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She lost her son of 17 years only 5 months ago. With no additional details, I know where my mind goes. Edit: whatever article I read said 5 months ago, but t

by JAM1971 3y ago

She lost her son of 17 years only 5 months ago. With no additional details, I know where my mind goes. Edit: whatever article I read said 5 months ago, but that appears to have been written some time ago. Plenty of articles stating that Shane died in Jan/2022: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=shane+oconnor+wikipedia&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=shane+oconnor+wikipedia&ia=...

AlecSchueler 3y ago
...Where does it go?
- xsmasher 3y ago
  My mind goes to suicide.
- ngc7293 3y ago
  > Shane died in January 2022. A week later, following a series of tweets in which she indicated that she was going to kill herself, O'Connor was hospitalised. Wikipedia
- myth_drannon 3y ago
  Many artists die from suicide. When a young artist dies, I usually assume drugs or suicide.
  - pcthrowaway 3y ago
    Occasionally it's cancer though
  - glogla 3y ago
    > I usually assume drugs or suicide. And sometimes it's hard to discern one from the other.
- LesZedCB 3y ago
  > I’ve decided to follow my son. There is no point living without him. Everything I touch, I ruin. I only stayed for him. And now he’s gone,” she wrote on an unverified Twitter account linked to her official account. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-hospital-intl-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-... heart breaking to hear :(
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - wonderwonder 3y ago
    Can't really think of anything worse than losing a kid to suicide. The guilt, warranted or not must be crushing.
slillibri 3y ago
Sure, but I’m certain that random internet speculation helps no one at this point.
- toyg 3y ago
  There would have been no speculation if the family had stated an uncontroversial cause of death. Instead they "requested privacy", which means it was likely something people would have judged her for.
  - notfromhere 3y ago
    That just means suicide and the press usually doesn’t publish it to not encourage copycats.
  - nimchimpsky 3y ago
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- wkat4242 3y ago
  It's not really random though. She's announced she was going to do it before and to be fair she's always had more than her fair share of mental troubles, sadly. As someone who is also cursed with those I know how hard that can be and I didn't even lose a child. Withholding the cause is what leads to speculation and I don't think it's a bad guess in this case. Personally I think it's better if they just announced it because believe it or not something like this can also lead to good things. Because it can make people think, realise these things happen and notice the signs in people around them.
  - Fordec 3y ago
    And say what you want about her, but nobody ever said she was one for wavering. In everything she did she committed to and knew all about owning consequences. If she was suicidal, and she had the track record, she was well able to have follow through on this also. Whatever you believe, just for her sake, I genuinely hope she's now reunited with her son to get some peace.

AlecSchueler 3y ago

...Where does it go?

xsmasher 3y ago
My mind goes to suicide.
ngc7293 3y ago
> Shane died in January 2022. A week later, following a series of tweets in which she indicated that she was going to kill herself, O'Connor was hospitalised. Wikipedia
myth_drannon 3y ago
Many artists die from suicide. When a young artist dies, I usually assume drugs or suicide.
- pcthrowaway 3y ago
  Occasionally it's cancer though
- glogla 3y ago
  > I usually assume drugs or suicide. And sometimes it's hard to discern one from the other.
LesZedCB 3y ago
> I’ve decided to follow my son. There is no point living without him. Everything I touch, I ruin. I only stayed for him. And now he’s gone,” she wrote on an unverified Twitter account linked to her official account. https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-hospital-intl-scli/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/entertainment/sinead-oconnor-... heart breaking to hear :(
- deleted 3y ago
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- wonderwonder 3y ago
  Can't really think of anything worse than losing a kid to suicide. The guilt, warranted or not must be crushing.

slillibri 3y ago

Sure, but I’m certain that random internet speculation helps no one at this point.

toyg 3y ago
There would have been no speculation if the family had stated an uncontroversial cause of death. Instead they "requested privacy", which means it was likely something people would have judged her for.
- notfromhere 3y ago
  That just means suicide and the press usually doesn’t publish it to not encourage copycats.
- nimchimpsky 3y ago
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wkat4242 3y ago
It's not really random though. She's announced she was going to do it before and to be fair she's always had more than her fair share of mental troubles, sadly. As someone who is also cursed with those I know how hard that can be and I didn't even lose a child. Withholding the cause is what leads to speculation and I don't think it's a bad guess in this case. Personally I think it's better if they just announced it because believe it or not something like this can also lead to good things. Because it can make people think, realise these things happen and notice the signs in people around them.
- Fordec 3y ago
  And say what you want about her, but nobody ever said she was one for wavering. In everything she did she committed to and knew all about owning consequences. If she was suicidal, and she had the track record, she was well able to have follow through on this also. Whatever you believe, just for her sake, I genuinely hope she's now reunited with her son to get some peace.