Last picture of legendary singer Sinéad O’Connor shows star beaming as she accepts music award
THE last picture of legendary singer Sinéad O’Connor shows the star beaming as she accepted a music award.
Irish music star O’Connor has died aged just 56, after finding worldwide fame with her epic ballad Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990.
The final snaps of her were taken at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize in Dublin this March, where she won the Classic Irish Album award.
In the heartbreaking pics, O’Connor can be seen beaming, laughing and waving to fans.
In a Twitter post on June 6 this year, Sinéad quoted a Hawaiian prayer.
It ran: “This is dedicated to the many upon whom I have in my life so far brought suffering and is also, with love, for anyone who has in their lives so far brought suffering upon me.”
Shared on June 7 2016, O’Connor’s last Instagram post was a black-and-white picture of herself smiling.
In the heartbreaking snap, the singer is dressed simply in a black t-shirt against a plain background.
The post’s caption read: “Love the life you have and be grateful for what you are.”
The star’s fourth child, 17-year-old Shane O’Connor, passed away in January last year after he went missing from Tallaght Hospital following years of struggling with mental health issues.
Sinéad was born in Glenageary, County Dublin on December 8, 1966, and was one of five children raised Roman Catholic.
Her troubled teenage years, involving shoplifting and truancy, saw her placed in the Magdalene asylums for 18 months.
There she began to discover her love of singing and in 1984 she met Colm Farrelly, with whom she formed a band called Ton Ton Macoute.