irish political class, who salute a voice “unique” Who “split the stone“.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead“, said his family on Wednesday evening in a press release published by the Irish public channel RTE.His family and friends are devastated.“
Thursday, July 27, the London police said they had found the singer “unconscious at a residential address” from south London after being called for a report on Wednesday evening. “The death is not considered suspicious“, she added.
“The Courage to Speak”
“RIP Sinead O’Connor, I loved working with you, taking photos, doing concerts in Ireland together and chatting, all my love to your family“, reacted on Twitter, now renamed “X”, the Canadian singer Bryan Adams.
Singer Cat Stevens, a longtime convert to Islam, like the singer in 2018, hailed her “tender soul“, while British 80s pop singer Alison Moyet said that O’Connor had a voice that “split the stone“. “She was as beautiful as any other girl and never played this role. That’s what I like about her. Iconoclast”she added.
The English musician and activist Peter Gabriel also paid tribute to the Irish icon by posting a photo accompanied by a short text on X.
Sinéad was an extraordinary talent. She could move us with a candour and a passion with which so many people connected. The path she chose was always difficult and uncompromising but at every turn she would show her spirit and her courage. I feel lucky to have had the chance to… pic.twitter.com/nSwZ4fTU64
— Peter Gabriel (@itspetergabriel) July 27, 2023
The group Massive Attack, who worked with her, said to themselves “devastated“on social media, evoking”the fire in his eyes“when she talked about her commitments.”She had the courage to speak when everyone else remained cautiously silent“, also underlined on his website Morrissey, the singer of the group The Smiths.
“there is no word“, soberly posted on Instagram the singer of the group REM Michael Stripe, with a photo of him and the singer.
Beyond the world of music, Irish MMA champion Conor McGregor felt that “the world has lost an artist with the voice of an angel“.
“A social and cultural impact”
She said she was abused by her mother as a child and had strongly criticized the Catholic Church, which she accused of failing to protect child victims of sexual abuse. In 1992, she had torn on American television an image of Pope John Paul II.
Evoking “her extraordinarily beautiful and unique voice” and “in each of her appearances, the authenticity of her performance“Irish President Michael Higgins hailed her courageous commitment to the important issues she brought to the public’s attention.
“It’s hard to think of an artist who has had the social and cultural impact of Sinead“, abounded Colm O’Gorman, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland.
The singer caused a scandal again in 1999 when a dissident Irish Church ordained her “priestess” but had then gradually disappeared from the front of the stage, however trying his hand at reggae in 2005 on his album Throw Down Your Arms after settling for a time in Jamaica.
Hospitalized after her son’s suicide
In recent years, the singer has poured out her moods on social media, threatening her former associates with legal action, pouring out her physical and mental health problems, sharing her suicidal thoughts and indulging in her complicated relationship with her family and their children.
By 2022, his 17-year-old son Shane had taken his own life. Sinead O’Connor was then hospitalized after indicating on social networks that she was also thinking of suicide.
We saw her recently in a video posted in early July on an account of the social network Twitter, renamed “X”, where she spoke of her pain after the suicide of her son, said that she had moved to London and claimed to want to finish a new album.
2023-07-27 21:03:01
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