Sinéad O’Connor has died. The Irish singer-songwriter, best known for her Prince cover, “Nothing Compares 2 U,” was 56.
#BREAKING: Music legend Sinead O'Connor has passed away at age 56: https://t.co/9s5n1ECYfv
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) July 26, 2023
BREAKING: Sinéad O’Connor has died. The gifted Irish singer-songwriter was known as a lifelong nonconformist with fierce music. She was 56. https://t.co/zYEO12u4X1 pic.twitter.com/zIogZCKUWX
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 26, 2023
In 1992, O’Connor shocked the audience on ‘Saturday Night Live’ when at the end of her performance, she tore up a photo of the Pope to protest child sex abuse in the church.
Sinéad O’Connor protests sexual abuse of minors in the church, ripping up a photo of The Pope Live on SNL — earning a lifetime ban from the show.
The following decades would reveal just how pervasive the abuse was. Rest in power. pic.twitter.com/QwjP1lEQ4t
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) July 26, 2023
This statement by Sinéad O'Connor about the consequences of tearing the picture of the Pope: pic.twitter.com/NEHq3Lr0xG
— Sinead O'Shea (@SineadEOShea) July 26, 2023
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