 Sir Bob Geldof was among the guests in attendance at Sinéad O'Connor's funeral today in Bray, County Wicklow. The iconic musician died in July 2023 at the age of 56, leading to an outpouring of love from fans across the world, including famous faces such as Pink, Pedro Pascal, Phoebe Bridgers, Foo Fighters, and Alanis Morisette. Her family is awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine her cause of death after being found unresponsive at her home in London. Hundreds of fans lined the streets to pay their respects to the Nothing Compares To U hitmaker, leaving floral tributes to the star and singing her hit song in the streets in an emotional performance. A number of stars made an appearance at the service, including U2 frontman Bono and Boomtown Rats' Sir Bob. Dressed all in black, the Live Aid organiser was seen arriving at the private service as well as joining her procession in a taxi. He was seen riding in a taxi as part of the funeral cortege for the singer as the procession passed through her former hometown of Bray, Co Wicklow (Picture: PA) The singer recently paid tribute to O'Connor during a live performance (Picture: MEGA) He spoke openly about texts he received from the star, filled with 'desperation and despair' (Picture: MEGA) The star's cause of death is yet to be revealed (Picture: John Sciulli/Getty Images for Reca Group) Ahead of the funeral, Sir Bob shared the last text messages he received from O'Connor before her tragic death. The musician and activist had been friends with O'Connor for a number of years, and said he had been messaging the star 'a couple of weeks ago.' 'Many, many times Sinéad was full of a terrible loneliness and a terrible despair. She was a very good friend of mine,' he said during his appearance at Cavan Calling festival in Ireland last month, The Mirror reported. 'We were talking right up to a couple of weeks ago. Some of her texts were laden with des){kind=link}
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Sir Bob Geldof was among the guests in attendance at Sinead O’Connor’s funeral today in Bray, County Wicklow.
The iconic musician died in July 2023 at the age of 56, leading to an outpouring of love from fans across the world, including famous faces such as Pink, Pedro Pascal, Phoebe Bridgers, Foo Fighters, and Alanis Morisette.
Her family is awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine her cause of death after being found unresponsive at her home in London.
Hundreds of fans lined the streets to pay their respects to the Nothing Compares To U hitmaker, leaving floral tributes to the star and singing her hit song in the streets in an emotional performance.