Russell Crowe recalls last meeting with Sinead O'Connor: Under the streetlights...

Popular Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor passed away on July 26. She was 56. Several celebrities from around the globe paid their heartfelt tribute to the singer. Recently, The Pope's Exorcist actor Russell Crowe extended paid tribute to her and shared a personal story from the last time they met.

3 things you need to know

• Sinéad O'Connor died in her home in London on July 26.
• London police stated that the cause of her death was not suspicious.
• Russell Crowe shared an anecdote from the last time he met the singer.

Russell Crowe recalls his final meeting with Sinéad O'Connor

Following the death of Sinéad O'Connor, Russell Crowe took to his Twitter handle and remembered the Irish singer. He further walked down memory lane and recounted the time he met her in Ireland. He wrote that he was working in Ireland last year and was having a pint out in the cold with some new friends. He was outside the Dalkey pub when "a woman with purpose strode" got past him. 

(Russell Crowe talks about the time he met the late singer in Ireland. | Image: Russell Crowe/Twitter)

He added, "Puffy parker zipped to the nape and her bowed head covered in a scarf. One of my new friends muttered an exclamation, jumped up and pursued the woman. Thirty metres down the road the friend and the woman embraced and he waived me over." Russell further recalled that he met Sinéad under the streetlights. He explained that she looked him in the eyes and uttered his name. She said, "oh, it’s you, Russell."

Russell recalls Sinéad being his hero

Russell Crowe recounted that the singer came back with him and ordered a hot tea during the cold weather. He tweeted, "In a conversation without fences we roamed through the recent Dublin heatwave, local politics, American politics, the ongoing fight for indigenous recognition in many places, but particularly in Australia, her warm memory of  New Zealand, faith, music, movies and her brother the writer." 

He further added that he had the opportunity to tell her that she was his "hero."  He concluded his story by narrating that after a second cup, Connor walked away into the dimmed streetlights while the others who were sitting there talked about how amazing she was. In yet another tweet, he wrote, "Peace be with your courageous heart Sinéad."