Four months before her tragic death, Sinéad O’Connor made her last public appearance at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize.
The legendary Irish singer was all smiles in her final photos, looking happy and healthy as she accepted the award for Best Irish Classic Album.
The trophy was given in honor of “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,” which was released in 1990.
“You’re very welcome in Ireland,” O’Connor told “each and every member of Ireland’s refugee community” while onstage during the March ceremony.
“I love you very much and I wish you happiness,” the songwriter concluded.
News broke on Wednesday of the Grammy winner’s passing, with her family members confirming the tragedy in a statement.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” they told People. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”
Pvnew has reached out to O’Connor’s rep for additional comment.
The provocative musician, whose cause of death has yet to be revealed, is survived by three children — son Jake, 36, daughter Roisin, 27, and son Yeshua, 16.
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O’Connor was also the mother of a son named Shane who died in January 2022 at the age of 17.
The performer, who canceled all of her shows to for her own “health and well-being” after the late teen’s suicide, wrote her last tweet in Shane’s honor.
“#lostmy17yrOldSonToSuicidein2022,” she wrote via Twitter last week. “Been living as undead night creature since.”
O’Connor called Shane the “love of [her] life,” concluding, “We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him.”
She included a throwback photo of herself and Shane in the emotional social media upload.
As celebrities from Melissa Etheridge to Public Enemy honor O’Connor, Morrissey slammed those who didn’t “have the guts to support her when she was alive” in an impassioned post on his website.
The 64-year-old, wrote, “There is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death — when, finally, they can’t answer back.”
