Sinead O’Connor was discovered unresponsive at her dwelling in London and pronounced lifeless on the scene.

Her subsequent of kin have been notified, and her demise shouldn’t be being handled as suspicious.

A file is now going to be ready for the coroner.

In an announcement, the Metropolitan Police mentioned: “Police were called at 11.18am on Wednesday 26 July to reports of an unresponsive woman at a residential address in the SE24 area.

“Officers attended. A 56-year-old girl was pronounced lifeless on the scene.”

O’Connor was finest recognized for her 1990 track Nothing Compares 2 U – the observe made her a worldwide star, partly attributable to its iconic video.

Yesterday, her household mentioned they had been “devastated” by the demise of “our beloved Sinead”.

Two weeks in the past, O’Connor had informed her followers that she had not too long ago moved again to London after a 23-year absence – and she or he was “very happy to be home”.

She mentioned she ending an album that was going to be launched early subsequent yr – and deliberate to launch a world tour spanning Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US.

Morrissey pays tribute – and assaults music business

On his web site, former Smiths frontman Morrissey paid tribute to O’Connor – and alleged that she had been mistreated by the music business.

“There is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’,” he claimed.

Morrissey praised her “proud vulnerability” – describing O’Connor as somebody who refused to be labelled and “had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent”.