[Closed] Peaches Geldof Dead

Blimey, tragic.

I don't know who she is, however I feel so sad for Sir Bob and her children.

Her poor Dad.

Tragic, that family has had so much tragedy in their lives. 🙁

How awful 🙁

i found her media persona annoying, but that is not to say i dont feel this news to be very very sad, as mentioned above, there has been so much tragedy in that family.
too young 🙁

In life she was (imo) the poster child of a vapid media driven age.....but that doesn't mean her death at such a young age is not a tragedy for those close to her.

Eek, MrsBouy just popped downstairs to tell me this.

Sooo sad.

Sooo young. 😥

Bunnyhop - Member
I don't know who she is, however I feel so sad for Sir Bob and her children.
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...so, you know who she is then?

Anyway, thoughts etc.

If there is any consolation it's that her kids are just about young enough to really not miss her (as much as they would if they were a little older).

Utterly tragic though.

My daughter has suggested a joke relating to the day of the week, but it's probably a bit too soon.

The mrs just told me as I walked in from the gymnastics run. My immediate thought was drugs. I feel bad for that thought. As above a lot of tragedy to hit one family. RIP

Desparately sad - and being an aging old ..... those words made famous in live aid really hit a nerve

Awful news for Bob and her husband, siblings and children. How much pain can a family go through? I met her once a few years back and she was clearly going through some difficult times, hope she is at peace now.

Terribly sad for the whole family. Far too young to die.

I still recall the shock when Paula Yates died (I was a regular in The Tube studios gawping at her every time she floated past us) 🙁

Looking at a pic oh her heavily pregnant she looked way to thin.

What has Bob done to deserve this? RIP

My daughter has suggested a joke relating to the day of the week, but it's probably a bit too soon.

Crikey Message from Lucifer - "special place now reserved for your daughte,r set to extra crispy for that remark"

Thats very sad and unsure how Bob is feeling right now

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Whilst I'm an advocate of black / gallows humour generally myself, can I ask that we show a little restraint and tact whilst she's practically still warm please?

She wasn't someone who featured on my radar either positively or negatively particularly, but ultimately a young woman who is someone's daughter has died at a shockingly young age.

Thankingyou.
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Sorry Cougar,

Yes it is an absolute tragedy for Bob Geldof and the lassies daughters too - Mrs Mutt says she had two daughters, lord knows that family has had enough to cope with.

We'll wind up, we'll slow down
We'll speed up, move around
Or we'll maybe overwind

Shocking and so sad

A young mother of two, a wife, daughter and sister.

Not the first time tragedy has stuck the family!

RIP

Maybe a mod could amend the thread title so her name is spelt correctly.

Unfortunately we will now see what has become the norm in terms of vacuous celebrity grief quotes. Yes, it's a tragedy, but no more so than all the other people who died this week who wont get talked about on the telly, people who led quieter, less privileged lives.

But they don't sell papers.

My first reaction was probably similar to what I suspect a lot of people also thought (rightly or wrongly and in a non-judgmental way, given her mother's sad demise), but on reflection, with two kids, one aged one and the other even younger than that, I have a horrid suspicion that PND may be a factor in this.

Desperately sad along with many others I can only try to imagine how her dad is feeling 🙁

Crikey what is your problem?

Let it go.

Gt72 +1

Edukator - can't believe they employ people like you to teach the youth of today

I don't have a problem and have nothing to let go.

This suggests that you do :

crikey - Member

Unfortunately .....

Otherwise it wouldn't be "unfortunate".

Having watched an excruciatingly bad documentary she was presenting, it was clear her 'talent' was simply being able to cash in on her family name.

Sad for her dad, a wife and now a daughter dead early.
Thankfully her children are too young to understand this.

She however was part of that Lily Allen set who were achingly trendy try-hards and dabbled in drugs in that 'outrageous' way that the offspring of celebrities do....boring and wont be missed here.

You do realise that my quote is from a song written by Bob, don't you, Sbrock?

A thoughtful and philosophical song about the way we live in the world we live in. It seemed apt.

Not sure why, maybe it's because Live Aid, Bob and this young girls mother were so much a part of my early years that I found this very sad news.

Rent an argument ernie turns up...

How about directing your ire at the people who have used this woman's life, childhood, parentage and now ultimately demise, to sell papers, to get clicks on a web page?

They love troubled lives, the younger the better.
They love tragedy, especially concerning wayward women.
They love the whole sex, drugs and rock and roll thing, especially when kids are involved.

...and they'll love this.

Unfortunately we will now see what has become the norm in terms of vacuous celebrity grief quotes. Yes, it's a tragedy, but no more so than all the other people who died this week who wont get talked about on the telly, people who led quieter, less privileged lives.

But they don't sell papers.

I think what typically happens is when someone dies you take the appropriate measures to inform the people who know them. If its someone that few people know then you can do that via a few phone calls and maybe write a couple of letters. If its someone that lots of people know, perhaps because their life or work involves public media then its appropriate to use a medium that reaches those people. How is this [i]still [/i]a surprise for you?

It's not a [i]surprise[/i]; I'm making a rather more wide ranging comment on the media and the way our response to 'news' and celebrity is manipulated. But you knew that anyway, hopefully.

crikey - Member

Rent an argument ernie turns up...

Unbelievable considering your contributions to this thread 😐

How about directing your ire ....

What "ire" ? I pointed out that you have a problem with this thread/news. There's no anger on my part.

And btw you're wrong in claiming this is all about "selling papers". It's been reported in the media because she was well known to many people, there's really no point reporting the death of "people who led quieter, less privileged lives" if no one knows who they were. Unless there is something particularly remarkable about their death.

You are so all seeing and all knowing crikey,how do you manage to function with all the normal people when you know so much more than everyone,hats off to you ,you're doing a grand job.

You do realise that my quote is from a song written by Bob, don't you, Sbrock?

A thoughtful and philosophical song about the way we live in the world we live in. It seemed apt.

it was my reference to a thread your happened upon, maybe 3 years ago I think about families breaking up etc - I don't think I was the only person to assume your patronising manner & attitude to people you know nothing about !
Typical teacher though, knows sweet fa about nothing!

Ok, if it feeds your little erns...

I'm not suggesting that you have ire in a personal way. I am suggesting that your apparent ire towards me is perhaps misplaced and would be better directed as I suggested above. Unless you feel that our noble and upstanding press have got the whole celebrity child/wild child/celeb mother thing absolutely spot on?

You are so all seeing and all knowing crikey,how do you manage to function with all the normal people when you know so much more than everyone,hats off to you ,you're doing a grand job.

One does ones best...

RIP.

sc-xc

...so, you know who she is then?

Looking at a pic oh her heavily pregnant she looked way to thin.

Somebody on the radio who knew her said this as well, that it was less surprising than it might be because they saw her just a week or so ago and she looked terribly thin.

I linked three of your own threads in a post three years ago, Sbrock. I used information you provided by yourself to illustrate a pertinent point.

Typical teacher though, knows sweet fa about nothing!

True.

Edukator, Ernie, Crikey!
Pack it in! Someone died.

Ok, point taken.

Heroin overdose apparently.

[url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/peaches-geldof-died-of-heroin-overdose-9309048.html ]Linky[/url]

That must be the sh!ttiest thing for her family to have to hear (the heroin overdose bit,). 🙁

That must be the sh!ttiest thing for her family to have to hear

I would guess that they probably knew she had drug problems and would of suspected what the cause was.

I don't think it's something you could easily keep hidden.

Rich drug users tend not to be out robbing or turning tricks to pay for their drugs so it's not quite as obvious on the decline though but yes, at the very least I'd guess her husband knew. Tragic for the kids, a really awful legacy to be left with, grandmother and mother dead from overdoses.

Rich drug users tend not to be out robbing or turning tricks to pay for their drugs so it's not quite as obvious

Didn't she overdose a few years ago?

Also, IV drug use must be pretty hard to hide, even if you are wealthy.

Rich drug users tend not to be out robbing or turning tricks to pay for their drugs so it's not quite as obvious on the decline though but yes, at the very least I'd guess her husband knew

Alternatively she wasn't a habitual drug user and was still so traumatised over her mother's death, she committed suicide. Given the picture she had tweeted just before her death, that seems slightly more plausible. Regardless, it's a tragic loss for her family and friends whatever the circumstances were.

TBH I find the "to be told" and "it has been claimed" report of an overdose distasteful, can't they wait until the inquest releases it's official report. ****in state of journalism to day... (old news I know)

Also, IV drug use must be pretty hard to hide, even if you are wealthy.

Didn't Will Self famously admit to shooting up in the toilet of the prime ministers plane, while travelling with him to some EU conference?

Also, IV drug use must be pretty hard to hide, even if you are wealthy.

You don't have to be injecting to OD on opiates.

Oh no, that can't make Bob feel much better, their world is just awash with drugs, I've got girls her age I know how I'd feel had it been one of mine, a terrible tragedy.

Didn't Will Self famously admit to shooting up in the toilet of the prime ministers plane, while travelling with him to some EU conference?

IIRC he was caught doing it.

Potential to have done so much more than be just the daughter of celebs. Hope her children realise the dangers of drugs otherwise it could be 3 in a row. Maybe her cause of death will wake some others up to their lifestyle before it too late for them. Tragic waste.

craigxxl - Member
Potential to have done so much more than be just the daughter of celebs. Hope her children realise the dangers of drugs otherwise it could be 3 in a row. Maybe her cause of death will wake some others up to their lifestyle before it too late for them. Tragic waste.

Tragic waste.

Sad but Drugs (often) kill.

Agree with all of the above, s'pecially the last bit.

There was no drug paraphernalia near her body when it discovered at her home

So either extraordineraly well planned and somehow slow enough acting (unlikley, it's called a hit for a reason) that she could dispose of the 'evidence'. Or someone helped her. Or someone cleaned up before the ambulance arrived.

And gramatical standards are slipping even at the broadsheets!

Would those be gram[b]m[/b]atical standards?

Let her RIP. Can't see how any details are in the "public interest" or whatever fake reason the media give in these cases.

Let her RIP. Can't see how any details are in the "public interest" or whatever fake reason the media give in these cases.

I've always wondered this.

Perhaps it's to curb speculation/rumours?

teamhurtmore - Member

Let her RIP. Can't see how any details are in the "public interest" or whatever fake reason the media give in these cases.

Rubbernecking over others missforune just an instinctive reaction to stop you doing the same thing. Couple that with a puzzle to solve and you've got something that people will want to discuss.

Would those be grammatical standards?

wrightyson - Member 
The mrs just told me as I walked in from the gymnastics run. My immediate thought was drugs. I feel bad for that thought. As above a lot of tragedy to hit one family. RIP
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If it is the case and it's not the usual shit stirring media I now feel bad for her poor family.

teamhurtmore - Member
Let her RIP. Can't see how any details are in the "public interest" or whatever fake reason the media give in these cases.

I see your point, and agree to a point, but! on the other hand if the public don't see what drugs can do it'll perhaps not discourage others from starting.

Yeah, I'm sure lots of people considering injecting heroin pause to think about Peaches Geldof, her mum, Sid Vicious et al and decide not to.

Just confirmed shed been recently "using" which led to her death somehow?