Cranberries Singer Dolores O’Riordan Dead At 46

Dolores O'Riordan in concert in May 2017. Photo by James Shaw/REX/Shutterstock (8826071s)

As BBC reports, the singer of Irish band The Cranberries, Dolores O’Riordan, died aged 46. No details were released at the moment of writing.

O’Riordan was in London for a short recording session at the time of death. According to a Metropolitan Police spokesperson, “the police were called to a hotel in Park Lane at 09:05 GMT on Monday, where a woman in her mid-40s was pronounced dead at the scene.”

The band members shared a tribute message to their beloved friend on Twitter today, writing: “We are devastated on the passing of our friend Dolores. She was an extraordinary talent and we feel very privileged to have been part of her life from 1989 when we started the Cranberries. The world has lost a true artist today. Noel, Mike and Fergal”