Sinéad O’Connor’s autopsy complete, remains returned to family: report

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tragic death last week at the age of 56, according to a new report.John Thompson, the clerk of the London Inner South district for Southwark Coroners Court, confirmed to the Irish Times on Thursday that an autopsy of O’Connor was completed before her remains were released to her family.However, her autopsy report may not be ready “for some weeks,” Thompson told the outlet.Details will be disclosed to the public only “if an inquest is opened into her death,” per the Irish Times.Her July 26 death is not being treated as suspicious.“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” the family of the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer said in a statement last week. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”London police said that O’Connor was pronounced dead at the scene when they were called at 11:18 a.m., to “reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area.”O’Connor was born on Dec.

8, 1966, in Dublin, Ireland. In 1987, at the age of 20, O’Connor erupted onto the music scene with her debut album, “The Lion and the Cobra,” and she went on to release 10 studio albums during her record-setting career.Three years after her debut, she became a household name with a rendition of “Nothing Compares 2 U” — a power ballad written by Prince.In 1991, she won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance for her album “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.”She was an extremely talented and controversial figure in the music scene, getting banned from NBC for life after she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II during a 1992 guest appearance on “Saturday Night Live.”She initially said she was protesting the Catholic Church amid child.