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Singer Sinead O’Connor reported missing in Chicago, police concerned for ‘well-being’ | Singer Sinead O’Connor reported missing in Chicago, police concerned for ‘well-being’ |
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Irish singer and songwriter Sinead O’Connor has been reported missing from the Wilmette area of Illinois. | Irish singer and songwriter Sinead O’Connor has been reported missing from the Wilmette area of Illinois. |
Wilmette Police said Monday they are searching for O’Connor, 49, after she failed to return from a bike ride in the Chicago suburb. | Wilmette Police said Monday they are searching for O’Connor, 49, after she failed to return from a bike ride in the Chicago suburb. |
According to a police statement, the singer left the area at 6 a.m. Sunday but has not yet returned. | According to a police statement, the singer left the area at 6 a.m. Sunday but has not yet returned. |
The statement goes on to say that the caller who raised the alarm “expressed concern for her well-being”, and police are seeking to check on her. | The statement goes on to say that the caller who raised the alarm “expressed concern for her well-being”, and police are seeking to check on her. |
It is not clear why O’Connor was in Illinois, or what her connection is to the Wilmette area. | It is not clear why O’Connor was in Illinois, or what her connection is to the Wilmette area. |
US comedian Arsenio Hall filed a $5 million suit against O’Connor last week, after she accused him on Facebook of providing the late singer Prince with drugs. | |
In the legal filing, Hall accused “desperate, attention-seeking Sinead O’Connor” of “maliciously” publishing defamatory statements “falsely accusing him” of supplying drugs to Prince. | In the legal filing, Hall accused “desperate, attention-seeking Sinead O’Connor” of “maliciously” publishing defamatory statements “falsely accusing him” of supplying drugs to Prince. |
O’Connor’s first major hit was her 1990 cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U. | O’Connor’s first major hit was her 1990 cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U. |
The artist has openly struggled with mental health illness in the past. More recently, the singer posted numerous posts on Facebook regarding a custody battle with the father of her 12-year-old son. |