Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan accidentally drowned in bathtub after drinking, coroner says

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Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan drowned after drinking
The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan died from accidental drowning after drinking alcohol, a British coroner determined.

LONDON, England -- A British coroner says The Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan died accidentally from drowning because of alcohol intoxication.



Witnesses told a coroner's inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court on Thursday that O'Riordan was found submerged in her bathtub at a London hotel in January.



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The 46-year-old didn't leave a note and there was no evidence of self-harm.



Coroner Shirley Radcliffe ruled O'Riordan's death an accident.



Dolores O'Riordan, the frontwoman for the Irish softrock band The Cranberries, passed away at age 46 on Monday.


The Cranberries formed in the Irish city of Limerick at the end of the 1980s and had international hits in the '90s with songs including "Dream," ''Linger" and "Zombie."





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The band split up in 2003 but reunited several years later. The Cranberries released the acoustic album "Something Else" in 2017 and had been due to tour Europe and North America. The tour was cut short because O'Riordan was suffering from back problems.



In 2014, O'Riordan was accused of assaulting three police officers and a flight attendant during a flight from New York to Ireland. She pleaded guilty and was fined 6,000 euros ($6,600).

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