Dolores O'Riordan Death: The Cranberries Singer Died By Drowning In Bath Due To Alcohol Intoxication, Inquest Hears independent.co.uk

Dolores O'Riordan, frontwoman of The Cranberries, died by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, and inquest has heard. The Irish songwriter who died in January was found submerged in the bath of her room at Hilton Hotel in Park Lane, London hotel room in January. Aged just 46, she had been staying there while recording.

Coroner Shirley Radcliffe told an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court that the cause of death was drowning due to alcohol intoxication after she became unconscious in the bath. "There's no evidence that this was anything other than an accident," she said.