The cause of death has been determined: Dolores O’ Riordan died by drowning in a bathtub. Blood results document a high alcohol level, “four times the legal limit in traffic”: 330 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood.
According to the police report, empty alcohol bottles were found in the Cranberries singer’s hotel room. The blood values also showed medication, but “therapeutic”, i.e. prescribed by a doctor, in her case lorazepam. O’Riordan had alcohol problems, episodes of abstinence were followed by excesses, and she also suffered from bipolar disorder.
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Her body was found by a cleaner in room 2005 of London’s Hilton Hotel Park Lane on January 15, 2018. According to the report, she was lying face up in the tub and was wearing a long-sleeved vest and pajama pants. Resuscitative measures by the emergency paramedics had no effect. At 9:16 a.m. O’Riordan was pronounced dead.
Four bottles
According to the report, Dolores O’Riordan drank five small bottles of alcohol from the minibar at 2:10 a.m., as well as a 35cl bottle of champagne.
The Cranberries singer’s death is considered an accident, regardless of the fact that no suicide note was found. Coroner Shirley Radcliffe said: “There is no suggestion that her death was not an accident. There is no apparent intention to kill. This appears to be a tragic accident.”
