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Associated Press

Dolores O’Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46.
The singer-songwriter’s publicist, Lindsey Holmes, confirmed that O’Riordan died in London, where she was recording.
Police initially called the death “unexplained,” but said on Tuesday that nothing suspicious had been found. The case is being passed to a coroner to determine the cause of death.
“No further details are available at this time,” Holmes said, adding that O’Riordan’s family was “devastated” by the news.
Her Cranberries bandmates – Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan and Fergus Lawler – tweeted that O’Riordan “was an extraordinary talent and we feel very privileged to have been part of her life.”
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London’s Metropolitan Police force said officers were called just after 9am on Monday to a hotel where a woman in her 40s was found dead.
The Hilton hotel in London’s Park Lane confirmed that a guest had died on the premises.
Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins said O’Riordan and The Cranberries “had an immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally”.
O’Riordan was born on September 6, 1971 in Ballybricken, southwest Ireland. In 1990, she answered an ad from a local band in nearby Limerick city – then called The Cranberry Saw Us – that was looking for a lead singer.



A name change and a confluence of factors turned The Cranberries into international stars. Their guitar-based sound had an alternative-rock edge at a time when grunge was storming the music scene.
The band’s songs – on which O’Riordan was chief lyricist and co-songwriter – had a Celtic-infused tunefulness. And in O’Riordan the group had a charismatic lead singer with a distinctively powerful voice.
Heavy play on MTV for their debut 1993 single Dreams and the singles that followed helped bring the group to the attention of a mass audience.
The Cranberries’ 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, sold millions of copies and produced the hit single Linger.
The follow-up, No Need to Argue, sold in even greater numbers and contained Zombie, a visceral howl against Northern Ireland’s violent Troubles that topped singles charts in several countries.
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar tweeted Monday that “for anyone who grew up in Ireland in the 1990s, Dolores O’Riordan was the voice of a generation. As the female lead singer of a hugely successful rock band, she blazed a trail and might just have been Limerick’s greatest ever rock star. RIP.”



The band released three more studio albums before splitting up in 2003. O’Riordan released a solo album, Are You Listening, in 2007, and another, No Baggage, in 2009.
The Cranberries also reunited that year, resulting in the album Roses in 2012.
For a time, O’Riordan was one of Ireland’s richest women, but she struggled with both physical and mental health problems.
The Cranberries released the acoustic album Something Else in 2017 and had been due to tour Europe and North America. The tour was cut short because O’Riordan was suffering from back problems.
In 2014, O’Riordan was accused of assaulting three police officers and a flight attendant during a flight from New York to Ireland. She pleaded guilty and was fined 6,000 euros (US$6,600.)
Medical records given to the court indicated she was mentally ill at the time of the altercation. After her court hearing O’Riordan urged other people suffering mental illness to seek help.
She told London’s Metro newspaper last year that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and she spoke to the Irish News about her battles with depression.
O’Riordan said depression “is one of the worst things to go through,” but that “I’ve also had a lot of joy in my life, especially with my children.”
“You get ups as well as downs. Sure, isn’t that what life’s all about?” she said.
O’Riordan is survived by her ex-husband, the former Duran Duran tour manager Don Burton, and their three children.


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Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, 46, found dead in London hotel, police say ‘not suspicious’

FILE PHOTO - Irish band 'The Cranberries' lead singer Dolores O'Riordan performs live at Dublin's Castle April 29, 2000. REUTERS/Ferran Paredes/File Photo

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 18, 2012 shows the members of the Irish rock band The Cranberries, singer Dolores O'Riordan (R), bassist Mike Hogan (2ndR), drummer Fergal Lawler (2ndL) and guitar player Noel Hogan (L) pose on January 18, 2012 in Paris. The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan died on January 15, 2018 in London at the age of 46, a publicist statement said. / AFP PHOTO / Joël SAGET

FILE PHOTO - Irish pop group The Cranberries (L-R) Noel Hogan, Mike Hogan, Dolores O'Riordan and Fergal Lawler pose for photographs after performing at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards at the Point Theatre in Dublin, March 4, 2002. REUTERS/Paul McErlane/File Photo

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 07, 2016 shows Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan of Irish band The Cranberries performing on stage during the 23th edition of the Cognac Blues Passion festival in Cognac on July 7, 2016. The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan died on January 15, 2018 in London at the age of 46, a publicist statement said. / AFP PHOTO / GUILLAUME SOUVANT

FILE PHOTO - Irish singer Dolores O'Riordan performs at the Ariston Theatre during San Remo's 54th Song Festival in northern Italy March 6, 2004. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/File Photo

Dolores O'Riordan, singer of the Irish rock band The Cranberries (pictured in 2012), died on Monday in London at the age of 46. No details about her death have been released. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Update | Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, 46, found dead in London hotel, police say ‘not suspicious’