Updated at 4:50 p.m. ET.
Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of the Irish band The Cranberries, has died suddenly at age 46.
O’Riordan defined the sound of The Cranberries — with hit songs like “Linger,” “Salvation” and “Zombie.” She brought a particularly Irish inflection to pop charts around the world, particularly in the 1990s.
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