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Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries Dead at 46.
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That's a rude shock to wake up to.
She was younger than me.
She was younger than me.
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Some people get to become part of the substance of your life.
Often, you only realise this when they die.
This is definitely painful.
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Often, you only realise this when they die.
This is definitely painful.
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Playball40
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This is so sad to hear. What a talent she was.
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Well, yes, it's usually sad news, particularly when someone dies well before their life expectancy, and Dolores O'Riordan was possibly a talented singer. That said, I never cared much about The Cranberries' music and I did not know their singer's name was Dolores O'Riordan, so I googled for who she was. The Wikipedia is my goto site for that sort of thing. While reading it I learnt that Dolores was a Catholic who adored the arch-conservative (Polish) Pope John Paul II. If I could, I now would care even less about her or her band.
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Agreed. I had the same thought, because she was younger than me too. Very sad.
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Yes, I learn she was also vocal against abortion rights... That does not seem to have the slightest effect on how much I feel about her singing and the impression I have that I very much loved her, how mistaken that impression might be.
Fromderinside tells me it's all down to mirror neurons and such. Yeah, I think there's nothing I could do against that!
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Even the best of us are flawed. Her wrong headed views on the Church and abortion don't erase the beauty and moving passion of a song like Zombie, about the northern Ireland conflict.
Also, female Irish accents give me a chub.
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Any word on cause of death?
I understand she had to cancel to some shows last year due to back problems. I understand heart conditions in women can first appear as back pains.
I understand she had to cancel to some shows last year due to back problems. I understand heart conditions in women can first appear as back pains.
couch_sloth
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It’s very sad
I suppose if it was suicide we would have heard already (she was apparently bipolar).
I bought my Cranberries CDs during the 1990s & 2000s. I’ve actually become more fond of their music in recent years and I listen to them fairly often. I now tend to prefer some of their less known tunes: e.g. Waltzing Back, Not Sorry, Delilah, Loud and Clear, What’s on My Mind
Thomas II
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It reminds me of Heath Ledger's death by accidental overdose, or the wrong combination of prescribed medications...
couch_sloth
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Yeah it can happen. For example: if she wasn't in the best of health and had a few glasses of wine after dinner; and was taking something like OxyContin and Soma for back pain, along with a high dose of Seroquel for bipolar disorder and a sleeping pill... (Or other combinations of high-powered meds)
i.e. None of these things individually should kill, but in combination with each other, yes it can definitely happen
mrzyphl
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Could be. My mother had severe back pains for months until she had a stomach aneurysm. Thankfully they caught it in time. They had to replace a section of her aorta in her back with a synthetic tube.
couch_sloth
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It just came out today that Tom Petty’s death was probably due to an accidental overdose
