Sinéad O’Connor Died of Natural Causes Including Pulmonary Disease and Asthma, According to Death Report
variety.comEllise Shafer UPDATE: Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, including pulmonary disease and asthma, according to her official death report.
In January, O’Connor was determined to have died from “natural causes” by the Southwark Coroners Court in London, though no further details were given. “This is to confirm that Ms O’Connor died of natural causes,” the coroner’s office said in a statement to Variety at the time. “The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death.” But, according to the New York Times, a death report filed last week by her first husband John Reynolds cites the formal cause as “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low-grade lower respiratory-tract infection.” O’Connor died on July 26, 2023 at the age of 56.
The “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer was found “unresponsive” at her home in London and pronounced dead at the scene. At the time, British police told Variety that they were not treating her death as suspicious and had handed it over to the coroner’s office to determine the cause of death. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” her family said in a statement. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.” O’Connor broke through internationally with the release of her second album, “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” in 1990.
The record included her arrangement of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” a song originally written by Prince and released under his side project the Family.
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