Peaches Geldof is dead, age 25

[UrbaneFox]

I just don't understand why some celebrities get raked over the coals, and others almost beatified. Seems to me that there are a lot of parallels between Paris Hilton and Peaches Geldof. Both born into families of wealth, privilege and publicity. Both went a little wild in their early years - except Hilton seems to have come out the other side.

But Hilton is generally excoriated by the press and various sections of the public.

Well I'm definitely going to put Paris Hilton in my celebrity death watch 2015 list. I won't be caught out again. I might include Michael Jackson's children, too, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Frances Lengel]

Anyway, fuck this nonsense - The serious question is why's spymaster still banned - He's an ok guy.

 

[Cheesypoof]

I've been thinking about her husband. what kind of pain must he be in? and her father (I'm a fan of Bob....I've met him before and Peaches, on separate occasions that's neither here nor there....) But God the pain that family is going through (like some families close to my heart).....if there is anything spiritual out there, please help them. Give them strength.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Given her family history do you think it was a purposeful OD or an accidental one? I'm of the opinion it was the latter - an accident.

As I said earlier, OD is easy, especially if you're an occasional as opposed to a habitual user.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Has anybody mentioned post-natal depression leading to a deliberate od? Struggling to cope, her husband away and then posting that picture of her and her mum before going.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Has anybody mentioned post-natal depression leading to a deliberate od? Struggling to cope, her husband away and then posting that picture of her and her mum before going.

From what we can speculate (which is quite little...) I wouldnt say suicide but I do think the factors you mention above led to taking solace with heroin. Her dealings with her father in law the night before, chatting with friends, and declarations of love for her kids would point to a seriously tragic accident. I do think she had a secret habit/ made a fatal error of judgment though. I read that addicts often over-estimate how much their body can take when they relapse, especially if they have lost lots of weight (like she had...)

This is a good article
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/02/motherhood-peaches-geldof-paula-yates

 

[girasol]

From what we can speculate (which is quite little...) I wouldnt say suicide but I do think the factors you mention above led to taking solace with heroin. Her dealings with her father in law the night before, chatting with friends, and declarations of love for her kids would point to a seriously tragic accident. I do think she had a secret habit/ made a fatal error of judgment though. I read that addicts often over-estimate how much their body can take when they relapse, especially if they have lost lots of weight (like she had...)

This is a good article
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/02/motherhood-peaches-geldof-paula-yates

This bit is relevant to the thread:

It's easy to believe that becoming a mother is like entering an enchanted kingdom full of healing and love. When members of the public declared their sorrow at Peaches' death, others suggested that this sorrow was fake and sentimental, another public display of emotional incontinence. Maybe. But who could fail to feel sadness for a girl who tried so hard to defeat her demons, and failed so terminally? So much was beyond her control. But it was plucky to have thrown herself at life so hard. It would have been good if she'd made it.

On the suject of public displays of sorrow when someone dies. I was watching a doco about Ayrton Senna, who was a bit of a hero for me when I was a teenager. When he died in 1994 Brazil mourned officially for three days (I was living here already so I didn't experience it first hand). It was crazier and bigger than anything ever in the UK, and totally spontaneous. The guy was a national hero. Some people are just universally inspirational role models, or just strike a chord, I don't think it indicates in any way that people emotionally stunted.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/30/ayrton-senna-death-funeral-formula-one

 

[Sweet FA]

It was crazier and bigger than anything ever in the UK, and totally spontaneous.

 

[girasol]

I lived here when Diana died, if that's what that photo is...

 

[Orang Utan]

Kensington Palace?

 

[Corax]

Mornington Crescent

 

[discokermit]

The Geldofs are the new Kennedys. Obviously this is the Geldof Curse.

no, it's hughie green's bad blood.

 

[friedaweed]

I miss Jazzz

 

[Citizen66]

She didn't name them, she just tweeted what someone else said ffs.

Prejudicing the trial.

Yeah, let's get them let off!!!

 

[Citizen66]

It has to be a spoof? ?

 

[D'wards]

Peaches was a confirmed heroin addict. Horrible story all round - she managed to keep it from her husband, who was obviously concerned.

Heroin is such a fucker of a drug, it really does destroy lives, its no cliche...

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jul/23/peaches-geldof-was-heroin-addict-inquest-told

 

[Belushi]

Poor woman, such a sad story.

 

[editor]

Distressing reading. She had everything but clearly was never happy.

Police investigating Geldof's death found "importation quality" heroin stashed in a black cloth bag inside a cupboard over a bedroom door and drugs paraphernalia in the property, the inquest heard.

The forensic scientist Dr Peter Cain analysed the brown powder found by investigators and concluded that it was 6.91 grams of heroin with a purity of 61%.

DCI Paul Fotheringham, who led the investigation, told the inquest that the drugs would have been worth £350 to £550.

The officer said that it "far exceeded" the 26% purity usually found at street level.

Fotheringham said: "The black bag also contained 34 medical syringes. Some were with needles and some without. Some were sealed in original packaging and some contained traces of a brown-coloured residue.

"There were also 45 packaged and sealed syringes, alcohol wipes and cotton buds."

Police also found a pair of knotted black tights under Peaches' body and two other pairs of tights with knots in them elsewhere in the property.

 

[equationgirl]

This is such a desperately sad and tragic end to a life that could have been so different. I don't think she ever got over the death of her mother

 

[Cheesypoof]

She had everything but clearly was never happy.

Losing her Mum at the age of 11 is hardly having everything...

what a tragic tale.

 

[editor]

Losing her Mum at the age of 11 is hardly having everything...

what a tragic tale.

She had a lot more than most. She had a lot more opportunity and money than most, but that doesn't make her death any less tragic though.

 

[Red Cat]

She had a lot more than most. She had a lot more opportunity and money than most, but that doesn't make her death any less tragic though.

Seriously?

 

[girasol]

what does generally happen to people who sell drugs and someone overdoses from it? You never seem to hear about who supplies, etc, even though it wouldn't be hard for the police to figure it out... Always wondered, never found out what happens.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

So she may have oded because it was purer than normal? Sadly familiar tale. Heroin is a fucker of a drug as stated above, but it is the combination of that with the fucker that is prohibition that turns it into a killer.

 

[girasol]

So she may have oded because it was purer than normal? Sadly familiar tale. Heroin is a fucker of a drug as stated above, but it is the combination of that with the fucker that is prohibition that turns it into a killer.

Or she took her usual amount but her tolerance had gone... I read she'd been on methadone and this was a relapse?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Or she took her usual amount but her tolerance had gone... I read she'd been on methadone and this was a relapse?

Yeah maybe. My mate did that. Oded straight outta rehab.

 

[5t3IIa]

Or she took her usual amount but her tolerance had gone...

That's what the judge was speculating, I read in the Metro

I don't think saying it's a different kind of 'A Shame' because she supposedly had everything is particularly relevant. I mean, loads of us have, in effect, everything but it doesn't stop us being fucked-up. In fact, she had a whole lot of very important stuff less than me as I have my mum.

 

[twentythreedom]

I wish I'd known her dealer. She had the good shit

 

[goldenecitrone]

That's what the judge was speculating, I read in the Metro

I don't think saying it's a different kind of 'A Shame' because she supposedly had everything is particularly relevant. I mean, loads of us have, in effect, everything but it doesn't stop us being fucked-up. In fact, she had a whole lot of very important stuff less than me as I have my mum.

And Bob Geldof as a dad. Imagine trying to block that out.

 

[rutabowa]

what does generally happen to people who sell drugs and someone overdoses from it? You never seem to hear about who supplies, etc, even though it wouldn't be hard for the police to figure it out... Always wondered, never found out what happens.

i'd say any dealer who was in any way successful wouldn't be traceable to an od. otherwise they wouldn't be in the business long enough to get successful. who knows maybe she bought it off the internet.