![Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan, Italy on Oct. 5, 2014. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. The singer's family issued a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/26/AP23207643391304_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan, Italy on Oct. 5, 2014. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. The singer's family issued a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
July 26, 2023
Stories this photo appears in:
![Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56](
https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/07/26/AP23207643391304_t160.jpg?773850a9d7421baff2f792d5b4bd28ce20373d52
)
July 26, 2023 11:30 a.m.
Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56
She was a lifelong non-conformist — she would say that she shaved her head in response to record executives pressuring her to be conventionally glamorous