Dolores O'Riordan
drowned in the bathtub after drinking too much and was in "good spirits" at the time, reports the inquest into her death.
O'Riordan died as a result of a "tragic accident", the coroner said. She had no injuries or evidence of self harm, and had drunk an excessive amount of alcohol, expert witnesses said. ... Toxicology tests showed only "therapeutic" amounts of medication in O'Riordan's blood, but showed up 330mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.
A story in a junk news site called "The Santa Monica Observer", claiming she killed herself with fentanyl, was widely circulated as fact by other journalists and media at the time and remains live in regurgiblogged form at
Yahoo! News and elsewhere. Surviving members of The Cranberries released a statement.
On January 15th 2018 we lost our dear friend and band mate Dolores O'Riordan. "Today we continue to struggle to come to terms with what happened. "Our heartfelt condolences go out to Dolores' children and her family and our thoughts are with them today. "Dolores will live on eternally in her music. To see how much of a positive impact she had on people's lives has been a source of great comfort to us. "We'd like to say thank you to all of our fans for the outpouring of messages and their continued support during this very difficult time. "We request, please, for our privacy to be respected at this time."
