Sinead O’Connor died of pure causes, coroner confirms

Sinead O’Connor, who was discovered unresponsive at her residence in southeast London final yr, died of pure causes, a coroner has stated.

The Irish singer died in July, aged 56.

No medical trigger for her dying was given on the time, with London Inner South Coroner’s Court saying a autopsy examination could be carried out and the outcomes might take a number of weeks.

Now, the coroner’s court docket has confirmed O’Connor died of pure causes and that it’s now not investigating her dying.

“This is to confirm that Ms O’Connor died of natural causes,” the coroner’s court docket stated in a press release. “The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death.”

According to the Ministry of Justice, dying by pure causes is when an sickness or situation is just not linked to exterior forces and there aren’t any “unusual circumstances”.

After a autopsy examination, a coroner can determine whether or not there are grounds for a pure dying inquest, which might occur in a case of neglect or if the individual was in police custody or jail on the time of dying.

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O’Connor was greatest recognized for her 1990 music Nothing Compares 2 U, the Prince cowl that made her a world star – partly as a result of its iconic video.

She was additionally recognized for her outspoken views on topics akin to faith, struggle and feminism, and infamously tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in 1992 to protest towards abuse within the Catholic Church.

In 2018, she introduced she had transformed to Islam and adjusted her title to Shuhada’ Sadaqat, however continued to carry out and report as Sinead O’Connor.

‘Wonderful plans had been afoot’

Her funeral was held in Ireland in August, with stars together with U2’s Bono and Bob Geldof attending, together with Ireland’s president Michael Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, as hundreds of mourners lined the streets to pay their respects.

Following her dying, the star’s administration firm revealed she had been ending off a brand new album, reviewing potential tour dates, and discussing a doable movie model of her e book.

“Wonderful plans were afoot at this time,” 67 Management’s Kenneth and Carl Papenfus stated as they paid tribute. “Testament and tribute to those who have put their hearts first for Sinead, to whom we are forever grateful.”

“It has been an honour to have worked with Sinead professionally, as musicians, producers and her artist managers over the last nine years, but much, much more than that Sinead was family. May she rest in peace.”

It was introduced earlier this week {that a} musical tribute to O’Connor and her good friend, The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan – who died in November after a protracted battle with ill-health – is deliberate at New York’s Carnegie Hall.

Dropkick Murphys, Glen Hansard, who carried out The Pogues’ hit Fairytale Of New York at MacGowan’s funeral in December, and The Mountain Goats are among the many acts scheduled to carry out on the occasion in March.