Scotland Yard police have completed their initial investigation of Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan’s sudden death on Jan. 15, and issued a public statement regarding their findings.
“Police in Westminster have dealt with a sudden death. Officers were called at 9.05am on Monday 15 January to a hotel in Park Lane, W1. A 46-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene,” a spokesperson told reporters Jan. 16. “The death is not being treated as suspicious. A report will be compiled for the coroner.”
Her current band mates in The Cranberries – Noel Hogan, Fergal Lawler, and Mike Hogan – paid tribute to the lead singer on social media.
The message said: “She was an extraordinary talent and we feel very privileged to have been part of her life from 1989.”
Her publicist added: “Family members are devastated to hear the news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.”
The parish priest from her home town Friarstown, in Limerick, said her funeral would take place in Ireland.
“Her family are still waiting for more details to come from London about her death,” said Ballybricken and Bohermore parish priest Father James Walton.
“The plan is for her to be buried here at home. When that will be will depend on when her body is released.”
