Dolores O’Riordan, Lead Singer of the Cranberries, Dies at 46

Dolores O’Riordan, Lead Singer of the Cranberries, Dies at 46
Ms. O’Riordan, the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Cranberries, famous for
its Celtic-influenced vocals and songs such as “Zombie” and “Linger,” has died.
“I never imagined that that it would become a big song.”
In 1996, Neil Strauss, a pop music critic for , described Ms. O’Riordan as a performer who can “sing almost anything and make it seem musical.”
Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today.
The statement said that family members are “devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said on Monday
that the police were called to a Park Lane hotel in Westminster at about 9:05 a.m., and that Ms. O’Riordan was pronounced dead at the scene.
Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Cranberries, died on Monday in London.
“Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today,” Lindsey Holmes, the publicist, said in an emailed statement, adding
that Ms. O’Riordan had been in London for a recording session.
Female rock singers like Sinead O’Connor and Harriet Wheeler of the Sundays had recently preceded the Cranberries on the pop charts, and the band also drew deeply on the musical example of the Smiths, the 1980s band
that propelled warm, rounded guitars and confessional lyrics with post-punk drumming.
The Cranberries were formed in 1989 as the Cranberry Saw Us and renamed the Cranberries after Ms. O’Riordan took over as lead singer in 1990.