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Dolores O'Riordan RIP (Mod warning in op)

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https://twitter.com/RTE_Ents/status/952949107995312129

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Dayor Knight

R.I.P. Dolores. Very sad.

Fanny Wank

Janey, only 46. RIP

cycle4fun

Very young age, very sad.

[Deleted User]

Awful news. To die suddenly like that at just 46 is horrible.

Sorry I never got to see her perform live.

Deleted User wrote: »

Absolutely. You go to Asia and the Cranberries are played everywhere. Zombie did become a pretty iconic song of the 90s, pretty much one of defining songs of that period.

I spent a few months in China and remember thinking how strange it was to hear Zombie being belted out in a karaoke bar in Nanjing!

splinter65

Poor troubled soul.
The rock music industry is like a voracious monster. It wants to devour you and spit you back out again.
Anyone a little bit fragile seems to be decimated sooner or later.
I just happen to know that until recently she was leading a very lonely existence with little or no contact with her nearest and dearest.
If you make some bad mistakes in the celebrity world it doesn’t matter how talented you are or how you were once feted, no body wants to know you when your lying in the gutter.
Fame and fortune are heavy crowns to carry for some, Britney Spears, Karen Carpenter, Dolores O’Riordan. RIP

NIMAN

Was never a fan of the Cranberries, although they did have a few classic songs.

Very very sad news, younger than myself and the thing I find most sad is that she's leaving 3 kids behind.

RIP.

YFlyer

Remember Noel going to Hogans Car sales on the Dublin Road in Limerick to check out some cars. The owner of the place fobbed him off. The secretary mentioned to him afterwards who he was.

MAJJ

Dolores passing is very sad, a huge talent. I had the pleasure of seeing them when they started in small gigs and then big gigs. Brilliant performer and singer. My sincere condolences to her family - RIP Dolores.

Vojera

Me and my best friend in secondary school bonded by swapping their albums with each other and talking about which songs were our favourites. I had all the albums on tape and loved them so much that I bought them again on cd. Great memories.

Sad when someone so young passes away. RIP Dolores. Her poor kids.

YFlyer

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Ann22

Silentcorner wrote:

What I will remember from that night, in the wind and cold of Merchants Quay, was when she was introducing "Linger"...she mentioned that she wrote it when she was in school in Laurel Hill...she wrote it as a schoolgirl about her first broken heart, in a very typical unassuming manner she just said "It (as in the song) went across the sea and beyond, but it is back home tonight!"....it was of course a massive hit that launched The Cranberries, that song has been performed in stadiums across the world...it occurred to me that night what kind of a journey that woman and indeed the band have had...global stadium tours, 40 million album sales etc...the whole band were always very unassuming down to earth bunch....

Silentcorner wrote:

She was always a very proud Limerick woman, and she was always warmly received by the people of Limerick...may she rest in peace.

Silentcorner wrote:

What was evident was her incredible voice, she played Zombie first and blew me away!

Silentcorner wrote:

I only got to see her perform once, it was the launch of the City of Culture in 2014...she only played for about 20 mins...

Silentcorner wrote:

What was evident was her incredible voice, she played Zombie first and blew me away!

Silentcorner wrote:

What I will remember from that night, in the wind and cold of Merchants Quay, was when she was introducing "Linger"...she mentioned that she wrote it when she was in school in Laurel Hill...she wrote it as a schoolgirl about her first broken heart, in a very typical unassuming manner she just said "It (as in the song) went across the sea and beyond, but it is back home tonight!"....it was of course a massive hit that launched The Cranberries, that song has been performed in stadiums across the world...it occurred to me that night what kind of a journey that woman and indeed the band have had...global stadium tours, 40 million album sales etc...the whole band were always very unassuming down to earth bunch....

Silentcorner wrote:

She was always a very proud Limerick woman, and she was always warmly received by the people of Limerick...may she rest in peace.

What a lovely post.

NoviGlitzko

I was driving home and nearly had to stop the car I was so shocked when I heard the news. I loved The Cranberries. They have songs that I'd regard as some of the best of all time. Really sad news she was so so young. Thoughts with her family.

Silentcorner

I only got to see her perform once, it was the launch of the City of Culture in 2014...she only played for about 20 mins...

What was evident was her incredible voice, she played Zombie first and blew me away!

What I will remember from that night, in the wind and cold of Merchants Quay, was when she was introducing "Linger"...she mentioned that she wrote it when she was in school in Laurel Hill...she wrote it as a schoolgirl about her first broken heart, in a very typical unassuming manner she just said "It (as in the song) went across the sea and beyond, but it is back home tonight!"....it was of course a massive hit that launched The Cranberries, that song has been performed in stadiums across the world...it occurred to me that night what kind of a journey that woman and indeed the band have had...global stadium tours, 40 million album sales etc...the whole band were always very unassuming down to earth bunch....

She was always a very proud Limerick woman, and she was always warmly received by the people of Limerick...may she rest in peace.

Wheeliebin30

Yep, they are massive in Thailand, played in every bar.

Aidric

Oh, this one hit me in the gut when i got the breaking alert. She was a brilliant front woman of a band who were huge internationally. She leaves behind a wonderful legacy.

So sad for her children and family, 46 is no age. RIP Dolores.

Think I'll stick on their concert in Paris to remember her. They were at their peak here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vyw3JYCZCQ

smurgen

eezipc wrote: »

I don't think people realise how famous the Cranberries were. My wife is Russian and The Cranberries was the only Irish band she knew. She was vaguely familiar of U2, but in the 90's the Cranberries were massive all over the world.

Have to echo that,I was in Cuba last year and heard them everyday.they love the Cranberries over there.

vicwatson

The Queen of Limerick R.I.P.

Poochie05

eezipc wrote: »

I don't think people realise how famous the Cranberries were. My wife is Russian and The Cranberries was the only Irish band she knew. She was vaguely familiar of U2, but in the 90's the Cranberries were massive all over the world.

I used to live in an isolated fishing village on a Mediterranean island, with mainly the local fishermen for friends. Even though they only spoke their own dialect, we managed to communicate and many's an evening they spent playing Zombie over and over again on the pub jukebox for me, their little 'lost' Irish girl

RIP Dolores.

JimmyMcGill

doylefe wrote: »

On the news there about how absolutely devistating it is. It's unexpected and sad for her family, but i think it's hyperbole to describe it as "devistating for Limerick"

I know an awful lot of people in Limerick who ARE devestated at this news.
Why wouldn't they be? She was an idol to a whole generation from there and beyond.

Mr.Wemmick

doylefe wrote: »

On the news there about how absolutely devistating it is. It's unexpected and sad for her family, but i think it's hyperbole to describe it as "devistating for Limerick"

For all of us students back in Limerick then, the Cranberries, the Mirrors etc. were the local bands we all went to see whenever they played.. the Cranberries were a big part of the place, we all drank in all the same pubs and she and the lads were very much a part of the town. So for those of us who were there and remember the Limerick music scene.. yes, Limerick will be devastated.. I can't get Limerick and those times out of my head now.

I don't think of Dolores as troubled or ill, but of a young girl full of life, a sparkle in her eye and that beautiful, unique, wonderful voice of hers.. and those three lads, so quiet and reserved, they all worked so hard.. music was their passion and they made it.

What a loss!

Mike Litoris

Jesus that's a shock. Really saddened by this. R.I.P.

AMKC

So very sad to hear. Great band and she had a great vice and great songs. So sad

R.I.P. Dolores. Gone too soon.

Vladimir Poontang

Was only talking to her last week...met her through work. Gentle and polite.

Regret I didn't tell her how much I liked her work now, I got completely tongue tied when I realised who she was.

Awful news.

bloodless_coup

On the news there about how absolutely devistating it is. It's unexpected and sad for her family, but i think it's hyperbole to describe it as "devistating for Limerick"

PTH2009

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think her illness at the height of their fame prevented further inroads on the International stage- so much to give and such talent. RIP

what illness did she get

I was only a child in 90s so would not of been aware of them during there hay day.

Linger was a classic reeling in the years song

Zico !

spurshero wrote: »

Does it matter. Rip

It does mather a lot of us would like to know what happened MR PC

Bambi985

Had my first shift at the bish disco in Galway in the late 90s to this song:

His name was Shane from Portumna :pac:

So so many 90s moments flooding back to me, some of their bigger songs are real, visceral childhood memories for me.

Mam of 4

RIP Dolores , so young , so talented , sad news to hear .

[Deleted User]

PTH2009 wrote: »

RIP

very underrated singer from a very underrated band

one of Ireland's best artistic exports

I think her illness at the height of their fame prevented further inroads on the International stage- so much to give and such talent. RIP

dublinman1990

RTÉ are reporting now that she died suddenly after being in a recording session in London.

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2018/0115/933523-dolores-oriordan-dies-suddenly-in-london/