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Sinéad O’Connor’s final wishes for her children have been revealed.

The singer, who died at age 56 in July 2023, is survived by three children. At the time of her death, O’Connor’s estate was worth £1.7 million but reduced to £ 1.4 million ($ 1.75 million) after debts, legal fees, and funeral costs.

According to Irish probate records obtained by the U.K. newspaper The Sun, her fortune will be split between her children. 

O’Connor also requested that her albums, which sold 6.2 million globally, be released as she urged her children to “milk it for what it’s worth.”

“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 to ‘milk it for what it’s worth,’” the singer wrote in the 2013 signed document, per The Sun.

“My children can dispense my ashes as they see fit,” she added.

O’Connor died at age 56 after being found “unresponsive” at a home in London on July 26, 2023. 

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She had four children including her son Shane, who died by suicide at age 17 in 2022. She also had son Jake Reynolds, 37, shared with her first husband John Reynolds, daughter Roisin Waters, 29, with journalist John Waters, and son Yeshua Bonadio, 18, shared with Frank Bonadio.

In her will, the mom-of-four planned to pass down her religious regalia to her late son Shane and her guitar collection to her youngest child, Yeshua. She named her music producer ex-husband John as executor, The Sun reported. The pair were married from 1987 to 1991.

O’Connor’s official cause of death was revealed a year after her death in July 2024. 

The “Nothing Compares to 2 U” singer died from “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low grade lower respiratory tract infection,” the Irish Independent reported at the time — citing the Grammy winner’s death certificate. 

O’Connor’s death was formally registered by her ex-husband John in Lambeth, London, on July 24, 2024, the Irish Independent reported.

O’Connor’s death was certified after a post-mortem examination by senior coroner for Inner South London Julian Morris, according to the outlet.