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Sinéad O’Connor was an Irish singer and musician, born in Dublin in 1966. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990), sold over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single,  a cover of the Prince song “Nothing Compares 2 U” was named the number one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. O’Connor died in July 2023.

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19 Feb, 1991

Sinead O’ Connor interview

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O’ Connor gives an interview on The Arsenio Hall Show. They talk about how she believes that the music industry promotes material success and the focus on money instead of humans.

Money is basically the concern of every problem that we see happening in the universe and I think what people disagree with and have the problem with is when the media give the impression that I’m some sort of anti American.

Sinead O`Connor - Arsenio Hall 1991

22 Mar, 2009

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The Guardian interviews O’Connor about her being a huge Barbara Streisand fan.

When I was a little girl I’d watch Hello Dolly and scream at the TV. I sang Evergreen at a wedding when I was 14 and that led to me going into a recording studio for the first time.

9 Aug, 2014

Sinead O’Connor interview

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O’Connor sits down to an independent interview about her upcomming album I Am Not Mean.

 The general theme of the album is love. Romantic love. So there are different characters who appear in different songs with various funny or sexy or rocking or delicate things to say. It’s a very guitar driven album because I’ve been supremely inspired as a songwriter in the last few years by Chicago blues ( happy funky blues).

29 Jul, 2017

Sinead O’Connor wants to sing for McGregor in Vegas

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O’Connor has offered to perform Conor McGregor’s walk-on song as he prepares to fight Floyd Mayweather, Jr. next month. The Irish star sang The Foggy Dew before McGregor’s UFC entrance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena before a fight in 2015, and now she wants to bring him luck in Las Vegas again. On her personal Facebook account, Sinead has asked McGregor to send her U.S. doctor Nabil Siddiqi an autograph, calling the medic, who has helped her overcome a series of mental health issues:

[He is] the biggest Conor McGregor fan on earth. He totally saved my life so I can keep singing for your fights.

26 Jul, 2023

Dies aged 56

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O’Connor dies at the age of 56. The cause of death is not made public. Family statement:

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad. Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.

27 Jul, 2023

Police: O’Connor’s death not suspicious

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London police say O’Connor‘s death is not being treated as suspicious. The statement did not name O’Connor in line with U.K. police protocols:

A 56-year-old woman is pronounced dead at the scene and a file will be prepared for the Coroner.