Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies at 46
LONDON — 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,
“No further details are available at this time,” Holmes said, adding that O’Riordan’s family was “devastated” by the news.
Her Cranberries band mates — 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.”
The band’s songs — on which O’Riordan was chief lyricist and co-songwriter — had a Celtic-infused tunefulness.
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.”
