Sinead O’Connor was found unresponsive at London address, say UK police

Sinead O’Connor was found unresponsive at London address, say UK police

The singer died yesterday at age 56, triggering an outpouring of reactions and tributes from artistes around the world.

Sinead O’Connor’s death ‘is not being treated as suspicious’, say London’s Metropolitan Police. (Wikipedia pic)
LONDON:
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor, who died yesterday aged 56, was found unresponsive at an address in London and pronounced dead at the scene, London’s Metropolitan Police said.

Artistes around the world have reacted to the news, with REM frontman Michael Stipe, US musician Tori Amos, and Irish singer Shane MacGowan among those who paid tribute to O’Connor’s fierce honesty, intense presence and uncompromising spirit.

“Police were called at 11:18 hrs on Wednesday, July 26 to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address… officers attended. A 56-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene,” the Met Police said in a statement.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious.”

London Inner South Coroner’s Court said it had been notified of O’Connor’s death.

“No medical cause of death was given. The coroner therefore directed an autopsy to be conducted. The results of this may not be available for several weeks,” the court said in a statement.

A decision on whether an inquest will be needed will be made when these results are known and submissions have been heard from the family, it added.

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