Tragic pop star Sinead O'Connor has been branded and "angel" as more untold stories of how she secretly helped those in need have emerged.
The 56-year-old was found unresponsive at a home in south London on Wednesday.
Her death is not being treated as suspicious although the cause has not yet been made public.
Although often controversial, since her death a flood of tributes have been paid by celebrities and musicians across the globe.
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Members of the public have also recalled their encounters with the Grammy-winning singer.
Several letters sent to newspapers last week reveal how the artist often helped members of the public without seeking publicity.
In one letter, the former principal of St Thomas's school in Coolock, Bernadette McCloskey, described Ms O'Connor as an "angel" and revealed how she helped provide transport for pupils from the Traveller community.
She told of how in May 1999 a bus used to transport traveller children to the school became unrepairable around exam time.
Ms McCloskey said that the singer had recently appeared on the Late Late Show and children from the school wrote a letter asking for her help.
Within days, Mr O'Connor had pledged to raffle her grand piano to fund the bus and later presented the school with a cheque for £20,000.
The following month, the famous singer visited the school and performed her most famous song.
"When Sinead sang Nothing Compares 2 U, our Franciscan priest Fr Benignus gazed in awe and amazement through the window we were all mesmerised," she wrote.
"Thanks to Sinead ensuring they could get to school our students completed their junior cert exams in 1999 and went on to have success in their leaving cert in the years to come.
"Her intervention meant that traveller students could see the benefit of education.
"They were sent an angel to light their path and guide them."
In another letter, the father of a young woman who died from cancer in England in the early 1990s also revealed the kindness of the star.
Philip Woolcock, from Preston in Lancashire, wrote how in 1991 his 20-year-old daughter Louise, who was suffering from terminal cancer, received a call from Ms O'Connor out of the blue.
At the time her family was raising cash for their local hospice.
After a long telephone call the singing star invited Louise to London to spend time with her.
"A few days later she met Louise at Euston Station and to cut a long story short Louise had the best week of her short life," Mr Woolcock wrote.
"They dined, they drank they danced but most all they laughed irreverently.
"Sinead was at the height of her fame at this time and found it highly amusing that when they were out people were asking for Louise's autograph.
"Louise returned home exhausted and happier than I had seen her since her devastating cancer diagnosis."
Mr Woolcock also revealed how Ms O'Connor stayed in touch with his daughter, sending her wine, flowers and letters, up to her death in 1992.
"On her final trip to London Ms O'Connor also gave Louise her platinum disk for Nothing Compares to You and dedicated her Christmas record Silent Night to her," he wrote.
"During this time Sinead never sought any publicity for these acts of love and compassion," Mr Woolcock wrote.
"Today my thoughts are with two remarkable women who, I have no doubt, will be somewhere still laughing, dancing and singing."
It has also been reported that in 1992 Ms O'Connor donated her $750,000 home in West Holywood, Californian, after watching an appeal to aid Somalis.
