2023-07-28 09:58:07
Singer Sinéad O’Connor, who died Wednesday at the age of 56, had left very specific instructions for her children on what they should do first if she were to die.
Protecting his children from need and protecting his art. Sinéad O’Connor had taken the lead so that his heirs would not be preceded by the record companies following his death. The legendary Irish singer and musician, who died on Wednesday July 26 at the age of 56, had left her children the procedure to follow on the day she died.
In an interview with People in 2021, Sinéad O’Connor revealed that she had instructed them from a young age to call her accountant before the emergency services if she died. “Artists are much more valuable when they are dead than when they are alive. Tupac has released far more albums since his death than he ever released in his lifetime. It’s a bit rude what the record companies do, ”she said to justify this precaution.
“That’s why I’ve always told my kids since they were little, ‘If your mom drops dead tomorrow, before you call 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don’t start releasing my records without telling you where the money is”.
She had also shown herself to be very hostile to the idea that songs not yet marketed would be exploited following her death. She had taken as an example Prince (who had written his hit “Nothing Compares 2 U”). “All musicians have songs that really bother them and are shitty. We don’t want anyone to hear them. Prince was someone who released all the songs he recorded, so if some of them weren’t released, that means he really didn’t want them to be. I can’t stand people ‘breaking’ his safe.”
Likewise, she had shown her fierce aversion to the use of posthumous songs for publicity purposes. She had taken as an example that of “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince, used following his death for an advertisement for a credit card. “I think he would roll over in his grave,” she said.
Sinéad O’Connor was the mother of four children, Jake born in 1987, Roisin born in 1996, Shane born in 2005 (who committed suicide in 2002) and Yeshua born in 2006.
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