Sinead O'Connor's cause of death confirmed six months after singer died in London flat

A spokesperson for Southwark Coroners Court said of the announcement: "This is to confirm that Ms O’Connor died of natural causes.

"The coroner has therefore ceased their involvement in her death," they told MailOnline.

News of O'Connor's cause of death comes less than 24 hours after Irish channel RTE aired a special documentary in the singer's honour.

Several of O'Connor's collaborators and friends including Christy Moore, critic Bonnie Greer, Imelda May, musician Don Letts, and long-time friend BP Fallon were among those who spoke for the documentary.

In it, musician David Holmes shared his thoughts on the singer's passing and put it down to a "broken heart".

The musician believed O'Connor was still grieving and mourning the death of her teenage son Shane who had died by suicide in January 2022 at the age of 17.

Holmes said: "Even though ­Sinead was this incredibly resilient survivor, I totally believe that people can die of a broken heart."

O'Connor's death was met with floods of tributes when the news first broke back in July - although the outpouring also sparked differences of opinion from several big names.

Singers Morrissey and Lily Allen both slammed the tributes flooding in from fellow celebrities as they condemned the treatment she received for her views and activism when she was alive.

Allen penned a furious statement on social media in which she said: "It’s hard not to feel incensed when there are so many people posting about Sinead and how fearless she was.

"People who would never in a million years align themselves with anybody who stood for something or had anything remotely controversial to say.

"It’s so spineless," Allen fumed. "If you can’t stand up for people in life don’t do it in death."

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Morrissey's was much of the same with The Smiths frontman writing in his blog that O'Connor struggled to "fit in" to the music industry and thus was "never praised until death".

He took aim at the tributes targeted at O'Connor from the "cruel playpen of fame", suggesting words like "icon" and "legend" are "moronic labels".

The Smiths star continued: "You praise her now ONLY because it is too late.

"You hadn’t the guts to support her when she was alive and she was looking for you."