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Sinead O'Connor's cause of death revealed

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Bang Showbiz,
Publish Date
Wed, 10 Jan 2024, 2:05pm
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Sinead O'Connor's cause of death revealed

Author
Bang Showbiz,
Publish Date
Wed, 10 Jan 2024, 2:05pm

Sinead O鈥機onnor died of natural causes.

The Nothing Compares 2 U hitmaker was found dead at her rented flat in London on July 26 aged 56, and now听the coroner has confirmed the late music legend鈥檚 cause of death.

A spokesperson for Southwark Coroners Court told Express.co.uk: 鈥淭his is to confirm that Ms O鈥機onnor died of natural causes. The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death.鈥

Police did not treat her death as suspicious when she was found unresponsive.

The confirmation comes after her friend claimed she could have died from a 鈥渂roken heart鈥 after the death of her teenage son.

The Irish-born star was left devastated by the听passing of her boy Shane by suicide听at the age of 17 in January 2022.

Fans of Sinead O'Connor lined the street as her funeral cortege passed through her former hometown of Bray. Photos / APFans of Sinead O'Connor lined the street as her funeral cortege passed through her former hometown of Bray. Photos / AP

Sinead鈥檚 friend and producer David Holmes, 54, who was working with her on her final album at the time of her death, said in the new RT脡 documentary Sinead: 鈥淓ven though Sinead was this incredibly resilient survivor, I totally believe that people can die of a broken heart.鈥

Belfast-born David spent five years collaborating with Sinead on what turned out to be her final album, No Veteran Dies Alone, after the pair met at the late Shane MacGowan鈥檚 60th birthday celebration at Dublin鈥檚 National Concert Hall in 2018, where Sinead performed alongside singers including Nick Cave and Bono.

O鈥機onnor appears at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989. Photo / APO鈥機onnor appears at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989. Photo / AP

David said about their meeting: 鈥淲e ended up backstage. I just stopped and introduced myself and said, 鈥淢y name is David Holmes, you probably have no idea what I do or anything about me but I would love to make an album with you about healing.

鈥淎t that moment wasn鈥檛 a good time for Sin茅ad 鈥 everybody knows she had mental health issues.

鈥淚 needed healing myself. I was going through my own experience. It鈥檚 amazing what the right song or piece of music can do.鈥

Sinead O'Connor fan, Ruth O'Shea, centre, stands outside the former home of Sinead O'Connor ahead of the late singer's funeral, in Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. O鈥機onnor鈥檚 family has invited the public to line the waterfront in Bray on Tuesday as her funeral procession passes by. Fans left handwritten notes outside her former home, thanking her for sharing her voice and her music. (Liam McBurneyPA via AP)Sinead O'Connor fan, Ruth O'Shea, centre, stands outside the former home of Sinead O'Connor ahead of the late singer's funeral, in Bray, Co Wicklow, Ireland, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Photo / Liam McBurneyPA via AP

David and Sinead ended up recording nine tracks together before her death.

Singer Christy Moore, 78, also appears in the new documentary on the singer, which aired on Monday in the UK, and tells how her death was a 鈥渢errible loss鈥.

The show covers the ups and downs and controversies of Sinead鈥檚 life, including the row that erupted when she famously tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II live on American TV in 1992 in protest at the Catholic church鈥檚 cover-ups of child abuse.

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