Peaches Geldof is dead, age 25

[goldenecitrone]

The Jolley Gang.
One of them choked to death on a canapé.
Ha!

So he did.

Three weeks ago, the Jolley Gang gatecrashed a party at the Dorchester to celebrate the national day of Kuwait. They mingled with Kuwaiti dignitaries. They enjoyed drinks provided by the Kuwaiti ambassador. And one of them, Alan MacDonald, choked to death on a canapé.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

How did you get there, Alan? You were 61 years old. A retired banker from a smart family. You had every chance. What attracted you to a fat fraudster like Terence Jolley? How did you feel, mingling at parties where you weren't invited?

What took you down that path which led to your final collapse, in a crowd of baffled strangers, on a mouthful of blagged canapé?

You were unmarried and childless; were you lonely? Your father, a vice-admiral, had been a royal aide; did you feel an entitlement to every circle? Or were you just bored

Some of life's deeper questions.

 

[Ponyutd]

When's his funeral? I'm going to that....see how he likes it!

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Every once in awhile, something reminds that the British character can be brilliantly sublime.

 

[Sirena]

Interesting turn of events, from DM, sorry, allegedly Peaches' diet used to be so unhealthy, her blood pressure was no good, her doctor told her so. she then started extreme dieting ... To be healthy. So there's another, pretty plausible theory.

There's another wildly speculative theory. The occult angle....

I know so many people who have joined the O.T.O. or been thelemic who have died long before their time. Gerald Suster, well-known and well-loved, died at 47 and his wife of the sameish age died six months later. As well as them, there are the ongoing heroin junkies (of which I know three or four) and even the most senior thelemite in the country suffered 2-3 years of crippling ME after having performed a pivotal Crowley ritual.

 

[ViolentPanda]

There's another wildly speculative theory. The occult angle....

I know so many people who have joined the O.T.O. or been thelemic who have died long before their time. Gerald Suster, well-known and well-loved, died at 47 and his wife of the sameish age died six months later. As well as them, there are the ongoing heroin junkies (of which I know three or four) and even the most senior thelemite in the country suffered 2-3 years of crippling ME after having performed a pivotal Crowley ritual.

TBF Gerald had spent the preceding 25 years pickling his liver, and his intake went up markedly after he was monstered by the redtops and was asked to leave his job. That wasn't anything to do with Crowley, just plenty to do with his own fondness for beer and brandy, and the predeliction of redtops for occult "scandal".

 

[ibilly99]

The Jolley Gang.
One of them choked to death on a canapé.
Ha!

Thanks for the heads up - that was a good read.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/21/celebrity-victoria-coren

As was her follow up - she got two great stories out of these characters.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/mar/21/victoria-coren-jolley-gang

 

[treelover]

Some people get off on grief per se it doesn't have to be a celebrity, I have a guy who works for us who seems to go to a funeral every week. His son is an undertaker and he keeps a load of his sons business cards on him. It's quite bizarre. On one occasion he gave a card to my business partner in connection with his Gran, she was at the time still alive, but very ill....

On another occasion One of our employees died and we all went to the funeral and I'm sure I saw the undertakers dad in the front seat eating popcorn.

Grief can be addictive.

are you making this up?

 

[Pickman's model]

There's another wildly speculative theory. The occult angle....

I know so many people who have joined the O.T.O. or been thelemic who have died long before their time. Gerald Suster, well-known and well-loved, died at 47 and his wife of the sameish age died six months later. As well as them, there are the ongoing heroin junkies (of which I know three or four) and even the most senior thelemite in the country suffered 2-3 years of crippling ME after having performed a pivotal Crowley ritual.

so there's a couple of people who've died relatively young. what about e.g. crowley? what about israel regardie? what about kenneth grant? two deaths and one alleged bout of me does not a trend make.

here's another wildly speculative angle: the occult angle is utter bollocks.

 

[Sirena]

She died on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the receipt of the Book of the Law.

That has to be conclusive

 

[Pickman's model]

She died on the eve of the 110th anniversary of the receipt of the Book of the Law.

That has to be conclusive

yeh, conclusive proof it's bollocks. 777th? ok. 110th? i don't think so

 

[Sirena]

{Kappa-Epsilon-Phi-Alpha-Lambda-Eta Delta}
PEACHES
Soft and hollow, how thou dost overcome the hard and full!
It dies, it gives itself; to Thee is the fruit!
Be thou the Bride; thou shalt be the Mother here-after.
To all impressions thus. Let them not overcome thee;
yet let them breed within thee. The least of the impressions, come to its perfection, is Pan.
Receive a thousand lovers; thou shalt bear but One Child.
This child shall be the heir of Fate the Father.

COMMENTARY ({Delta})
Daleth is the Empress of the Tarot, the letter of Venus, and the title, Peaches, again refers to the Yoni. The chapter is a counsel to accept all impressions; it is the formula of the Scarlet woman; but no impression must be allowed to dominate you, only to fructify you; just as the artist, seeing an object, does not worship it, but breeds a masterpiece from it. This process is exhibited as one aspect of the Great Work. The last two paragraphs may have some reference to the 13th Aethyr (see The Vision and The Voice).

 

[Cheesypoof]

As I mentioned earlier, Peaches Geldof used to appear on Ireland's chat shows occasionally, and seemed like a decent person. Brendan O'Connor recalls her appearances on his show here

http://www.independent.ie/woman/cel...-tragically-meet-its-bitter-end-30180751.html

 

[ruffneck23]

yeh, conclusive proof it's bollocks. 777th? ok. 110th? i don't think so

93rd ?

 

[Batboy]

are you making this up?

Nope.. All true. We had to pull him up and tell him off after he gave out his sons business cards which was both insensitive and stupid. The popcorn is a metaphor for his behaviour. But it is true he loves nothing more than a funeral, quite bizarre, I know

 

[Batboy]

Nope.. All true. We had to pull him up and tell him off after he gave out his sons business cards which was both insensitive and stupid

 

[ibilly99]

Nope.. All true. We had to pull him up and tell him off after he gave out his sons business cards which was both insensitive and stupid. The popcorn is a metaphor for his behaviour. But it is true he loves nothing more than a funeral, quite bizarre, I know

Reminds me a bit of Harold and Maude a most lovely and moving film about a rich young kid who falls in love with a old dying woman when they meet at their shared love of gatecrashing stranger's funerals.

 

[Pickman's model]

you get better food and drink gatecrashing weddings.

 

[Greebo]

so there's a couple of people who've died relatively young. what about e.g. crowley? what about israel regardie? what about kenneth grant? two deaths and one alleged bout of me does not a trend make.<snip>

Agreed. If you really want an occult deaths link, look at the one between frequent use of incense indoors and emphysema (aka bronchial asthma).

 

[Sirena]

Agreed. If you really want an occult deaths link, look at the one between frequent use of incense indoors and emphysema (aka bronchial asthma).

If you read Dion Fortune's 'The Sea Priestess', asthma is almost de rigueur for magickal heroes....

 

[Greebo]

If you read Dion Fortune's 'The Sea Priestess', asthma is almost de rigueur for magickal heroes....

Read it several years ago. The *ahem* breath-taking qualities of incense are also mentioned in High Magick's Aid; the characters end up leaning out of the nearest window and gasping for air more than once after yet another ritual. </derail>

Still as, a conspiracy theory collector was fond of saying: If an explanation fits very neatly and makes a lot of sense, it's probably been made up.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I wonder how much Peaches earned from being a celebrity, excluding goody bags and free clothes.

The DWP should encourage more claimants to become famous. I might try it myself.

PS Is it too early to speculate on such matters? I hope that I have not offended any members of U75.

 

[Dogsauce]

you get better food and drink gatecrashing weddings.

Corporate recruitment events at universities have a good reputation too.

A couple of pissheads I used to know here in Leeds would occasionally turn up at gigs in the evening wearing suits and barely able to stand, having spent the afternoon/early evening being entertained at the expense of BAE Systems or others of that ilk in the Mechanical Engineering Dept over the road. Neither had ever been students there.

 

[Cheesypoof]

This really is sad....she was a good Mum.....

http://www.motherandbaby.co.uk/2014/04/peaches-geldof-1989-2014

 

[mrs quoad]

Reminds me a bit of Harold and Maude a most lovely and moving film about a rich young kid who falls in love with a old dying woman when they meet at their shared love of gatecrashing stranger's funerals.

"Dying" seems like a deeply misplaced description of anything Maude is, until very shortly before she's dead.

 

[ibilly99]

correct Mrs Quoad . correct !

 

[Celt]

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...died-heroin-overdose-report-article-1.1774669

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Was just coming to post this. What a waste

 

[Cheesypoof]

Yeh, I'm still upset about this. If its heroin, that's so sad.

 

[skyscraper101]

Blimey (if true). I didn't have her down as a heroin user.