Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan has been found dead in a London hotel room on Monday.
Dolores, who is popularly known as the lead singer of international rock band The Cranberries, died aged 46.
Her publicist expressed shock at the sudden death of the singer.
“Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today, family members are devastated,” Lindsay Holmes said in a statement.
“The lead singer…was in London for a short recording session,” she added.
The Cranberry climbed up the international ladder in 1993 with their first album “Everybody Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?” after first making their debut as a band in 1989.
Niall Quinn was the lead singer of the group before Dolore O’Riordan replaced him.
The band was famous for other albums such as: “No Need to Argue” released in 1994, “To The Faithful Departed” released in 1996, “Bury The Hatchet” released in 1999, “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee” released in 2001, “Roses” 2012, “Something Else” released in 2017.
O’Riordan was last seen on the social media few days before Christmas on the band’s Facebook page.
She wrote: “Hi All, Dolores here. Feeling good! I did my first bit of gigging in months at the weekend, performed a few songs at the Billboard annual staff holiday party in New York with the house band.
“Really enjoyed it! Happy Christmas to all our fans!! Xo.”
