Was Dolores O’Riordan murdered?

NEWSSPORT The Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan left message ‘full of life’ hours before she was found dead and had been due to record the next day Dolores sounded ‘full of life’ in hours before she died  (Picture: AP Photo/Bruno Bebert, File) Share this article with Facebook Share this article with Twitter Share this article through email Share this article with Whatsapp Share this article through 95 Latest from Metro.co.uk» 'Danger to life' weather warning issued as Storm Fionn hits UK Tories risk sending out 'really strange message' on human rights Katie Baillie Tuesday 16 Jan 2018 6:26 am It has been revealed that singer Dolores O’Riordan sounded ‘full of life’ in the hours before she died, and had been due in the studio to record the day after. The 46-year-old was found dead in a hotel room yesterday at the Hilton’s Park Lane Hotel at 9.05am with her death being treated as ‘unexplained’, which was confirmed the Met police. Dolores had been in London for a short recording session with the band Bad Wolves. It has now emerged that the singer had appeared ‘full of life’ in the lead up to her death in a voicemail she left just after midnight for a music producer. She had called the producer in regards to the recording with Bad Wolves, who were preparing for a studio session on Tuesday with the singer in which they planned to collaborate on her track Zombie after she fell in love with their cover version. Delores had been meant to go into the studio the day after her death (PIcture: REUTERS/Arben Celi /File Photo) Dan Waite, international managing director of record company Eleven Seven Music, received the message, as he had been working with Bad Wolves on their new album. He said in a statement given to The Mirror: ‘The news that my friend Dolores has passed deeply shocked me. I worked with the Cranberries at Universal Records and have kept in touch ever since. ‘Dolores left me a voice message just after midnight last night stating how much she loved Bad Wolves’ version of Zombie. She was looking forward to seeing me in the studio and recording vocals. ‘She sounded full of life, was joking and excited to see me and my wife this week. The news of her passing is devastating and my thoughts are with Don her ex-husband, her children and her mother.’ Bad Wolves also shared their devastation at the singer’s passing, writing on Facebook: ‘We are shocked and saddened at the news of Dolores’s passing, mere hours before she was to record vocals on our upcoming version of Zombie. (Picture: Patti Ouderkirk/WireImage) ‘We have always had deep respect for her as an artist and a vocalist and she was never afraid to bare her soul in her music and lyrics. ‘Zombie is an incredibly personal song and although we are a hard rock band, we always felt the rawness and honesty she projected on stage and in her recordings was something to which all bands should aspire to, regardless of genre. ‘When we heard she liked our version and wanted to sing on it, it was the greatest compliment a new band, or any band for that matter, could have received. ‘Our hearts are broken that we were not able to see this collaboration through and our deepest condolences go out to her family, friends, loved ones and fans in Ireland and around the globe. ‘We hope we can still make her proud by sharing our version of Zombie with the world.’ Dolores’ publicist confirmed the news of her death in a statement which read: ‘The lead singer with the Irish band The Cranberries was in London for a short recording session. No further details are available at this time. ‘Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.’ Born on 6 September 1971, Dolores was an Irish musician and singer-songwriter who led the rock band The Cranberries to worldwide success for thirteen years before the band took a break starting in 2003. The band’s first big hit single Linger – taken from their debut LP Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? – brought them to the attention of music fans in 1993, while their second album No Need To Argue was released in 1994 and became a global smash, with the singles Zombie, I Can’t Be With You and Ode To My Family. They reunited in 2009. In 1994, Dolores married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran. They had three children together, Taylor Baxter, 20, and Molly Leigh, 16, and Dakota Rain, 12. She split from Don in 2014 after 20 years together. 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