Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries dies at 46

Another sad loss. Wonderful voice. Unique and special.

'Twas quite shocking indeed. She was so young.

So sad.
She had a beautiful voice.

Another childhood hero gone :-(

Same age as me....pretty scary. No idea when our time will come. We could live a clean life and die young, and you could live on drugs and booze like the Stones and live till 80 or 90.

I was so lucky to see her live during one of their last gigs. And it was quite shocking that they chose my city for their comeback show!! Memories..

Yet another death of a 1990s singer.

Most of the popular singers I grew up with are dead - Kurt Cobain, Scott Weiland, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Shannon Hoon, George Michael, Whitney Houston, MJ, and now Dolores O'Riordan. All from drugs or suicide (or in this latest case, both).

Something is desperately wrong in society if this is how people in the limelight are dealing with it. Needlessly tragic.

What makes you say her death was drugs or suicide? They said they won't know how she died until April.....Also, these celebrities are Just like you and me and the people we grew up with. Everyday people are dying of drug overdoses, It's a epidemic at this point. It's called living in the real world with real problems. Fame has nothing to do with it. You could ask the families of all the working class people if fame has anything to do with their kids dying from drugs. I personally know about 10 people or more who overdosed or committed suicide. Were they Famous? Stop selling that whole B'S story that they couldn't handle fame, so many more problems than us simple folk, so they turned to drugs...... Unlike us working class they have the funds for the best treatment. Bottom line, It's easy falling into the drug/poison lifestyle famous or not.

I also would appreciate people not glorifying the party Drug lifestyle like It's cool. It's all fun and games until you try and quit. No glory watching Cobain play with his daughter when she was a baby while he was High. With his wife who was also High. Even his daughter mentioned that. Stop glorifying these people.

[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

What makes you say her death was drugs or suicide?[/QUOTE]

https://www.yourtango.com/2018309930/did-dolores-oriordan-committ-sucide-cranberries-singer-overdose-fentanyl

https://www.inquisitr.com/4739758/dolores-oriordan-cause-of-death-cranberries-singer-died-fentanyl-poisoning-in-apparent-suicide

Many sources are saying it was fentanyl.

Of course you're right - we have to wait for the autopsy to come back. But that's what it's pointing to.

[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

Everyday people are dying of drug overdoses, It's a epidemic at this point. It's called living in the real world with real problems. Fame has nothing to do with it.

Stop selling that whole B'S story that they couldn't handle fame, so many more problems than us simple folk, so they turned to drugs...... Unlike us working class they have the funds for the best treatment.[/QUOTE]

Obviously I don't mean to minimize what regular folks go through, but there is a higher percentage of drug abuse in celebrities than any other line of work - no debate. And it is not a BS story that people can't handle fame. Many of them can't. Have you ever lived your life under the microscope of the paparazzi and millions of people around the world? Not everyone can deal with it with grace like McCartney.

Indeed, many celebrities do have the money to deal with drug addictions, but plenty do not. Most people don't realize how so many of the 90s bands got absolutely screwed by their record labels and didn't see a dime on their albums that sold millions. This stuff isn't widely publicized, but take it from someone who works in the industry - the stories aren't pretty. And The Cranberries could very well be one of those bands.

Furthermore, plenty of artists who sold millions of albums in the 70s aren't millionaires, either. The music business has made billions off of artists who didn't even see millions. It is one of the biggest myths that all famous people are rich - they aren't.

Not really saying you in particular, sorry if it came across like that. I just wish the newer generation would learn from the past. I have searched her death since my last post and does look like Opiate poisoning. Guess we'll know for sure soon. I have a gut feeling it Wasn't suicide. Maybe she had an addiction problem. She did mention in past Interviews that she probably won't see 50, her prediction came true. Probably why I got a bit defensive, same age as me and I say the same things. Sometimes you Just know.

I think that famous people use drugs equal as people who are not famous but the fact is that people who are not celebrities will not come to the front pages of newspapers.

Where I'm from people are put in body bags everyday from this poison....google opiate epidemic in Ny Staten Island. I do agree you get drugs easier when famous. It's all around them, but then again the dark web makes it easy for the average Joe too get any drug they want.

[QUOTE] [b]mike hunt wrote:[/b]

Not really saying you in particular, sorry if it came across like that. I just wish the newer generation would learn from the past. I have searched her death since my last post and does look like Opiate poisoning. Guess we'll know for sure soon. I have a gut feeling it Wasn't suicide. Maybe she had an addiction problem. She did mention in past Interviews that she probably won't see 50, her prediction came true. Probably why I got a bit defensive, same age as me and I say the same things. Sometimes you Just know.[/QUOTE]

Yikes man - take good care of yourself.