Dolores O'Riorda of the Cranberries has Died at 46

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LONDON - Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, has died at 46. The Limerick band became well-known internationally in the 1990s with hits including "Zombie" and "Linger."

Publicist Lindsey Holmes says O'Riordan died suddenly Monday in London, where she was recording. The cause of death wasn't immediately available.

Holmes says the singer's family is "devastated" by the news.

O'Riordan was still active in her career, performing as recently as December, according to The Cranberries' social media accounts. In November, she recorded the theme song for a short film called "Angela's Christmas," which aired on Irish TV in December.

Last year, The Cranberries announced on social media that O'Riordan was having a tough recovery from an ongoing back problem, forcing the band to cancel most of its European tour. However, in December, the singer tweeted, "Feeling good! I did my first bit of gigging in months at the weekend, performed a few songs at the Billboard annual staff holiday party in New York with the house band. Really enjoyed it!"

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It is odd, I had commented on one of the Cranberries video less than 24 hours before her death announced.

My father side of the family is from a neighbouring county in Ireland, his sister had exactly the same accent.

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Sad as it still is to lose her, at least there's a small relief her death was not suicide.

Dolores O'Riordan's Death As Accidental
September 6, 201811:48 AM ET

The cause of the surprising January death of Dolores O'Riordan, singer of Irish band The Cranberries who rose to fame in the '90s with a string of radio hits including "Zombie" and "Linger," has been determined. London Inner West coroner Dr. Shirley Radcliffe found O'Riordan's death to have been an accident, caused by alcohol intoxication and drowning. The findings were confirmed by the Westminster Coroner's Court to NPR in a phone call this morning. As previously reported, the inquest had been expected to take some time to conclude.

O'Riordan, who had been recording in London at the time, was found dead in her hotel room in the London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane on Monday, Jan. 15. She was 46.

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In a statement issued in parallel to the release of the coroner's findings, O'Riordan's bandmates in The Cranberries write that they are still "struggling to come to terms with what happened," offered their condolences to her family and thanked fans for their support. "We request, please, for our privacy to be respected at this time," the statement reads.

After international acclaim following the release of its debut full-length Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? in 1993, the band went on to release four more albums before breaking up in 2002 after O'Riordan's departure. The singer went on to release two solo albums, Are You Listening? and No Baggage, before reuniting with her band for a series of tours. The Cranberries released its final album, Roses, in 2012.

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So many singers die like that, another one just recently former partner of Ariana Grande, high death toll in the music industry.