• Model and media personality Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof and member of a talented, troubled family who grew up in the glare of Britain’s tabloid press, died age 25. AFP
    Model and media personality Peaches Geldof, the second daughter of Irish singer Bob Geldof and member of a talented, troubled family who grew up in the glare of Britain’s tabloid press, died age 25. AFP
  • In a family statement, Bob Geldof said: “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain.” Peaches Geldof had acknowledged using drugs in the past but said in a 2009 interview that she had quit. AP
    In a family statement, Bob Geldof said: “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain.” Peaches Geldof had acknowledged using drugs in the past but said in a 2009 interview that she had quit. AP
  • Geldof was only 11 when her mother, television presenter Paula Yates, died of a drug overdose in 2000, and those who knew her said it hit her extremely hard. Keystone/Getty Images
    Geldof was only 11 when her mother, television presenter Paula Yates, died of a drug overdose in 2000, and those who knew her said it hit her extremely hard. Keystone/Getty Images
  • Bob Geldof, Jeanne, Tiger, Fifi and Pixie. Jo Hale / Getty Images
    Bob Geldof, Jeanne, Tiger, Fifi and Pixie. Jo Hale / Getty Images
  • The news of her death came as a shock to Britain’s entertainment and fashion circles, where Geldof had been active as a model, television presenter and fashion writer. She was a frequent attendee at fashion shows in London and New York. EPA
    The news of her death came as a shock to Britain’s entertainment and fashion circles, where Geldof had been active as a model, television presenter and fashion writer. She was a frequent attendee at fashion shows in London and New York. EPA
  • She leaves behind her second husband, Tom Cohen, lead singer of the defunct London punk band S.C.U.M, and two sons, 23-month-old Astala and 11-month-old Phaedra. Reuters
    She leaves behind her second husband, Tom Cohen, lead singer of the defunct London punk band S.C.U.M, and two sons, 23-month-old Astala and 11-month-old Phaedra. Reuters
  • In an interview with the Guardian newspaper in 2009, Geldof acknowledged that she used drugs as a teenager but said she had stopped. "Yeah, I’ve taken drugs. Yes, I have had experiences, and a few of those experiences were unsavory, not ones I want to repeat, but I was growing up. I wanted the experience,”she told the paper. "I wasn’t hugely into drugs and I’m sober now,” she added. “I’m not Amy Winehouse. I never have been. I wasn’t a crackhead.” Getty Images
    In an interview with the Guardian newspaper in 2009, Geldof acknowledged that she used drugs as a teenager but said she had stopped. "Yeah, I’ve taken drugs. Yes, I have had experiences, and a few of those experiences were unsavory, not ones I want to repeat, but I was growing up. I wanted the experience,”she told the paper. "I wasn’t hugely into drugs and I’m sober now,” she added. “I’m not Amy Winehouse. I never have been. I wasn’t a crackhead.” Getty Images
  • Kent police declined to name Geldof, but when asked about her death they said in a statement that officers were called to a house near Wrotham following a report of concern for a woman’s welfare. AFP
    Kent police declined to name Geldof, but when asked about her death they said in a statement that officers were called to a house near Wrotham following a report of concern for a woman’s welfare. AFP

In pictures: Peaches Geldof from wild child to mother

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April 08, 2014

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Peaches Geldof passed away suddenly at the age of 25. We look at her journey from ‘wild child’ to doting wife and mother of two.

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