Sinéad O’Connor told children what to do if she suddenly died

Sinéad O’Connor used to tell her children to contact her accountant — even before calling 911 — if she was ever suddenly found dead.

The Irish singer-songwriter, who died at the age of 56 earlier this week, was aware of the importance of protecting her legacy — and her family’s finances — if she was no longer around.

In a 2021 interview with People to promote her memoir “Rememberings,” O’Connor said at the time she was aware that artists are “much more valuable” when they are dead.

“Tupac has released way more albums since he died than he ever did alive,” she said of the late American rapper, who was fatally shot in Las Vegas in 1996.

“It’s kind of gross what record companies do,” she added.

“That’s why I’ve always instructed my children since they were very small, ‘If your mother drops dead tomorrow, before you call 911, call my accountant and make sure the record companies don’t start releasing my records and not telling you where the money is,’” O’Connor explained.

One of Ireland’s “greatest and most gifted composers,” according to Irish Pres. Michael D. Higgins, O’Connor was found unresponsive Wednesday morning at a home in the Herne Hill area of south London.

The “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer was pronounced dead at the scene.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad,” her family said in a statement to Irish broadcaster RTE. No cause of death was given.

On Thursday, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement her death was “not being treated as suspicious.”

The news comes just 16 months after O’Connor lost her 17-year-old son, Shane, to suicide.