Sinead O'Connor Text of Despair Sent To Close Friend Weeks Before Death

Just weeks before her tragic death at 56, Bob Geldof, the 71-year-old icon of The Boomtown Rats and good friend to Sinead O'Connor, had a conversation with her.

Bob divulged that in her text messages, there was an array of emotions, from sorrow and despair to enthusiasm for the future.

It was last Wednesday evening when Sinead O'Connor's family announced her untimely death at 56, leading to an outpouring of grief and sadness from those who knew and admired her.

Upon receiving a call about an unresponsive woman in Lambeth, South East London, police arrived on Wednesday morning and determined that Sinead was dead, with authorities not suspecting anything suspicious.

In Sinead's final post, she tweeted a picture of her and her son and said, "Been living as undead night creature since."

"He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him."

Following the news of his passing, an outpouring of tributes from around the world has come to light.

Gathering the crowds at the Cavan Calling festival in Ireland, Bob shared his memories of Sinead.

Taking to the stage, Bob movingly shared stories of his ex-wife Paula Yates and daughter Peaches who were both lost under heartbreaking circumstances. He encouraged the crowd that despite such sadness, it is important to carry on.

He went on to say, "There's no other option, as all of you know than to just keep on."

Bob talked of Sinead and said, "Many, many times Sinead was full of a terrible loneliness and a terrible despair. She was a very good friend of mine. We were talking right up to a couple of weeks ago. Some of her texts were laden with desperation and despair and sorrow and some were ecstatically happy. She was like that."

In honoring Sinead's fearlessness in standing up for the voiceless, Bob pointed to her memorable 1992 stint on Saturday Night Live. This display sparked not only ire from the Catholic church but also got her permanently banned from the program.

Back on that unforgettable day, Sinead sang a cappella rendition of Bob Marley's song War and delivered the line: "We have confidence good over evil" - her gaze fixed directly into the camera lens. As she emphasized "evil," she held up a photo of Pope John Paul II before abruptly tearing it to shreds and flinging the pieces at the screen as she firmly declared: "Fight the real enemy."