Singer Morrissey has hit out at celebrity tributes to Sinead O'Connor accusing some of not having the "guts to support her when she was alive”.
The former Smiths frontman criticised figures in the music industry for only praising the singer following her death.
O'Connor was found unresponsive at her home in London yesterday and pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
Writing on his website, Morrisey asked where the support was for the Irish singer while she was still alive?
Sharing a post called 'You Know I Couldn't Last', he wrote: "She had only so much ‘self’ to give.
"She was dropped by her label after selling seven million albums for them. She became crazed, yes, but uninteresting, never.
"She had done nothing wrong. She had proud vulnerability … and there is a certain music industry hatred for singers who don’t ‘fit in’ (this I know only too well), and they are never praised until death - when, finally, they can’t answer back.
"The cruel playpen of fame gushes with praise for Sinead today … with the usual moronic labels of 'icon' and 'legend'.
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"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.
"The press will label artists as pests because of what they withhold … and they would call Sinead sad, fat, shocking, insane … oh but not today."
Morrissey then likened Sinead's death to those of other female stars such as Amy Winehouse and Judy Garland.
"Why is ANYBODY surprised that Sinead O'Connor is dead," he wrote.
'Who cared enough to save Judy Garland, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Marilyn Monroe, Billie Holiday?
"Where do you go when death can be the best outcome? Was this music madness worth Sinead's life?
"No, it wasn't.
"She was a challenge, and she couldn't be boxed-up, and she had the courage to speak when everyone else stayed safely silent.
"She was harassed simply for being herself. Her eyes finally closed in search of a soul she could call her own."
O'Connor is survived by three children. Her son Shane died last year at the age of 17.
A statement from O'Connor's family, said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinead.
