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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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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.

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.