Sinead O'Connor's heartbreaking final post before tragic death at just 56
Sinead O'Connor's final social media post referenced the tragic loss of her 17-year-old son, Shane.
Shane passed away last year after going missing a few days prior. Following his disappearance, police had launched an appeal to help find him but Sinead later confirmed he had died as a result of suicide.
After news broke of Sinead's sad passing on July 26, attention turned to her final social media post where she had shared a picture of Shane. She wrote alongside it: "Been living as undead night creature since. He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul."
In an emotional tweet last year, Sinead confirmed her son's sad passing.
"My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God. May he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace," she wrote.
Sinéad O’Connor, 56, has died 18 months after her son's tragic death
Whilst he was missing, Sinead used social media to urge people to help her find her son. She also made a public appeal to her son, urging him to get in touch with the police so they could get him the help he needed.
"Shane, your life is precious. God didn’t chisel that beautiful smile on your beautiful face for nothing. My world would collapse without you. You are my heart. Please don’t stop it from beating. Please don’t harm yourself," she wrote, "Go to the Gardai and let’s get you to hospital. This is a message for my son, Shane. Shane, it’s not funny any more all this going missing. You are scaring the crap out of me. Could you please do the right thing and present yourself at a Gardai station. If you are with Shane please call the Gardai for his safety."
Two days after the search began, police confirmed his body was found.
"Following the recovery of a body in the Bray area of Wicklow on Friday, 7th January 2022, a Missing Person Appeal in respect of Shane O'Connor, 17 years, has been stood down," a police spokesperson said at the time.
Sinead spoke of her loss in her final social media post (Getty Images Europe)
Shane O'Connor passed away last year (An Garda Siochana)The Nothing Compares 2 U singer has four children. She is also mum to son Jake Reynolds with her first husband John Reynolds, daughter Rosin Waters who she shares with Irish journalist John Waters and Yeshua Francis Neil Bonadio, who she welcomed during her relationship with Frank Bonadio in 2006.
After hearing the news of her death, fellow celebrities and fans took to social media to pay tribute to the singer.
Former X Factor star Jedward tweeted: "Rest in Peace Sinead O’Connor very sad to hear the news Irish True Irish Icon of our Generation! We only just met her this year and she was in good spirits, a very welcoming person with a big heart."
US rapper Ice T also made a statement, writing, "Respect to Sinead….. She stood for something… Unlike most people…. Rest Easy."
Folk musician Grace Petrie tweeted, "Desperately sad news about Sinead O’Connor. An amazing musician and an incredible voice for justice who deserved far better than the many ways music and media treated her."
Sinead died on July 26 (Redferns)Born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor in Dublin on 8 December 1966, O’Connor rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra, and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a new arrangement of Prince's song "Nothing Compares 2 U".
Sinead O'Connor's tragic life - son's death to harrowing childhood
After her parents divorced when she was eight years old, O’Connor claimed she was physically abused - detailed in her song " Fire on Babylon" - and she has consistently advocated on behalf of abused children.
Her interest in music began in 1979, when at the age of 15 her shoplifting and truancy issues led to her being placed in a Magdalene Asylum, for 18 months. It was here she started to develop her writing and music and was subsequently “discovered” by the drummer of popular Irish band Tua Nua, where she went on to co-write their song Take My Hand.
In 1985 while performing in a band called Ton Ton Macoute she left and moved to London where she was signed to Ensign Records.
At the age of 20, while recording her first album, The Lion and the Cobra, she became pregnant by her session drummer John Reynolds. They had a son, Jake, and married in 1987.
Her first album was hailed "a sensation", reaching gold record status and earning O’Connor a Grammy nomination. Upon the release of her second album – 1990's I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got – she had formed the identity with which we’ve come to associate her - in particular, her trademark shaved head.
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