{"id":1575,"date":"2023-07-28T17:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2023-07-28T17:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T17:54:27","slug":"russell-crowe-shares-emotional-last-memory-of-sinead-oconnor-they-met-on-a-foggy-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Russell Crowe shares emotional last memory of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor \u2013 they met on a foggy night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>People around the world are mourning the death of the immeasurably talented singer,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/music\/sinead-oconnor-acclaimed-and-controversial-irish-singer-of-nothing-compares-2-u-dead-at-56\/\">Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor<\/a>, whose angelic voice was tinged with pain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fans and celebrity friends are pouring in with messages of grief, sharing loving memories of the woman who rose to fame in 1990 with her timeless ballad, \u201cNothing Compares 2 U.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-e05fd3c978e93b6b42b6bc0b9d1dfea6\" class=\"newsner-e05fd3c978e93b6b42b6bc0b9d1dfea6 newsner-bluebillywig_instream\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/family\/russell-crowe-59-makes-worrying-claim-about-his-future-you-will-never-hear-from-me-again\/\">Russell Crowe<\/a>\u00a0is one of those friends who shared a thoughtful tribute of her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-b7aa6a630c1fa6df03ffd614f185992d\" class=\"newsner-b7aa6a630c1fa6df03ffd614f185992d\"><\/div>\n<p>Shocks of sadness reverberated across the globe when the her announced on July 26 that 56-year-old Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor was dead.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-742b112bbac45761f6816460e6a679af\" class=\"newsner-742b112bbac45761f6816460e6a679af newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1427133391\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>In her career, the Dublin-born performer released 10 studio albums, while her song \u201cNothing Compares 2 U\u201d was named by Billboard Music Awards as the number one world single in 1990.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe class=\" lazyloaded\" title=\"Sin\u00e9ad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (Official Music Video) [HD]\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-EF60neguk?feature=oembed\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The song, lyrics, and her vocals so emotive. The award-winning song was written by the late Prince, and topped the charts. The song also earned her three Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n<p>The artist went on to become one of Ireland\u2019s most prominent musicians, joining the likes of U2, Enya, and The Cranberries, all of whom gained worldwide popularity in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Her politically charged lyrics were softened by her extraordinary voice but still stirred controversy amongst her listeners, some feeling scorned by her divisive words.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-41e430ef5f9f326ac4f70bd3b58dda3f\" class=\"newsner-41e430ef5f9f326ac4f70bd3b58dda3f newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-370695022\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133111 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 559px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033-768x506.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"368\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083454\/shutterstock_22126033-768x506.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1000\" data-eio-rheight=\"659\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1992, she appeared on\u00a0<em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u00a0and used it as a platform to protest child sex abuse in the Catholic Church by tearing up a photograph of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/pope-francis-to-undergo-intestinal-surgery-will-spend-several-days-in-the-hospital-recovering\/\">Pope<\/a>\u00a0John Paul II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sorry I did it. It was brilliant,\u201d O\u2019Connor later said. \u201cBut it was very traumatizing. It was open season on treating me like a crazy bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer of \u201cThe Emperor\u2019s New Clothes\u201d also refused to play the U.S. national anthem before her concerts, and boycotted the Grammy Awards, saying she did not want to be \u201cto be part of a world that measures artistic ability by material success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her later years, the legendary singer focused mostly on spirituality and activism. Struggling with her own mental health issues, she became an outspoken champion to bring awareness to those issues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-897c0b5e0b589d394be34b03ed5bbe8f\" class=\"newsner-897c0b5e0b589d394be34b03ed5bbe8f newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1236566440\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133112 lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 521px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"347\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083458\/shutterstock_134740958-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1000\" data-eio-rheight=\"667\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her attention was also on her four children\u2013Jake Reynolds (1987), Roisin Waters (1995), Shane Lunny (2004) and Yeshua Bonadio (2006)\u2013but suffered a devastating loss in January 2022 when Shane killed himself by hanging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy beautiful son, Nevi\u2019im Nesta Ali Shane O\u2019Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God,\u201d she Tweeted (per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sinead-o-connor-dead-at-age-56-7565896\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">People<\/a>) at the time. \u201cMay he rest in peace and may no one follow his example. My baby. I love you so much. Please be at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After his death, the singer was immersed in sadness and hospitalized after publicly suggesting she would join her son.<\/p>\n<p>This year, only weeks before the brilliant musician died, O\u2019Connor seemed to be back on track and happy about her future. She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/786OmShahid\/status\/1677727510459568128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter: \u201cHi All, recently moved back to London after 23 years absence. Very happy to be home : ) Soon finishing my album. Release early next year : ) Hopefully Touring Australia and New Zealand toward end 2024. Europe, USA and other territories beginning early 2025 : )\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-d41bee09d72fda5912e8f9aadffc6c5f\" class=\"newsner-d41bee09d72fda5912e8f9aadffc6c5f newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-1118299830\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133030 lazyautosizes ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759-768x525.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/26190447\/GettyImages-85239759-768x525.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"1024\" data-eio-rheight=\"700\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yesterday, after her death was announced, social media comments went from excitement to heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Teeming with love, celebrity friends and fans are sharing messages and memorials in honor of the award-winning woman, whose loss leaves a deep void in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Crowe is among the famous friends who posted a heartfelt tribute on Twitter, where he recounts the meaningful meeting he had with O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1684340208706224129&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Frussell-crowe-shares-emotional-last-memory-of-sinead-oconnor-they-met-on-a-foggy-night%2F&amp;sessionId=1cba8e0771f7edd3f58f32b4ef744f8e3f85b1de&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1684340208706224129\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 59-year-old\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/actor\/\">actor<\/a>\u00a0from New Zealand writes, \u201cLast year, working in Ireland, having a pint in the cold outside a Dalkey pub with some new friends, a woman with purpose strode past us. Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf. One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up and pursued the woman. Thirty metres down the road the friend and the woman embraced and he waived me over. There under streetlights with mist on my breath, I met Sin\u00e9ad. She looked in my eyes, and uttered with disarming softness \u2018oh, it\u2019s you Russell,\u201d said Crowe in a series of posts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-fa5da7ab92fe5f429cde0f81f122accf\" class=\"newsner-fa5da7ab92fe5f429cde0f81f122accf newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-748019398\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133113 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083501\/shutterstock_251674957.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"402\" height=\"574\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/07\/28083501\/shutterstock_251674957.jpg\" data-eio-rwidth=\"699\" data-eio-rheight=\"1000\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe came with us back to the table and sat in the cold and ordered a hot tea. In a conversation without fences we roamed through the recent Dublin heatwave, local politics, American politics, the ongoing fight\u00a0for indigenous recognition in many places, but particularly in Australia, her warm memory of New Zealand, faith, music, movies and her brother the writer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowe said the conversation with her allowed him \u201cthe opportunity to tell her she was a hero of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post continues, \u201cWhen her second cup was taking on the night air, she rose, embraced us all and strode away into the fog-dimmed streetlights. We sat there the four of us and variously expressed the same thing. What an amazing woman.\u00a0Peace be with your courageous heart Sin\u00e9ad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death has not yet been reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rest in Peace, beautiful Sin\u00e9ad. We are so thankful that you shared your \u201ccourageous heart\u201d and beautiful vocals with the world. We hope you found your peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this story in tribute of the incredible artist whose music will forever be remembered!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People around the world are mourning the death of the immeasurably talented singer,\u00a0Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor, whose&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":50,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}