Sinead O’Connor’s Death ‘Not Being Treated As Suspicious,’ Police Reveal After Her Sudden Passing

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Sinead O’Connor‘s abrupt death has been addressed by the constabulary successful the U.K., which is wherever the Irish vocalist passed distant astatine the property of 56. A Scotland Yard spokesperson told PEOPLE that Sinead’s decease “is not being treated arsenic suspicious.” The origin of decease has not been revealed since Sinead’s passing was confirmed by her family connected Wednesday, July 26. Sinead struggled with intelligence wellness issues starring up to her death.

Furthermore, the Scotland Yard spokesperson told PEOPLE that “a 56-year-old pistillate was pronounced dead” astatine a spot successful South London connected July 26. They besides said, “Next of kin person been notified. A record volition beryllium prepared for the Coroner.” The Metropolitan Police told PEOPLE that “police were called astatine 11:18hrs connected Wednesday, 26 July to reports of an unresponsive pistillate astatine a residential code successful the SE24 area.”

Sinead O’Connor (Photo: Steve Meddle/Shutterstock)

Sinead’s household released a statement mourning the “Nothing Compares 2 U” vocalist erstwhile they confirmed she died. “It is with large sadness that we denote the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her household and friends are devastated and person requested privateness astatine this precise hard time,” they said successful a connection to The Irish Times. The household did not disclose however Sinead died successful their statement.

Before her passing, Sinead was dealing with assorted health battles, including bipolar disorder. “I don’t deliberation I was calved with bipolar disorder—I judge it was created arsenic a effect of the unit I experienced,” she said connected the Oprah Winfrey Show successful 2007.  Sinead explained that her being a planetary superstar made her struggles that overmuch worse. “It didn’t truly assistance successful presumption of being good oregon a unchangeable idiosyncratic the information that I truly was getting kicked around, metaphorically speaking, by the media for years,” she said connected Oprah’s show.

In November 2020, Sinead postponed her 2021 circuit and entered a year-long attraction for trauma and addiction. “I had a precise traumatic six years, and this twelvemonth was the extremity of it, but present betterment starts,” she tweeted astatine the time. Sinead further said that the euphony manufacture is “a precise unforgiving spot for artists who request to postpone owed to affectional oregon intelligence wellness issues.”

Sinead was besides profoundly entrenched successful grief implicit the nonaccomplishment of her precocious lad Shane, who died by termination astatine 17 successful January 2022. Sinead expressed sadness implicit her child’s suicide precisely 9 days earlier she died. “Been surviving arsenic undead nighttime carnal since,” she wrote via Twitter connected July 17. “He was the emotion of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were 1 psyche successful 2 halves. He was the lone idiosyncratic who ever loved maine unconditionally. I americium mislaid successful the bardo without him.”

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