Last words of tragic Dolores revealed
tragic dolores’ final words to friend captured just hours before her death
CRANBERRIES star Dolores O’riordan sounded excited and full of enthusiasm in a final voicemail recorded just hours before she died.
In the poignant message, sent at 1.12am on January 15, she told her music executive pal Dan Waite about a cover version of the hit Zombie she was due to record later that day.
The 46-year-old said: “Hi Dan, it’s Dolores! I’m in London, I’m at the Hyatt Park Hilton.”
Speaking about the cover with Bad Wolves, she added, “Actually I think it’s f***ing awesome. It sounds f***ing terribly good.”
After inviting him to pop into the studio, she light-heartedly added a shout-out to his wife, saying, “Send my love to Irene... love that leather jacket.”
Tragically, just hours later her body was found in her room.
Her long-awaited inquest was due to start in court this week but was removed from schedule.
The inquest into the Limerick rocker’s death opened five days after her passing but was adjourned until Tuesday until the results of medical tests were known.
However, an announcement from the coroner’s court revealed proceedings had again been stalled and an inquest date is yet to be set.
No reason was given for the change. It comes after Metropolitan Police confirmed her death was not being treated as suspicious.
In a statement at the time, Coroner’s officer Stephen Earl said: “This lady was staying at a hotel in central London when on Monday, January 15, she was found unresponsive in her room.
“The London Ambulance Service was contacted and verified her death at the scene.
“Subsequently the Met Police attended and they determined the death to be non-suspicious.
“A postmortem has now been carried out and the court is awaiting results of various tests that have been commissioned.”
Meanwhile, Dolores’ family and friends are still trying to come to terms with their devastating loss. Her mum Eileen O’riordan was last week presented with a book of condolence signed by some 16,000 fans, and said the outpouring of support has helped enormously.
But she added her “little girl’s” death has been “very hard to absorb”.
Mrs O’riordan told The Times: “I read some of the letters, and everyone says how she helped them through the dark moments in their lives.
“I really feel she’s happy now. I go to her grave, but I don’t find anything there. I feel that her spirit is around all the time.
“She was that type of person anyway, she would come into the room, even as a child, and she would grab the attention.”
“I don’t miss the rock star, I miss my little girl. I always feel that she is around. I talk to her as if she’s on the phone. “I was the last one to speak to her the night that she died, it was Sunday night. “It’s very hard to absorb it, you know. It’s difficult when I think about my little girl and what she did in her life.” Dolores’ bereaved Cranberries bandmates are still planning to release their final album with her vocals, which were recorded shortly before her death.
It will feature alongside a reissue of their first ever album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? to coincide with its 25th anniversary.