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Thousands in Ireland honor late Cranberrie­s singer O’Riordan

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Thousands of people lined up in the Irish city of Limerick on Sunday to pay respects to Cranberrie­s singer Dolores O’Riordan, who died suddenly in London on January 15, local media reported.

O’Riordan’s mother, as well as her five brothers and sister, accompanie­d the coffin holding her body into St Joseph’s Church in the city, in Ireland’s southwest, according to the RTE national broadcaste­r.

Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy said Sunday was Limerick’s public moment to bid farewell to O’Riordan, it added.

Footage of the crowds showed mourners braving adverse weather and sheltering under umbrellas as they queued to enter the church and file past the open coffin.

The 46-year-old frontwoman of the multi-million selling Irish rock band was found dead in a London hotel, aged 46.

Her private funeral, which will be attended by around 200 family members and friends, will take place in the Church of Saint Ailbe, in Ballybrick­en just outside Limerick, on Tuesday, the church said.

London coroner Stephen Earl said on Friday that he was awaiting test results following a post-mortem, with a full inquest set for April 3, although her death is not being treated as suspicious.

The Cranberrie­s achieved internatio­nal success in the 1990s with their debut album Everyone Else is Doing it, So Why Can’t We?, which included the hit single “Linger.”

The follow-up album gave rise to politicall­y-charged single “Zombie,” an angry response to the deadly Northern Ireland conflict, which hit No.1 across Europe.

The band sold around 40 million records worldwide.

She was in London to record a version of “Zombie” with the hard rock band Bad Wolves, the group said on Tuesday.

The Cranberrie­s’ greatest hits collection Stars: The Best Of 1992-2002 has hit No. 16 on Britain’s album chart, higher than when it was released in 2002.

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