Dolores O'Riordan

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan † (September 6, 1971 - c. January 15, 2018 [aged 46]), better known online as Dolores O'Riordan, was an Irish musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the alternative rock band The Cranberries. 
==History==
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born on September 6, 1971, in Ballybricken in County Limerick, Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-singer-songwriter-whose-voice-bled-raw-emotions-1.3357268 O'Riordan was raised in a devout Roman Catholic family, and was named by her mother in reference to the Lady of the Seven Dolours. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/dolores-o-riordan-lead-singer-cranberries-dead-age-46-n837801https://www.christiantimes.com/article/irish-bishop-says-cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordans-music-was-heavily-inspired-by-her-spirituality/73556.htm
When she was five years of age, the principal of her school took her into the sixth class, sat her on the teacher's desk, and told her to sing for the twelve-year-old students in the class. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/dolores-oriordan-was-a-troubled-soul-with-a-special-talent-loyal-and-loving-to-the-end-36522341.html She started with traditional Irish music and playing the Irish tin whistle when she went to school. https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/something-else-is-the-cranberries-greatest-hits-resurrected/ O'Riordan's formative experiences were as a liturgical soloist in the choir in a local church and as a singer at school. https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/my-name-is-dolores-oriordan-im-going-to-be-a-rock-star-school-friend-remembers-loveable-rogue-823087.html At the age of ten, she would sing in local pubs where her uncles took her. https://archive.today/20200214154047/https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2018/01/15/looking-back-at-cranberries-dolores-oriordan-a-1999-interview-with-the-late-singer/%2316c1c1463923
O'Riordan attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ school in Limerick. https://www.fcjsisters.org/fr/informations/congratulations-to-laurel-hill-colaiste-fcj-limerick-ireland She regularly played the spoons and the bodhrán. At the age of twelve, O'Riordan began piano lessons, and then later, achieved grade 4 in practical and grade 8 in theory. https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/something-else-is-the-cranberries-greatest-hits-resurrected/ At age seventeen, she learned to play the guitar and performed a solo gig in Laurel Hill Coláiste secondary school. https://archive.today/20210405132052/https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/dolores-oriordan-3799309-Jan2018/
In 1989, brothers Mike and Noel Hogan formed The Cranberry Saw Us with Fergal Lawler and Niall Quinn, in Limerick, Ireland. Less than a year later, Quinn left the band. He then told the remaining members that his girlfriend knew a girl who was looking for a band playing original material. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-improbable-rise-of-dolores-oriordan-and-the-cranberries-19950323 
In mid-1990, O'Riordan and Quinn came to the band's rehearsal room. O'Riordan sang a couple of songs that she had written and she also did a Sinéad O'Connor song, "Troy". The band was impressed and gave her a cassette with instrumentals, asking her if she could work on it. When she returned with a rough version of "Linger", she was hired. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/cranberries-talk-everybody-else-is-doing-it-reissue-final-album-with-dolores-o-riordan-731376/ 
O'Riordan was still a student at Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ secondary school when she first joined the band. At the time, she was doing her Leaving Certificate. However, the academic study did not hold much interest for her. As a result, O'Riordan left school without any qualifications. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226170505/https://memoria.com/en/on-this-day/january/15/dolores-oriordan 
In 2003, the band decided to take a temporary time-out to experiment with solo projects. http://www.hotpress.com/The-Cranberries/news/The-Cranberries-are-NOT-going-to-split/2679953.html 
O'Riordan stated she had become a prisoner of her own celebrity and did not find a balance in her life. O'Riordan said she needed time not only to focus on her family and health but also on her solo career. She enjoyed being treated like any ordinary person living in Canada, she later became a volunteer at her children's school. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dolores-oriordan-i-went-nuts-i-was-so-lonely-all-that-time-1702920.html 
==Death==
On January 15, 2018, O'Riordan was found unresponsive in the bathroom of her London hotel room, and was pronounced dead at 9:16 a.m, she was 46. An inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court held on September 6, ruled that she died as a result of accidental drowning in a bath following sedation by alcohol intoxication. https://www.bellenews.com/tag/dolores-oriordan-cause-of-death/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/inquest-date-now-set-for-cranberries-star-dolores-37235233.html Empty bottles were found in O'Riordan's room as well as some prescription drugs. Toxicology tests showed that her body contained only therapeutic levels of these medications but a blood alcohol content of 330 mg/dL. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45434898
The cause of death was not made public for about nine months, until the Westminster inquest.
===Legacy===
On January 28, 2018, the In Memoriam segment of the 60th Annual Grammy Awards honored a number of music icons, including O'Riordan. https://pitchfork.com/news/grammys-exclude-mark-e-smith-france-gall-more-from-2018-in-memoriam/
O'Riordan has been referred to as "one of the most distinctive voices in alternative rock history". She has been described as "one of the most recognisable voices in pop culture". O'Riordan also brought an "inimitable" and "unique voice" to the 1990s' music scene and to rock music. She is considered an "icon of Irish pop" and a "1990s rock icon." https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/an-icon-a-huge-talent-and-a-distinctive-voice-shocked-friends-fans-and-industry-peers-pay-tribute-to-the-late-dolores-oriordan-36490536.html
==Filmography==
*Saturday Night Live! (1995)
*Charmed (1999)
*Click (2006)
==Discography==
===Albums===
*Are You Listening? (2007)
*No Baggage (2009)
==References==
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