Sinead O’Connor leaves seven-figure fortune for children to ‘milk for what it’s worth’ as cause of death confirmed
Sinéad O’Connor has left her £1.7million fortune to her three surviving children, with instructions for them to “milk” her music catalogue “for all that it’s worth” after her death.
The Irish singer’s final wishes were revealed in probate records obtained by The Sun newspaper, showing detailed instructions for her estate’s management.
“I direct that after my death, and at the discretion of any of my children who are then over 18, my albums are to be released so as to milk it for what it’s worth,” O’Connor wrote in the document.
The estate’s final value was reduced to £1.4million after funeral costs, legal fees and debts were settled.
O’Connor’s ex-husband and music producer John Reynolds, whom she was married to from 1987 to 1991, was named as executor of the will.
The document also specified that her children “can dispense my ashes as they see fit”.
The will, signed in 2013, contained specific burial requests reflecting O’Connor’s beliefs at that time, five years before her conversion to Islam.
The singer requested to be buried in priestly clothing, a signature outfit from her later career.
She also asked to be laid to rest with a Torah and a copy of her 2007 album ‘Theology’.
These instructions were made before O’Connor’s conversion to Islam in 2018.
O’Connor is survived by three children: Jake Reynolds, 37, Roisin Waters, 29, and Yeshua Bonadio, 18.
Jake was born to O’Connor and John Reynolds, Roisin’s father is journalist John Waters, and Yeshua’s father is Frank Bonadio.
The will specified that Yeshua would inherit her collection of guitars.
Her son Shane, who tragically died by suicide at age 17 in 2022, was meant to receive her religious regalia according to the will.
“My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God,” O’Connor had tweeted following Shane’s death.
O’Connor died aged 56 in London in July 2023, with her death formally registered by John Reynolds in Lambeth a year later.
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Her cause of death was confirmed as “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low-grade lower respiratory tract infection”.
The singer released 10 albums during her career, with her final record being 2014’s ‘I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss’.
Her albums sold 6.2 million copies globally, establishing her as one of Ireland’s most successful recording artists.