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Cranberries singer drowned due to alcohol intoxication -inquest

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/09/04/20180906-dolores.jpg"/><figcaption>Irish singer Dolores O&#x27;Riordan poses during an autograph session to promote her new solo album in Hong Kong April 24, 2007. Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>DUBLIN - A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death on Dolores O&#x27;Riordan, lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, after hearing on Thursday she had died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, media reported.The 46-year-old singer was <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/01/16/18/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-dies-suddenly-at-46">found submerged</a> in the bathtub in her London hotel room in January after drinking an excessive amount of alcohol, expert witnesses told Westminster Coroner&#x27;s Court, Ireland&#x27;s RTE television and Britain&#x27;s Sky News reported.O&#x27;Riordan, whose distinctive and powerful voice underpinned the group&#x27;s rapid rise in the early 1990s, had been in London on a recording trip ahead of a planned tour.O&#x27;Riordan, whose hits with The Cranberries such as &quot;Linger&quot; and &quot;Zombie&quot; catapulted her to fame as a shy 22-year-old, was the voice of her generation, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said in January. (Reporting by Conor Humphries; editing by Stephen Addison)

A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death on Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, after hearing on Thursday she had died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, media reported.

A coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death on Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, after hearing on Thursday she had died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, media reported.