January 16, 2018
The death of Dolores O'Riordan, the 46-year-old iconic
lead singer of the rock band The Cranberries, was on Tuesday ruled not
suspicious by the British police.
O'Riordan was on Monday found dead in
her hotel room in the centre of London, where she was getting ready to take part
in a brief recording session.
"The death is not being treated as
suspicious," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement, adding: "A report
will be compiled for the coroner", reported Efe news agency.
O'Riordan
was born in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland and her warm, western Irish
accent while singing remained a distinguishing feature, helping propel her band
to fame in 1994.
The band's first singles "Dream" and "Linger" and the
full-length album "Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" failed to gain
much attention upon their initial release in 1992, but after being played
extensively by MTV, were re-issued and peaked on the UK charts.
Their
second album, "No Need to Argue" included the award-winning "Zombie," a harder
grunge song about a bombing by the Irish Republican Army that was seen by many
as a raw expression of frustration and grief about a convulsed period in Irish
history known as The Troubles.
The Cranberries recorded five albums with
O'Riordan before they went on hiatus in 2003, the year before she launched her
solo career.
The band reunited for a world tour in 2009 and again at the
Special Olympics opening ceremony in Limerick in 2010.
A European tour
started in 2016, but a second part, slated for 2017, was canceled due to back
problems, according to O'Riordan.
She had discussed in interviews that
she had suffered from an eating disorder when she was younger at had in 2015
been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
After her death, tributes
immediately poured in from music legends and Irish politicians alike, all
mourning the loss of a singer whose unforgettable voice had been part of the
soundtrack for many people's lives across the globe.
She is survived by
three children.