Sinéad O'Connor Dead at 56_ Inside the Singer's Troubled Life
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 ♪ Since you've been gone ♪
00:06 ♪ I can do whatever I want ♪
00:10 - Singer Sinead O'Connor, who shot to worldwide fame
00:14 with 1990's "Nothing Compares to You" has died.
00:17 ♪ Nothing compares to you ♪
00:21 - What happens if you do become married neighbors?
00:29 I don't know.
00:30 I mean, again, I mean, fame, fame, fatal fame,
00:35 as the man said.
00:36 - In a statement, the singer's family said,
00:38 "It is with great sadness that we announce
00:40 "the passing of our beloved Sinead."
00:42 Her family and friends are devastated
00:44 and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.
00:48 This was the last time she was seen out in public
00:51 this past March as she received a music award in Dublin.
00:54 - I want to dedicate it to each and every member
00:58 of Ireland's refugee community.
01:00 My entire life was revolving around just not dying
01:04 and that's not living.
01:05 - The news comes just over a year
01:07 after her 17-year-old son Shane died of suicide.
01:10 Following that, Sinead posted a series of distressing tweets
01:13 saying she wanted to follow him.
01:15 She apologized to her fans the next day for upsetting them.
01:19 At this point, the cause of death is unclear,
01:21 but Sinead was open about her struggles
01:23 with depression and PTSD.
01:25 - The mental illness, you know, it's a bit like drugs.
01:28 It doesn't give a (beep) who you are.
01:29 - In 2017, she sought help from Dr. Phil.
01:33 - We were able to, in 24 hours,
01:36 get her out of a motel room alone
01:39 in the middle of the night crying
01:40 to a 100-acre treatment facility
01:43 in the rolling hills of Tennessee.
01:44 - When I took an overdose about three weeks ago,
01:47 I wrote my suicide note on it.
01:51 - Would she have died without your help?
01:53 - I think this could have gone real bad real soon.
01:56 ♪ I really do need you ♪
02:00 ♪ You know how it is ♪
02:02 - Sinead was brash and outspoken.
02:04 She stirred controversy and cemented her place in pop culture
02:07 when she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II on SNL.
02:12 - Fight the real enemy!
02:13 - It was definitely blown out of proportion.
02:15 I didn't do it in order to be offensive.
02:18 - Sinead O'Connor was never meant to be a pop star.
02:21 It was really a protest singer, you know?
02:23 - It doesn't damage my career.
02:26 And if it did, it wouldn't particularly bother me.
02:29 I wouldn't sacrifice the things I believe in
02:32 in order to sell records.
02:34 - No amount of money that I may have made in the last year
02:36 or that I will ever make is going to make me happy.
02:39 The fact that I can express myself is what makes me happy.
02:42 ♪ Nothing compares to you ♪
02:47 ♪ Nothing compares ♪
02:52 you