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Sinead O’Connor’s will finally revealed including huge sum left to her children, unique burial clothes & ashes wish

The mum-of-four sold 6.2million albums worldwide

SINGER Sinead O’Connor left her children £1.7million — and urged them to “milk” sales of her music.

The Nothing Compares 2 U star asked to be dressed in priest clothing in her coffin — and be buried with a Hebrew bible and her album Theology.

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Sinead O’Connor left her children £1.7million — and urged them to 'milk' sales of her musicCredit: Getty
Music icon Sinead died aged 56 in 2023
Sinead, pictured in 1988, burst onto the music scene with her debut album in 1987Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Sinead with her beloved son Shane, who took his own life

Tragic Sinead was found dead in her London flat aged 56 in 2023 — 18 months after son Shane, 17, took his own life.

Irish probate records reveal her estate was £1.7million gross, reduced to £1.4million after debts, funeral costs and legal fees.

The document, signed in 2013 before her conversion to Islam, added: “My children can dispense my ashes as they see fit.”

The mum-of-four, who sold 6.2million albums worldwide, added: “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’.”

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She planned for to inherit her religious regalia.

Her youngest child,  was to be given her collection of guitars.

Sinead’s ex-hubby music producer John Reynolds is named executor.

They wed in 1987 but split in 1991.

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Details of her British estate are yet to be released.

Dublin-born Sinead’s cause of death was given as “the exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma”.

Sinead O’Connor cause of death confirmed as natural causes & probe ends six months after star found dead in London flat

Ex Dermott Hayes believes she died of a broken heart because of Shane’s suicide in 2022.

Days before her death Sinead had written: “Losing a kid isn’t good for the soul.”

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She was ordained a Latin Tridentine priest in 1999.

She accused the Catholic church of destroying “entire races of people”, and declaring that priests had been abusing children for years.

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