Post by KotO on Jul 26, 2023 23:41:46 GMT
www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-dead-at-age-56-201933030.htmlinead O'Connor
Sinéad O’Connor, one of the greatest and most misunderstood voices of her generation, has died. The Irish singer-songwriter, who became a college-rock darling at age 20 with The Lion and the Cobra and an unlikely MTV pop star in 1990, thanks to her stunning cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” and its starkly powerful music video, was 56.
Her death was announced Wednesday in a statement sent to Irish media by her family, which read: “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.” No cause of death was given.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland, on Dec. 8, 1966. She was the third of five children, and her upbringing was traumatic, as chronicled in her heartbreaking 2021 autobiography Rememberings. Her parents divorced when she was age 8, and in the memoir, she alleged that her mother had physically abused her for years. At age 15, she was sent to a Magdalene asylum, the Grianán Training Centre, run by the Order of Our Lady of Charity, as punishment for rebellious behavior that included shoplifting and expulsion from her Catholic school for truancy. It was during O'Connor's stay at the reformatory that her creative talents flourished, when she was discovered by one of the volunteers there, Paul Byrne of the band In Tua Nua. The teenage O’Connor co-wrote and recorded one song with In Tua Nua, “Take My Hand,” and upon her release from the asylum, began performing in Dublin coffeehouses and delivering singing telegrams.
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Sinéad O’Connor, one of the greatest and most misunderstood voices of her generation, has died. The Irish singer-songwriter, who became a college-rock darling at age 20 with The Lion and the Cobra and an unlikely MTV pop star in 1990, thanks to her stunning cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” and its starkly powerful music video, was 56.
Her death was announced Wednesday in a statement sent to Irish media by her family, which read: “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.” No cause of death was given.
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor was born in Dublin, Ireland, on Dec. 8, 1966. She was the third of five children, and her upbringing was traumatic, as chronicled in her heartbreaking 2021 autobiography Rememberings. Her parents divorced when she was age 8, and in the memoir, she alleged that her mother had physically abused her for years. At age 15, she was sent to a Magdalene asylum, the Grianán Training Centre, run by the Order of Our Lady of Charity, as punishment for rebellious behavior that included shoplifting and expulsion from her Catholic school for truancy. It was during O'Connor's stay at the reformatory that her creative talents flourished, when she was discovered by one of the volunteers there, Paul Byrne of the band In Tua Nua. The teenage O’Connor co-wrote and recorded one song with In Tua Nua, “Take My Hand,” and upon her release from the asylum, began performing in Dublin coffeehouses and delivering singing telegrams.
Please read on...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhfATC9baPo&ab_channel=SineadOConnorVEVO