Sinead O’Connor was discovered unresponsive at her dwelling in London

Sinead O’Connor was discovered unresponsive at her dwelling in London and pronounced useless on the scene.

Her subsequent of kin have been notified, and her dying is just not being handled as suspicious.

A file is now going to be ready for the coroner.

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In an announcement, the Metropolitan Police mentioned: “Police have been known as at 11.18am on Wednesday 26 July to experiences of an unresponsive lady at a residential handle within the SE24 space.

“Officers attended. A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.”

O’Connor was greatest recognized for her 1990 music Nothing Compares 2 U – the monitor made her a worldwide star, partly resulting from its iconic video.

Yesterday, her household mentioned they have been “devastated” by the dying of “our beloved Sinead”.

Two weeks in the past, O’Connor had informed her followers that she had lately moved again to London after a 23-year absence – and she or he was “very happy to be home”.

She mentioned she ending an album that was going to be launched early subsequent yr – and deliberate to launch a world tour spanning Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US.

Morrissey pays tribute – and assaults music trade

On his web site, former Smiths frontman Morrissey paid tribute to O’Connor – and alleged that she had been mistreated by the music trade.

“There is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’,” he claimed.

Morrissey praised her “proud vulnerability” – describing O’Connor as somebody who refused to be labelled and “had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent”.

O’Connor had a troubled childhood and spoke brazenly about her psychological well being points.

When her teenage son Shane took his personal life in 2022, she tweeted to say there was “no point living without him”, and frolicked in hospital.