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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Sylvia Hui

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer who found fame with her 1990 rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U”, and who fervently challenged the Catholic church, has died aged 56.

It comes a year after her 17-year-old son Shane died after escaping hospital while on suicide watch.

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