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Anonymous wrote:Natural causes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/09/sinead-oconnor-death-natural-causes-coroner/

So surprised by this. Broken heart syndrome?

Not likely, as it typically occurs in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy/personal loss.

More likely it was heart disease leading to a cardiac arrest - Sinead was menopausal, had suffered a very difficult perimenopause and she was a long time smoker. Women with that profile are commonly victims of heart attacks in their 50s and 60s.

I am heartened to know that she didn’t succumb to her depression and grief by her own hand. It gives power back to her admonition after Shane’s death that nobody should follow him down the path of suicide.

Anonymous wrote:Natural causes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/09/sinead-oconnor-death-natural-causes-coroner/

So surprised by this. Broken heart syndrome?

Natural causes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/09/sinead-oconnor-death-natural-causes-coroner/

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Thank you for posting!!! Made me laugh

"Nothing Compares" was NOT her best song (and yes, Prince wrote it).

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Anonymous wrote:I'm GenX, and loved Nothing Compares 2U. I didn't really know much of her other music. I've been listening to it since she died. Wow! It's like a musical biography. So much pain, abuse, longing, love, mothering. She was haunted by a horrifying childhood and mental illness. I feel for her, and her kids. RIP

Pretty sure she didn’t write the song. Didn’t Prince write it?

Prince wrote it about a breakup. Sinead sang it about her mother.

Anonymous wrote:I'm GenX, and loved Nothing Compares 2U. I didn't really know much of her other music. I've been listening to it since she died. Wow! It's like a musical biography. So much pain, abuse, longing, love, mothering. She was haunted by a horrifying childhood and mental illness. I feel for her, and her kids. RIP

Pretty sure she didn’t write the song. Didn’t Prince write it?

I'm GenX, and loved Nothing Compares 2U. I didn't really know much of her other music. I've been listening to it since she died. Wow! It's like a musical biography. So much pain, abuse, longing, love, mothering. She was haunted by a horrifying childhood and mental illness. I feel for her, and her kids. RIP

Anonymous wrote:Sinead O'Connor, the topic of this thread, was an amazing musician.

She called out the closed-mindedness and racism of England decades ago.

She embraced reggae as the only true religion she held her whole adult life.

She had an amazing voice.

She struggled with a terrible mental illness. I wish she had been properly treated for this illness.

I hope that her children understand how exceptionally gifted she was.

She was Muslim for a while.

She was a good singer/artist AND she suffered from mental illness to such a degree she took her own life…and recognizing that she suffered from mental illness can prompt one to take that into consideration when evaluating everything she’s ever said or done.

^^^
Both things can be true.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was she cancelled?

She also openly supported the IRA (Irish Republican Army), which at the time were in their reign of terror, bombing and shooting innocent civilians (including children) in attacks in the UK and Ireland. It wasn't just about ripping up a photo of the Pope.

After generations of apartheid from the English crown.

I don't think anyone is here to argue about the origins of terrorism in NI. - that was just informing people why Sinead O'Connor was "cancelled". It's just a fact, not a fight.

Fair. But “reign of terror” sure seems one-sided

It was a busy time for the IRA who were terrorists. The fact that the English had already conducted an enormous, devastating genocide on the country, its culture and language is not lost on me. My family come from Irish peasants who escaped during the potato famine, to Liverpool.

Terrorist really? One man’s terrorist is another man’s revolutionary hero. Ask George Washington.

I can only name one song of Sinead’s: Nothing Compares 2 U”

I always thought she was batsh*t.

Anonymous wrote:Alanis takes on Mandinka with Foo Fighters as a tribute. Shows how incredibly hard to sing this is and what an immense talent Sinead had.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-alanis-morissette-cover-sinead-oconnor/?fbclid=IwAR0RKY4-KsdXN05sg2vJwwYkOEZXwCkgC98tFNNkY8iNT2Q9cK4_4wAUwsY_aem_ARBA-hY8Bn1kOhKQhor1Txe1A3qFPRiKtHCam7o-e5AN5iPStvqdVpH5mQ3QivQPrRo&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Oof - that was painful to hear. I had to turn it off. Agree that it underscores how hard it is to sing that song.
I am going back to the David Letterman performance.

Alanis takes on Mandinka with Foo Fighters as a tribute. Shows how incredibly hard to sing this is and what an immense talent Sinead had.
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-alanis-morissette-cover-sinead-oconnor/?fbclid=IwAR0RKY4-KsdXN05sg2vJwwYkOEZXwCkgC98tFNNkY8iNT2Q9cK4_4wAUwsY_aem_ARBA-hY8Bn1kOhKQhor1Txe1A3qFPRiKtHCam7o-e5AN5iPStvqdVpH5mQ3QivQPrRo&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

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Anonymous wrote:She was way ahead of her time on so many awful people/institutions:

Truly a legend!

That’s gross! Definitely confirms how messed up she was.

If it was anyone else but Piers I would agree.