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Sinéad O’Connor: a life in pictures
The Irish singer, songwriter and activist has died aged 56
Main image: O'Connor on stage in the Netherlands in 2001. Photograph: Michel Linssen/RedfernsWed 26 Jul 2023 17.05 EDT Last modified on Fri 28 Jul 2023 09.30 EDT
O’Connor on stage at the Olympic Ballroom, Dublin, Ireland, 4 March 1988 Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA still from Nothing Compares, Kathryn Ferguson’s 2022 documentary about O’Connor’s life and legacy Photograph: Field of Vision/Album/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in performance on 13 December 1987 Photograph: Sipa/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in Wuthering Heights, 1992 Photograph: Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection Inc/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor sings at the gathering for the 20th anniversary of the March on the British Embassy on 19 August 1989 Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in her communion dress Photograph: Courtesy Sinéad O'Connor
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor with Chrissie Hynde in central London for the UK launch of the Fourth United Nations Global Conference on Women on 22 August 1995 Photograph: PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor with a black eye after a scuffle with a nightclub bouncer at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, December 1987 Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor at Lourdes in France where she was ordained as a priest in the Latin Tridentine Church and adopted the name Mother Bernadette Mary O’Connor Photograph: Michael Crabtree/PA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in 1993 Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterArtwork featuring O’Connor at the The Icon Walk in Dublin Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor performs at Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16 March 1988 Photograph: Paul Bergen/Redferns
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSusan McHugh (left), whose initiative in reaction to the Warrington bombing prompted plans for the Dublin peace pally, opens her arms to O’Connor after she sang on 28 March 1993 Photograph: Martin McCullough/PA Images/Alamy Stock Photo
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor on stage in 1997 Photograph: Mary F. Calvert/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News/Getty
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor at home in 2010 Photograph: Martin Godwin
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor (C) performs during the Guinness Fleadh at San Jose State University on 28 June 1998 Photograph: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in 1999 Photograph: Geoff Wilkinson/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor hugs her daughter Roisin during an anti-racism demonstration in Dublin city centre, 13 May 2000 Photograph: Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA video of O’Connor plays over the crowd awaiting the arrival of US president Obama at College Green in Dublin, 23 May 2011 Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor receives the Classic Irish Album award for I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got at the RTÉ Choice music prize in Dublin in 2023 Photograph: Kieran Frost/Redferns
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor in 1997 Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on the TV show Saturday Night Live, 3 October 1992 Photograph: Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor modelling for John Rocha in 1994 [• This caption was amended on 28 July 2023 to correct the spelling of John Rocha] Photograph: Steve Wood/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor photographed for Weekend magazine, May 2021 Photograph: Linda Brownlee/The Guardian
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor hangs out with her son before going on stage at the Electric Picnic Festival 2011 - Day One Dublin Photograph: WENN Rights Ltd/Alamy
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor on stage in 1992 Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor with Shabba Ranks and Jazzie B of Soul II Soul in 1991 Photograph: Richard Young/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor on ITV’s South Bank Show Photograph: ITV/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor on the acoustic stage at Glastonbury Photograph: Bruce Adams/ANL/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor on the Italian TV show Che Tempo Che Fa, 5 October 2014 Photograph: Agf/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterO’Connor performs on stage at the Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, Canada on 1 February 2020 Photograph: Andrew Chin/Getty Images
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