Inquest opens into The Cranberries’ singer Dolores O’Riordan’s death
Written by News on 19/01/2018
A coroner is awaiting results of “various tests” to determine what caused the death of The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan.
An inquest has been opened into O’Riordan’s death, as is expected when a person dies suddenly.
Westminster Coroner’s Court was told that O’Riordan was found unresponsive in her hotel room on Monday and was declared dead at the scene by ambulance workers.
Coroner’s officer Stephen Earl said: “A post-mortem examination has now taken place and the court is awaiting the results of various tests that have been commissioned.”
O’Riordan, 46, had been in London for a recording session at the time of her death, her publicist said earlier this week.
She had been staying at the Hilton on Park Lane.
Police have said they do not consider her death suspicious.
Following her death, tributes came from singers, producers and even Irish President Michael D Higgins, who described O’Riordan and her Irish rock band as having had an immense influence on rock and pop music in Ireland and internationally.
The Cranberries formed in the Irish city of Limerick at the end of the 1980s.
Their international hits included the songs Dream, Linger and Zombie.
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