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

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