Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan Dead at 46
 

The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan Dead at 46
She was the lead singer since the early 1990s

Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of the Cranberries, has died, as the BBC reports. She was 46 years old. According to a statement from her publicist, she was “in London for a short recording session.” No further details are available at this time. O’Riordan was the frontwoman of the Irish rock group since the early 1990s, when she joined brothers Noel and Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler. The first Cranberries album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, was released in 1993. The band went on hiatus in 2003 before returning in 2009. In 2014, O’Riordan was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Last year saw O’Riordan and co. release Something Else, a full-length album of stripped down renditions of songs from throughout the Cranberries catalog. In 2016, she also collaborated with the Smiths’ Andy Rourke in the group D.A.R.K., releasing one album, Science Agrees.

No zombie jokes.

Ahhhh!!! Love The Cranberries!!! :(

But. .
It's all I've got for this one?

Rip whoever she is

46 is young, figured she'd linger around longer.

RIP

We're gonna miss her when she's gone.

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Stop whining and get over it, fool!! I mean for real, man!!! Do you have to let this shit linger?!?!?! Huh?!? Do you HAVE to?!?

Probably.

I'll light a candle in an abandoned house and get fall down drunk in her honor...

But unfortunately, that "zombie" song will live on forever.

RIP

46. No cause of death yet. But like so many artists, there's a demon inside.

I always liked this video.

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This was a good song too.

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She was molested from age 8-12. Obviously some damage was done that time couldnt heal as that lead to some mental health issues.

Bet there are going to be 10,000 maniacs at her funeral

I loved her voice. RIP.

Never heard of her.

It's a good song. Her voice has so much emotion, and even though the chord progression is repetitive it is not common (I-VI-III-II) and the dynamics keep it interesting. I like it. IMO.

Wow RIP. Superb voice

Depressing music.
Buddy of mine back in the 90s used to do a pretty funny parody aka Weird Al of linger to the lyrics of Do you want to, Do you want to, do you want to smell my finger

Got to admit, I loved the Cranberries. Hate to see her go out so young. :(

In I think 1998, I had tickets to take my GF to a Cranberries concert in KC. They cancelled. I was so happy.

Lilith Fair?

I knew it you are a lesbian.

I pegged you as more of a Sinead O'Connor fan.

Lilith Fair was quite good.

Lesbian fest. No wonder Cosmo was there with her lover.

How does a Dolores thread in The Lounge get rocket ship'd to DC?

Like that.

Lighten up sweetheart

Do you like flock of seagulls?

It was more speculation/observation than anything. Idc one way or another - but I know how iffy folks are about this kind of content in The Lounge.

I like fishdicks.

When I attend concerts, it's about the music.

Some people feel the need to constantly inject their political views where they are not appropriate or wanted. They ruin things for everyone.

What did it have to do with Washington DC and politics. Its just a joke at one posters expense. Who if had the chance has shown many times before to do the same.

I always thought this was Natalie Merchant.

To be fair, Cosmo is a shitty RIP thread poster. Always the contrarian. Consistently.

That doesn't really make sense, since they are similar.
And you'll notice I said I was happy they cancelled.
A lot of posters on CP really aren't too bright.

Yeah...that's not true. But thanks for speaking up, Bitch, Jr.

Will she come back as a zooooooommmmbiieeeee ?

ROFL

You were warned.

Are they?

I guess only fans of both would know.

I'm not a fan of Sinead O'Connor, but I know enough to know her music is very different from the Cranberries.

Even though I recognize that's him in retrospect, I still can't rationalize him as a teenager.

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This is the first time I've seen my wife upset about a celebrity death. I remember her telling me Michael Jackson died with a smile on her face. I delivered the news to her today and she said, "No!!! That's terrible!!!".
The Cure and The Cranberries were an important part of our courting phase, (usually post coitus, while I was asleep).
I would tend to think that this was more likely due to an overdose of pain pills/w alcohol than a suicide.
Regardless, she had a beautiful voice and may she rest in peace.

The Natalie Merchant confusion is understandable. Most of the world can process only one chick singer at any given time in history.

Remember exactly where I was the first time I heard 'Linger', was totally enchanted, loved it... the ex and I went out and bought that album soon after

Her Irish lilt was beautiful, RIP

Is that the one with the woman that sings in the background of the dog pound commercial?

You could feel the Ocean Spray off the Irish coast in her voice.

Sarah McLachlan

That and a shit ton of armpit hair.

OK, thanks.

The trick is to get them when they are still relatively young and don't grow as much body hair. Late teens, early 20's.

I have to admit that when I saw the name in the thread title I thought it was the "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" girl.

Shirley Manson

Didn't she star as Charles Manson's mom in a TV show where they all formed a band and went on tour before he masterminded several murders?

C'mon. Nobody would do that.

It's in your head.

Source: Dolores O'Riordan Died of Fentanyl Poisoning in Suspected Suicide



Lead singer of The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, died of fentanyl poisoning on Monday, source in the London Police Department said.

Authorities found counterfeit fentanyl near the 46-year-old's rocker's bed, a source told the Santa Monica Observer. The source added that no official cause of death has been declared yet, saying that an official cause of death will be announced later with the toxicology report.

The source also added that suicide and a deliberate overdose are suspected.

After splitting from her husband of 20 years in 2014, O'Riordan's life took a hard personal turn. The Irish singer spoke publicly about suicide and her bipolar disorder, which she said she was diagnosed with in 2015 and said she'd struggled with the symptoms for years.

In 2014, she told the Belfast Telegraph that she once tried to take her own life. “I tried to overdose last year... I suppose I am meant to stay here for the kids,” she said at the time.

She is survived by three children: Taylor Baxter, 20, and Molly Leigh, 16, and Dakota Rain, 12.

During the interview, the “Zombie” singer said she had to be careful not to keep sleeping tablets around “because if I have a few drinks I’ll take them…. Then you don’t wake up.”

In November 2014, O'Riordan was arrested and charged in connection with air rage on an Aer Lingus flight from New York to Shannon, Ireland. During the flight she reportedly grew verbally and physically abusive with crew. When police were arresting her after landing, she resisted, headbutting one and spitting at another. Later she told the media that she had been stressed from living in New York hotels following the end of her 20-year marriage.

The Cranberries cited O'Riordan's ongoing "back problem" as the reason for canceling the second part of the group's 2017 European tour and all of the group's North American tour. In late 2017, O'Riordan said she was recovering and performed at a private event.

It's unclear how significant, if at all, O'Riordan's back problem was in relation to her sudden death.

Her management group and the band have confirmed her death.

"Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today. She was 46 years old," her PR agency said Monday, which was repeated on the band’s social media accounts. "The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries, was in London for a short recording session. No further details are available at this time."

“Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time,” the statement continued.

In dying of Fentanyl overdose, O'Riordan joins other artists like Lil Peep and Prince.

Celebrities like James Corden, Josh Groban, Irish singer-songwriter Hozier and the Irish band Kodaline all expressed their sympathies at the news.

"My first time hearing Dolores O'Riordan's voice was unforgettable. It threw into question what a voice could sound like in that context of Rock," Hozier wrote on Twitter. "I'd never heard somebody use their instrument in that way. Shocked and saddened to hear of her passing, thoughts are with her family."

O’Riordan led The Cranberries to worldwide rock stardom in the 1990s, crafting hits like “Zombie,” “Linger” and “Dreams.” Altogether, The Cranberries sold over 40 million records worldwide.

Here's an article about Fentanyl:

https://www.statnews.com/2016/09/29/...o-fatal-doses/

I don't know how accurate it is. It includes a picture reported to show a lethal dose of heroin compared to a lethal dose of Fentanyl:

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In all seriousness my hope is that her death was at least finally painless.

The least shocking headline of the week

So, the headline says she died of an overdose but the article then says they haven't run a toxicology report yet? I mean, it sounds likely but the certainty of the headline seems a little premature.

Well, a person with BPAD who suffers from chronic pain and had gone through a recent divorce is found dead in bed with fentanyl at her side and no signs of foul play... seems a preliminary finding would probably be easy to settle on.

Yeah well sometimes it seems that when a QB that clearly fumbles the ball it should be ruled a fumble. However, we know that doesn't always happen.

Like I said, it's likely true. But it isn't verified yet. A better headline would have been "Dolores O'Riordan Likely Died of Fentanyl Poisoning in a Suspected Suicide". More truthful and less sensationalist, imo. Just a pet peeve.

I'm a bad person but I cannot see this thread title and not think of a Seinfeld episode.

Truth.

And maybe it was all about back pain. Maybe.

I'd suspect, however, that it was more about chronic and overwhelmingly crippling emotional, psychological and/or spiritual pain.

Mulva

Oh now I know who she is. She made the fart song. "Do you have to let it linger". I remember that one lol

Yeah, that and ZZZZZZZHHHOOOOOMMMMMMMMBBAAAAAAY
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hey, it could have been the illuminati.

Once she realized her life's only accomplishment was making songs about zombies and farts....she pulled the plug

That's being a bit harsh but what is it with these rich successful rock stars and suicide and drugs?

I'm sure Dane knows a lot more about this than I do, but it seems to me that it's not the "normal" people who do extraordinary things.

Good point but lets not act like every rock star is offing themselves after getting high on drugs I'd still say they are the minority.

No shit and we still get stuck you.... The Brooklyn Brawler

I don't know why you idiots don't realize that if you hate my posts so much you can always PUT ME ON IGNORE...

You're welcome.