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Tears for Sinéad

Haunted by the ghost of her precious voice

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Jul 26, 2023
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Sinéad O’Connor has died at age 56. No further details at this time.

I wish I was surprised. She lived a life of immense pain. I started writing an obituary years ago when things looked precarious, but stopped because it was too painful. To say she was a complicated woman would be an extreme understatement.

Her music meant the world to me for 35 years. J…

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