'Amid so much vapidity in 1980s pop music, Sinead O Connor's was a brand of art that didn’t shy away from shortcomings, or from having a distinct point of view,' writes music critic Preston Jones.
The tears should’ve been a tell.
O’Connor, per multiple reports, died Wednesday at the too-young age of 56. No cause was immediately disclosed. She is survived by three children and a grandson.O’Connor’s family said in a statement to the BBCO’Connor was uncompromising from the moment she became a known quantity, as evidenced by her searing 1987 solo debut, a landmark rock album of the late 1980s.
That catharsis — for the audience, as well as the artist — had its limits, as O’Connor discovered in 1992. During a live broadcast of” by tearing apart a photo of Pope John Paul II and saying, “Fight the real enemy.”
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