Peaches Geldof dead aged 25 - MOD NOTE: NO JOKES

vitani

Gringo180 wrote: »

I find that staement a bit rushed or something and not heart felt. Obviously there hurting but it is worded terribly.

What are you comparing it to, though? Most of the time when we see statements like this, it's in a movie or a book or a TV show. This statement isn't crafted to be beautifully written, it's a real life father paying tribute to his daughter. And chances are, he is holding something back. I shudder to think of the media intrusion he and his family will be going through over the coming weeks.

bodhrandude

Hey give the 'its drugs that caused it' a break give the autopsy report the benefit of the doubt, anything can cause your heart to stop its as simple as that.

Gringo180

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

No, you're not pedantic. See my opinion of V. Browne upthread.

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Gringo180

vitani wrote: »

What are you comparing it to, though? Most of the time when we see statements like this, it's in a movie or a book or a TV show. This statement isn't crafted to be beautifully written, it's a real life father paying tribute to his daughter. And chances are, he is holding something back. I shudder to think of the media intrusion he and his family will be going through over the coming weeks.

Listen i didnt mean to cause offence by commenting on his statement. I should of put myself in his shoes before judging him and I apologise for that.

Zubeneschamali

I don't want to joke about it. And the main thing I feel is not sadness or sympathy for her family.

This makes me angry.

And then that makes me feel sad, and sympathetic towards her family.

Timmyctc

Gringo180 wrote: »

No thread about that poor lady that passed away in Dublin today who was tragically killed by a road accident, but yet everywhere you look people are going oon about Peaches Geldof. Rip to both and godbless there families.

There was a thread about the other lady. But don't let that stand in the way of an agenda or anything.

Gringo180

Timmyctc wrote: »

There was a thread about the other lady. But don't let that stand in the way of an agenda or anything.

Okay thanks.

nocoverart

I honestly couldn't give a crap about celebrities and what they look like and all that boring jizz, but when a human younger than myself and with Two little kids dies! that sh1t makes you realise life is fragile (especially if it was health problems and out of her control)

JP Liz V1

Was it her husband and kids who found her?

CaraMay

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was it her husband and kids who found her?

What does it matter?

JP Liz V1

CaraMay wrote: »

What does it matter?

I'm curious

StompToWork

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was it her husband and kids who found her?

I'm sure some red-top rag will answer that question for you in the coming days. There's a fine line between curiosity and voyeurism.

anniehoo

ibarelycare wrote: »

This is so so sad. Peaches really seemed to have turned her life around since she had her children. You could tell she was a great mother and loved her family dearly.

This is one of those celebrity deaths that has really shocked me RIP

+1 Very shocked at this. Lovely young woman who came across as very bright and articulate in the media. I loved her bohemian style attitude to life and she genuinely came across as a lovely person and mother.

RIP Peaches.

Molloy81

IsMiseMyself wrote: »

A bit morbid perhaps, but I was just going through her Instagram photos. Someday, when her kids are older, at least they'll have all the photos she took of their lives together--perhaps it might one day offer a tiny comfort.

My own mother passed away when I was very young and I've always valued photos and that kind of thing.

Nothing morbid about this post. I lost my Dad in a horrible way as a kid. I have only ever had one photo of him and he is looking sideways in it! I vaguely remember his face but get so distressed as I get older feeling like I cannot remember and afraid to forget. I would give up everything I own to see just one close up photo of my Dad. I feel for Bob as my own family has been decimated in bad ways too. Its hard growing up without a parent, you feel lonely and left out when you see other kids with theirs. God Bless to her two little ones.

Molloy81

humanji wrote: »

Feel free to be outraged that people are acknowledging someone's death but please don't post about it in this thread.

Thankyou for this post. My Dad was an alcoholic and died very young in a bad way. No matter what he did, he did not deserve to die that way and if someone made jokes about it to me, after I committed murder, I would cry because I still miss him. While some people make fun, we will never see him again.....

zcorpian88

Very very sad to hear about this, a very pretty girl with her whole life ahead and history repeating itself for her two kids.

Feel worse for her Dad, had his wife leave him then had to bury her, and had fierce trouble adopting the youngest child afterwards.

Bob has done so much and cared about people that were starving and worked to keep the poorest people fed and watered and speaks his mind bluntly the way any normal Irish person would and doesn't hold back from it and he keeps having nothing but misfortune.

No parent should ever live to see their child die.

mrsbyrne

frostyjacks wrote: »

Thought Bob's press release was a bit oddly worded - "she was the most bonkers of all of us". Hardly a grieving tribute to his daughter. RTE were trying to link it into the state visit as well on the six one news. Jesus wept, have we lost the run of ourselves.

Is there a website called grievingtributes.com and "bonkers" is not in the list of acceptable platitudes?

mrsbyrne

Gringo180 wrote: »

I find that staement a bit rushed or something and not heart felt. Obviously there hurting but it is worded terribly.

Not heartfelt!? Jesus wept! Max Clifford or his ilk didn't write it so it doesn't fit into your narrow standard of what constitutes a tribute. I despair I really do.

corkonion

I always liked Peaches Geldof, I thought there was an underlying loveliness about her, and I also always believed that it was a heavy cross she carried having lost her Mum at such a young age. I cannot begin to imagine how her family are feeling and especially her Dad, Bob, who has had more heartache in his life than any one person could be asked to bear. My sympathies to her family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

mrsbyrne

Gringo180 wrote: »

I agree and i didnt mean to be so judgemental i was just giving my thoughts on the statement sorry if i caused offence it wasnt meant.

You find the use of the word dead "harsh". We'll here's the thing. My father, and my mother in law did not ,"pass". Pass where? They died. And they are now dead. This may come across as harsh, but you will die and I will die and then we will be dead. In actual fact gringo its the only thing you or I can be certain of.
But I'm sure Bob didn't realise that dead dying and died are now politically incorrect words.

yellow hen

I feel irrationally upset about this. I'm not a sensationalist sort of person but I have been crying on and off since I heard this news. Everytime I think of those little boys calling for their mama, I just break down. I can't imagine how her family are coping. I know young mothers die every day of the week but in this instance, I was used to seeing peaches with her children and I guess you begin to see the reality of death. It's just dreadfully dreadfully sad.

jimgoose

Poor kid. RIP.

amdublin

25!!! Too too young.

amdublin

Tragic. RIP Peaches.


That family has been through so much.
Bob losing his mother aged approx. 13 I think?
Peaches losing her mother age 11.
Now her boys losing their mother age 1 and 2.

Sugarlumps

Very sad, beautiful looking woman. Devastating for all involved.

Ann Landers

iguana wrote: »

I defy anyone with a nearly 2 year old and a nearly 1 year old (and several dogs) to not look "pretty addled" most of the time.

Well, she looked painfully thin, it wasn't just looking addled. She might have been ill, for all we know.

Hitchens

mrsbyrne wrote: »

In actual fact gringo its the only thing you or I can be certain of.
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.........and Taxes

Woodville56

Spexy wrote: »

Well if you were maybe as old as I am :-) you would realise the connection we have with Bob Geldof (an Irish man) and what great work the man did. He orchestrated Live Aid and did more for our awareness of poverty in the Third World than anybody else ever did or ever will. He selflessly arranged one of the biggest charity events in the world, and is behind that wonderful song, Do they know it's Christmas. He is/was also the lead singer of the Boomtown rats and we should and are proud of him.
It's so sad that he has lost his daughter now, after the tragic loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death at the time. He has had a lot of heart ache, and I feel a lot of sympathy for him, and why wouldn't they talk about it on tv ?

Indeed I was around for LiveAid and beyond ! And yes I am aware of Bob Geldof's unequalled humanitarian work for Africa. But the point I'm making is that the attention afforded this tragedy here on Irish media is, my view, way over the top and in no small part voyeuristic and self serving - last night it was given extensive coverage on each edition of RTE news , Prime Time and this morning on Morning Ireland, the News again and now The John Murray programme and no doubt a bit later on Sean O'Rourke. Yes her death is tragic and sad as is the death of any young person, particularly if the leave a young family behind. But just because she is the daughter of a celebrity and a media darling in her own right doesn't require ad nauseum coverage of her passing and a voyeuristic interrogation of (and speculation on) her personal life and demise in the name of public interest . I wish her family well and that her spirit finds peace but I don't need wall to wall coverage of any personal tragedy , be it Peaches Geldof or whoever ! Life goes on, there's more important issues requiring public service airtime !

sadie06

Woodville56 wrote: »

Life goes on, there's more important issues requiring public service airtime !

I can see where you are coming from, and I find any hint of misery porn distasteful, but this isn't your average celebrity tragedy. Bob is one of our own. He lost his mother when he was very young. His children lost their mother when they were very young, and now his grandchildren have lost their mother when they are only infants.

It's heartbreaking, and not a 'move-along-now' story. I guarantee you that in every canteen, work van and staff room in the country, this is being talked about today. Media coverage reflects that.

dubstarr

I liked her she came across as very warm and loving.The press where always trying to bring her down.And Bob who took on a child from an affair so she could grow up with siblings not many men would do that.Hopefully the heartache stops here for him i dont think he could endure much more.