Rock Singer

Dolores O’Riordan Death Facts: Age, Cause of Death, Birthday, Date of Death Tragedy!

Dolores O'Riordan died at age 46, not too shabby. Check out the death cause, death date, and more facts about the circumstances surrounding rock singer Dolores O'Riordan's death.

Biography - A Short Wiki

Irish rock singer best known as the lead singer of the band The Cranberries, whos hits include “Linger” and “Zombie.”

She was married to former Duran Duran tour manager Don Burton from 1994 until 2014. They had three children: Taylor Baxter, Molly Leigh, and Dakota Rain. 

How did Dolores O'Riordan die?

Dolores O'Riordan's death was caused by drowning.

Information about the death of Dolores O'Riordan
Cause of deathDrowning
Age of death46 years
ProfessionRock Singer
BirthdaySeptember 6, 1971
Death dateJanuary 15, 2018
Place of deathLondon Hilton on Park Lane, London, United Kingdom
Place of burialCaherelly Graveyard, Ireland

Quotes

I worked myself into a frenzy. By 1996, I had a nervous breakdown just from working. I couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, just getting anxiety attacks and all of that stuff because I was doing too much, too young, all the time.

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The school I went to was so Gaelic that you learned how to play the tin whistle and how to Irish-dance in class.

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I lived in buses. I didn’t really have anything else. I didn’t feel like a female, and I ended up really kind of isolated. Everybody thinks you’re so happy and so wealthy and such a big star, but you’re really kind of lonely and don’t know how to stop it.

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My father, I spent a lot of time with him at the hospital. I was with him when he took his last breath, but I felt something coming from him into my hand and into my body.

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I thought the best thing to do to bring me back to reality would be to have a child, and by the time I had my first, Taylor, when I was 25, we’d sold 35 million records as a band, and I’d had enough; I knew my sanity was more important than success.

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