Sinéad O’Connor reportedly left all $1.7 million of her estate to her children after her 2023 death, probate records obtained by the US Sun reveal. Though, after the payment of debts, funeral costs and legal fees, the figure was reduced to $1.4 million.
As another part of her final wishes, the singer also directed that her albums be released after her death and “at the discretion of any of my children who are then over 18,” so “as to ‘milk it for what it’s worth.’”
Included in the document, O’Connor requested to be dressed in priest clothing in her coffin with a Hebrew bible and her album “Theology” at her side.
6 Sinéad O’Connor reportedly left $1.7 million to her children after her death, according to probate documents obtained by the US Sun. GC Images
6 She also directed that her music be released “at the discretion” of her children so they can “milk it for what it’s worth.” ITV/Shutterstock
“My children can dispense my ashes as they see fit,” she claimed in the document, which was signed in 2013.
She also intended for her youngest son, 18-year-old Yeshua Bonadio, to inherit her guitar collection and son Shane, who died by suicide in 2022, to be given her religious items.
The singer’s ex-husband, John Reynolds, whom she was married to from 1987 to 1991, was named as executor of her estate.
6 The documents, which she signed in 2013, revealed that she intended for her son Shane — who died in 2022 — to inherit her religious items. Sinead O’Connor/Twitter
6 Her ex-husband John Reynolds was named the executor. Getty Images
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Details of her British estate have not yet been shared with the public.
The “Nothing Compares 2 U” hitmaker died on July 26, 2023, just 18 months after the death of son Shane. She was 56.
Police found her “unresponsive” at an apartment in London and she was “pronounced dead at the scene.”
Her cause of death was listed as a combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.
6 O’Connor died on July 26, 2023, nearly 18 months after the death of Shane. Crispin Rodwell/Shutterstock
6 Her cause of death was listed as a combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. Getty Images
She was also suffering from a respiratory tract infection, which contributed to her death.
Her family announced the matriarch’s death in a statement to RTÉ at the time.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” her family said at the time. “Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”