On social networks, in January 2022, Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor announced the death of her son, Shane.
[Updated July 27, 2023 1:56 PM] The “light of my life.” In January 2022, on social networks, Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, who died on Wednesday, announced the death of her son, Shane. “My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the light of my life, has decided to end his fight on earth and today rests with God. May he rest in peace and may no one follows his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace,” she wrote the day after her son’s disappearance, explaining that he had committed suicide.
The young man, born in 2004, fled a hospital. ? For the moment, the hospital refuses to take responsibility for it,” added Sinéad O’Connor, indicating that he wanted to take legal action. A test that the singer will never have managed to overcome.
On July 17, she paid tribute to her son on Twitter: “I’ve lived like an undead nocturnal creature ever since. He was the love of my life, the light of my soul.” In the days following her son’s death, Sinéad O’Connor sparked concern with a series of tweets suggesting she was planning to end her life. “I decided to follow my son. There’s no point living without him. Everything I touch, I ruin it. I only stayed for him. And now he’s gone,” she shared, before being committed to a health facility.
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said that. I’m with cops now on my way to the hospital. I’m sorry for upsetting everyone. I’m lost without my child and I hate myself. L hospital will help for a while. But I’ll find Shane, but not now.” Sinéad O’Connor will have joined his son, Shane, more than a year after his disappearance.