The details of Sinead O’Connor’s will have been revealed, including final wishes for the posthumous release of her music.
As reported in The Sun, the late singer encouraged her children not to be precious with her unreleased music: “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.’”
In 2021, O’Connor told PEOPLE she had been instructing her kids “since they were very small” to call her accountant and take the reins on potential posthumous releases. “Make sure the record companies don’t start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is,” she remembered telling them.
Besides the instructions about her music, O’Connor left £1.7 million (roughly $2.1 million) of her estate to her children. This amounted to £1.4 million (or $1.75 million) after paying off debts, funeral costs, and legal fees.
Signed in 2013, the will named O’Connor’s ex-husband, music producer John Reynolds, as the executor. The document left O’Connor’s guitar collection to her youngest child, Yeshua Bonadio, now 18.
O’Connor was found dead at her London flat on July 26th, 2023. One year later, her official cause of death was revealed to be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma.
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