Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan

 Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan ( September 6, 1971 – January 15, 2018)

She led the rock band The Cranberries for 13 years before the band took a break starting in 2003, reuniting in 2009. In 1990 O'Riordan auditioned and won the role of lead singer for a band called The Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to The Cranberries). The band released five albums: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars: The Best of 1992–2002 (2002), before they went on hiatus in 2003 Her first solo album, Are You Listening?, was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O'Riordan was known for her lilting mezzo-soprano voice, her emphasized use of yodeling and for her strong Limerick accent. She appeared as a judge on RTÉ's The Voice of Ireland during the 2013–14 season. On July 18, 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran. The couple had three children. In 1998, the couple bought a 61-hectare (150-acre) stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmallock, County Limerick, selling it six years later in 2004. They then moved to Howth, County Dublin, and spent summers in a log cabin located in Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada. In August 2013, she returned to live in Ireland. She and Burton split up in 2014 after 20 years together, and subsequently divorced. In April 2014, O'Riordan joined and began recording new material with the trio D.A.R.K.. O'Riordan died unexpectedly on January 15, 2018, while she was in London, England, for a recording session. It was later ruled that she died as a result of accidental drowning in a bathtub due to sedation by alcohol intoxication. She is buried with her father at Caherelly Cemetery, Herbertstown, County Limerick, Ireland.