Sinead O’Connor was found ‘unresponsive’ at a home in south-east London just weeks after moving to the capital, police said today.

 

 

The legendary Irish singer’s death at the age of just 56 is not being treated as suspicious, the Met confirmed.

 

A statement read: ‘Police were called at 11:18hrs on Wednesday, 26 July to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area. Officers attended. A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘Next of kin have been notified. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A file will be prepared for the Coroner.’

 

Sinead had just moved back to London at the start of July – calling the city her ‘home’ – and described her hope and excitement at seeing the ballet and writing new songs in the days before she died, MailOnline revealed today.

 

The singer’s fans in Ireland, Britain and around the world are mourning her death of at the age of 56 as mystery still surrounds how, where and when she passed away.

 

There is also the question of her fortune, which some say could be £4million but others estimate may have dwindled to nothing despite royalties from her biggest hit Nothing Compares 2 U, originally written by Prince.

 

Today MailOnline can reveal that the star had just moved to her ‘nice new flat’, where she planned to ‘write new tunes’ and hinted at a forthcoming album and a world tour.

 

Sinead also revealed her thrill of seeing the ballet in London less than two weeks ago. She tweeted: ‘SO fuggin excited to go see Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote in 14 hours and 17 minutes !!! I mean, just, OM effin’ G !!!’ Nureyev’s masterpiece was being screened at cinemas in the UK.

In a Twitter video she proudly showed off her black Martin Johnny Cash electro acoustic guitar on the wall and said she was going to write new songs. She hinted that she would release a new album ‘next year’ and ‘hopefully’ start touring again, with dates in Ireland, the UK, Australia and New Zealand mooted in 2024 and 2025.

Fans had frothed with excitement over how buoyant she seemed after years of struggling with bipolar, depression and the devastating death of her son Shane, 17, last year.

She posted on social media that she had moved back to London and felt ‘very happy to be home’ in a video shot in her new flat on July 9.

The social media video was filmed by the singer to prove it was her Twitter account and showed she was in the process of unpacking. Apologising for the mess, she laughed and called the modern flat a ‘s***hole’ because her belongings were on the surfaces.

But there were also jokes about putting Vaseline on her face to look after her skin and ‘beautiful’ sun flowers that her friend had bought as a housewarming gift.

In a statement yesterday evening, her family said: ‘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.’

At the time of her death, the musician, who changed her name to Shuhada’ Sadaqat in 2018 when she converted to Islam, was spending her time between Roscommon and London.

The cause of her death and any details of where she died were not disclosed last night. Mother-of-four Ms O’Connor is survived by her three remaining children.

Sinead revealed she was living like an ‘undead night creature’ since her son’s suicide last year in a poignant and desperate final Twitter post shortly before her death.

She had struggled with mental health issues since her son Shane, 17, took his own life in January 2022 after escaping hospital while on suicide watch, comparing her existence to being in purgatory.

She said: ‘He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally.’

Sinéad also posted a series of Spotify links to sad songs, including one she dedicated to ‘all mothers of suicided children’. She also posted links to How Can You Mend A Broken Heart by Al Green, as well as Curtis Mayfield’s Here But I’m Gone and No One Knows About A Good Thing.

Last week, she has hailed her late son Shane as the ‘love of her life’ and the ‘only person who ever loved me unconditionally’, adding that she felt ‘lost’ without him.

The Irish singer has died at the age of 56, a statement from her family confirmed. Her loved ones have requested privacy and did not disclose a cause of death.

Born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor in Glenageary, Co. Dublin, in December 1966, the singer had a difficult childhood. One of five children, O’Connor spoke out about being subjected to physical abuse at the hands of her mother, who died in a car crash in 1985. At the age of 15, she was placed in a Magdalene asylum for shoplifting and truancy.