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In January 2018, O'Riordan travelled from New York City, where she lived, to London to work with Martin "Youth" Glover on her side-project D.A.R.K. and to meet representatives of the BMG record label about a new Cranberries album.[304][305][306] O'Riordan arrived at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, Mayfair on 14 January.[307] At 2:00 am on 15 January 2018, O'Riordan had a phone call with her mother.[308] Later that morning, she was found unresponsive in the bathroom and was pronounced dead at 9:16 am. She was 46.[307][309]
The day after her death, the tabloid newspaper Santa Monica Observer spread a false story that fentanyl was found in the room, indicating that London authorities suspected suicide and a "deliberate overdose".[310] The fentanyl overdose rumour endured for months.[311]
The cause of death was not made public until an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court held on 6 September (on what would have been her 47th birthday),[312][313] which ruled that she died as a result of accidental drowning in a bath following sedation by alcohol intoxication.[312][314] Empty bottles were found in O'Riordan's room (five miniature bottles and a champagne bottle) as well as some prescription drugs. Toxicology tests showed that her body contained only "therapeutic" levels of these medications but a blood alcohol content of 3.30 g/L (0.33%).[312][314]