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New book details Cranberries singer Dolores

lives of New York O’Riordan dead at 46

authors’ foremothers By JILL LAWLESS

Associated Press
SARATOGA, N.Y. (AP) — and afraid to show vulner- LONDON (AP) — Dolores
Authors from around New ability because their lives O’Riordan, whose urgent,
York state are relating the were so hard.” powerful voice helped
lives of their foremothers in Other women had stories make Irish rock band The
a new book. of their own — and a book Cranberries a global suc-
Editor Patricia Nugent, of was born. “My ongoing vi- cess in the 1990s, died sud-
Hadley, tells The Post-Star sion is that this book will be denly on Monday at a Lon-
in Glens Falls that women’s a catalyst for storytelling don hotel. She was 46.
stories have been “silenced and truth-telling within fam- The singer’s publicist, Lind-
or drowned out” too often. ilies,” Nugent wrote in the sey Holmes, confirmed she
The idea for the antholo- book’s forward. “In particu- died in London, where she
gy, “Before They Were Our lar, women’s stories, which was recording,
Mothers: Voices of Women are too-often silenced or “No further details are
Born Before Rosie Started drowned out. Ask now, be- available at this time,” Hol-
Riveting,” took root after a fore it’s too late.” mes said, adding that the In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 file photo, Cranberries lead singer
man showed up with me- She invited submissions singer’s family was “devas- Dolores O’Riordan performs during the European Border Breakers
mentos at the funeral for through the League of tated” by the news. awards, or EBBA awards, in Cannes, southern France.
Nugent’s mother. Women Voters and other London’s Metropolitan Associated Press
First, she learned small, groups for the book, fund- Police force said officers Us — that was looking for a ger.” The follow-up, “No
heartwarming details: Her ed by the Saratoga Arts were called just after 9 lead singer. Need to Argue,” sold in
mother had starred in her Council. An editorial review a.m. Monday to a hotel A name change and a even greater numbers and
high school play and had board helped choose the where a woman in her 40s confluence of factors contained “Zombie,” a vis-
a German shepherd as a stories. Historical references was found dead. The po- turned The Cranberries into ceral howl against Northern
child. Later, she found a di- were fact-checked. lice force said the death international stars. Their Ireland’s violent Troubles
ary that revealed the man “I can still read some of was being treated as “un- guitar-based sound had that topped singles charts
at the funeral had broken these and cry,” said Nu- explained.” The Hilton Ho- an alternative-rock edge in several countries.
her mother’s heart by mar- gent. The stories are told tel in London’s Park Lane at a time when grunge was The band released three
rying her best friend. in first-person, as if through confirmed that a guest had storming the music scene. more studio albums be-
Then a story from another the eyes of the subject. died on the premises. The band’s songs — on fore splitting up in 2003.
generation emerged. On “...That meant meditating Irish President Michael D. which O’Riordan was chief O’Riordan released a solo
the back of a photo from and asking Mom’s voice to Higgins said O’Riordan and lyricist and co-songwriter — album, “Are You Listening,”
her grandparents’ 1907 come through as I wrote it,” The Cranberries “had an had a Celtic-infused tune- in 2007, and another, “No
wedding, someone had said one of the authors, Sue immense influence on rock fulness. And in O’Riordan Baggage,” in 2009.
scrawled in pencil: “She Van Hook of Cambridge. and pop music in Ireland they had a charismatic The members of The Cran-
doesn’t love him — was en- Amid cultural, religious and and internationally.” lead singer with a distinc- berries reunited that year,
gaged to someone else.” geographical differences, “To all those who follow tively powerful voice. releasing the album “Ros-
“It was a real shock,” said said Nugent, common and support Irish music, Heavy play on MTV for their es” in 2012. For a time,
Nugent. threads emerge about “or- Irish musicians and the per- debut single “Dream” and O’Riordan was one of Ire-
“As a youth, I’d been too dinary lives infused with de- forming arts, her death will the singles that followed land’s richest women, but
consumed with my own termination and defiance, be a big loss,” Higgins said helped bring the group she struggled with both
drama to care about my resilience and resistance.” in a statement. O’Riordan to the attention of a mass physical and mental health
foremothers’ journeys,” she “The timing of this book was born on Sept. 6, 1971 in audience. The Cranber- problems. The Cranber-
said. “And in retrospect, I couldn’t be better,” she Ballybricken, southwest Ire- ries’ 1993 debut album, ries released the acoustic
found that women of the said. “In many ways, it is a land. In 1990, she answered “Everybody Else Is Doing It, album “Something Else” in
time were very prideful and tribute to the women who an ad from a local band in So Why Can’t We?”, sold 2017 and had been due
private. They were reticent transcended such issues nearby Limerick city — then millions of copies and pro- to tour Europe and North
to share negative things and continue to do so.”q called The Cranberry Saw duced the hit single “Lin- America. q
Zeta-Jones says Michael Douglas is a ‘Me Too’ supporter

By NICOLE EVATT actresses. “He’s been in this “colorful language”
Associated Press business working creatively but otherwise said the
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — with women for over 50 harassment story was a lie
Catherine Zeta-Jones says years.” and that he was proud of
that husband Michael Zeta-Jones spoke Sunday in his reputation.
Douglas, who has denied Pasadena while promoting Zeta-Jones did not directly
allegations of sexual the TV movie “Cocaine address the allegations
harassment, is a strong Godmother.” Sunday. But she said she
supporter of the #MeToo Earlier this month, Douglas was “very, very happy” with
movement. issued what he called his statement and felt that
“Michael is 110 percent a pre-emptive denial he expressed himself “in a
behind this movement,” of allegations, yet to be very, very concise, clear
says Zeta-Jones, who published, that he harassed and personal manner.”
noted that the 73-year- an employee in the 1980s Douglas’ parents are the
old Douglas is both the and damaged her career. actors Kirk Douglas and
husband and son of He acknowledged using Diana Douglas.q