Dolores O'Riordan, Cranberries lead singer, dead at 46 January 2018

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-oriordan-dolores-1.4487972
Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band the Cranberries, has died at age 46.

O'Riordan died in London, where she was recording, publicist Lindsey Holmes said. The cause of death wasn't immediately available.
Holmes said the singer's family is devastated by the news.
O'Riordan lived in Canada, north of Peterborough, Ont., for a time with her now former husband, music manager Don Burton. The couple, who had three children together, separated in 2014.
She had apparently travelled to Toronto over the holidays to visit her children.
 
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42696376
In 2017 The Cranberries announced a tour including dates in Europe, the UK, and the US.

However, in May - shortly into the European tour - The Cranberries had to cancel the remainder of the European dates as a result of O'Riordan's health issues.

The official Cranberries website cited "medical reasons associated with a back problem" preventing singer Dolores O'Riordan's from performing.

But just before Christmas O'Riordan had posted on Facebook saying she was "feeling good" and had done her "first bit of gigging in months", leading fans to believe she would soon be performing again.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-dies-aged-46
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Irish president Michael D Higgins said he learned of the news with “great sadness”, adding: “To all those who follow and support Irish music, Irish musicians and the performing arts, her death will be a big loss.”

Musicians have started to pay tribute, including Irish songwriter Hozier, who said he was “shocked and saddened”, and that O’Riordan’s voice “threw into question what a voice could sound like in that context of rock. I’d never heard somebody use their instrument in that way.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmdWdEgHgk
 

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Sad news. I just tagged my fiancé in a remix she did yesterday. :(


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I just read the news on a Spanish newspaper; I remember her group was so popular in the 90s! we -all my HS classmates and I- really admired her unique voice and style.

46 years old that is way too young to die :( really sad about this. RIP Dolores O'Riordan.
 
I missed this news yesterday...The Cranberries are one of my all-time faves. I am so sad for her children.
 
According to a staff member from the hotel, Dolores' body was discovered in the bathroom of her suite.

"I think it was the cleaners who had gone in there because there was no activity around the hallway or from the room.

"They didn’t say how they found her, this has been kept private," they told the Daily Mail.

Another hotel worker said: "The staff that found her have not said anything more, so we don’t know if it’s suicide or what."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/how-dolores-oriordan-die-cranberries-11856734
 
Such a stunning woman with a hauntingly beautiful voice. I loved the “Dreams” video. RIP Dolores.
 
Before her death, Dolores played in the band ‘D.A.R.K.” Her boyfriend, Ole Koretsky, who also played in the band and attended her funeral, was not a pallbearer. The DJ and producer released a statement on the band's website that read: "My friend, partner, and the love of my life is gone. Dolores is beautiful. Her art is beautiful. Her family is beautiful. The energy she continues to radiate is undeniable." He continued: "I am lost. I miss her so much. I will continue to stumble around this planet for some time knowing well there's no real place for me here now."

https://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2018011845543/dolores-o-riordan-boyfriend-tribute-death/
 
In January 2009, the University Philosophical Society (Trinity College, Dublin) invited The Cranberries to reunite for a concert celebrating O'Riordan's appointment as an honorary member of the Society, which led the band members to consider reuniting for a tour and a recording session.

On June 9 2010, The Cranberries performed at the Special Olympics opening ceremony at Thomond Park in Limerick; it was the first time the band had performed in their native city in over 15 years

On May 26 2016, the band announced that they planned to start a tour in Europe. The first show was held on 3 June.

Don and Dolores married in 1994 and divorced in 2014. I don’t know how often she visited her 3 children who live in Buckhorn, Ontario with their father, but she visited with them this past Christmas at the family home in Buckhorn ON. Her ex-husband, Don Burton, was a pallbearer and I assume since Dolores has 5 brothers and 1 sister, her brothers were her other pallbearers. Dolores loved motherhood.

The hearse had Dolores' name spelt out in white roses.

Dolores was laid to rest in her native Ballybricken, County Limerick, as family, friends and fans paid their respects to the 46-year-old. She will be buried beside her late father, Terence, in a private family ceremony in nearby Caherelly cemetery following a funeral Mass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_O'Riordan
https://pagesix.com/2018/01/23/dolo...-bandmates-and-family-say-goodbye-at-funeral/
 

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