[Deathwatch] Doreen Waddell, Singer, 36

[Deathwatch Central]

Former Soul II Soul singer dies

March 7, 2002 Posted: 10:40 AM EST (1540 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/03/07/showbuzz/index.html#5

LONDON, England (AP) -- Doreen Waddell, a former vocalist with the
group Soul II Soul, died Friday in a traffic accident, apparently after
running from a store where she had been accused of shoplifting, police
said Wednesday. She was 36. 

Police said it appeared she had been running from a supermarket after
being confronted about shoplifting. She was struck by three 

cars on the nearby A27 highway and was pronounced dead at a local
hospital. It took several days to identify her body. 

Waddell, who used the stage name Do'reen, sang on the influential
British dance band's best-selling 1989 album "Club Classics Volume I"
and was lead vocalist on the songs "Feel Free" and "Happiness." 

Soul II Soul topped the charts with the song "Back to Life" on the same
album, in which Caron Wheeler was the lead singer. 

Waddell had not been active in the music industry for several years,
and neighbors quoted by The Daily Telegraph newspaper said 

she did not talk about her time with Soul II Soul. 

Soul II Soul said it would not comment on Waddell's death. 

The Associated Press & Reuters contributed to this report.