Singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56
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The death has been announced of singer Sinéad O'Connor aged 56.

Rest in peace Sinéad. Your horror has ended.

  • sab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    Aye. I remember it being big news worldwide that she tore up a picture of the pope. It was only decades later that I found out it was to protest molestations.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      I remember it well and pretty much everyone at the time was baffled because the scandal just wasn’t that well-known outside of specific Catholic circles yet. Which just gave priests more time and more coverage until it actually started coming out in a big way a few years ago. It should have started the ball rolling then and there, but ripping up a picture of the pope and saying, “fight the real enemy” without giving context did not help the case.

    • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I was in college and saw her do it live. I thought it was strange, but had no idea what grandiose aftermath there would be.