Sinead O’Connor is devastated by the tragic death of her son and has feelings of guilt, for which she had to be admitted to a hospital due to her suicidal tendencies.
“I have decided to follow my son. It makes no sense to live without it. Everything I touch, I ruin. I only stayed for him. And now he’s gone,” she posted on Twitter.
He then added: “I have destroyed my family. My kids don’t want to meet me. I’m a shitty person. And all of you only think I’m good because I can sing. I’m not".
However, he later regretted his writing: “I’m sorry. I should not have said that. I’m with cops now on the way to the hospital. I’m sorry I upset everyone. I am lost without my son and I hate myself. The hospital will help for a while. But I’m going to find Shane, this is just a delay.”
His teenage son, Shane, was found dead last Friday, January 7 after spending several days missing.
The young man had escaped from the medical center where he was hospitalized and monitored for risk of suicide.
He was last seen in Tallaght, south of Dublin, and his body was recovered in the Bray area of Wicklow, some 20km away.
O’Connor achieved international fame in 1990 with the hit ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U", composed by Prince.
The talented but troubled singer-songwriter is known as much for her fierce, expressive voice as her shaved head and strong criticism of the Catholic Church and other institutions.
Your recording of "Nothing Compares 2 U" it topped the charts from Europe to Australia and earned O’Connor multiple Grammy nominations. In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine named her its Artist of the Year.
But his direct style was often criticized, especially in the United States. In 1990, some local radio stations refused to play her music after the singer banned the national anthem from her performance in New Jersey.
An ardent critic of the Catholic Church for the way it handled cases of sexual abuse at the hands of the clergy, she was also gunned down in 1992 when she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on the popular comedy show "Saturday night Live".
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