Tara Palmer-Tomkinson RIP

mansize

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died at the age of 45 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour last year


One of the original IT girls. Her poor family. RIP

biko

Didn't follow her antics but RIP all the same.

padd b1975

mansize wrote: »

Her poor family.

Indeed.

Her feckless shenanigans must have given them more than their share of sleepless nights down through the years.

mansize

https://twitter.com/bbcbreaking/status/829359385889603584

Noveight

Recognised her face but had to give a Google to see where I knew her from. Her Wiki is tje first place I've ever seen the phrase "it girl".

Rest in peace.

Mr. FoggPatches

rip

murpho999

RIP and all that but what exactly is she famous for?

Why would people in Ireland care?

yerwanthere123

I'm sure there'll be lots of smart comments posted here later, but Tara seemed like a nice person and to die so young is incredibly sad, so rip.

mansize

I always wonder why people post on threads that doesn't affect them, then I remember boardsies

emeldc

murpho999 wrote: »

RIP and all that but what exactly is she famous for?

Why would people in Ireland care?

Prince Charles' god child apparently, among other things.
I always felt she thought she was more important than she really was.

Quazzie

mansize wrote: »

I always wonder why people post on threads that doesn't affect them, then I remember boardsies

The same could be said for you starting this thread.

I always wonder why people start threads about a person that doesn't affect them, then I remember boardsies

Ann22

Very sorry to hear this. I liked her on I'm a celebrity and in other stuff. Her brain tumour was supposed to be benign. Wonder what happened to her?

Ferrari3600

Very sad!

I preferred the other one of the It girls, she had better jugs.

Ferrari3600

Ann22 wrote: »

Very sorry to hear this. I liked her on I'm a celebrity and in other stuff. Her brain tumour was supposed to be benign. Wonder what happened to her?

She took an extended break in Bolivia.

whiskeyman

emeldc wrote: »

I always felt she thought she was more important than she really was.

One of the first people I remember being famous for....eh.... just being famous I guess!
The makers of reality TV shows will have one less 'go-to' applicant after today.
If cause of death is due to brain tumour, it's a sad and scary way to go.

mansize

I started the thread cos I used read her Times Column and was saddened to read of her death.

It's not as if it's one for the coveted boards likes... 😒

infogiver

emeldc wrote: »

Prince Charles' god child apparently, among other things.
I always felt she thought she was more important than she really was.

She was a kind of pre cursor to the Kardashians et al. She had the idea that we working class folk would be delighted to live vicariously through her high jinks.
She gave the gossip columnists something to write about.
RIP

anewme

simply known as TPT - grew up with her bring a celebrity and her wild carry on(she is my age group)


She had problems wth drugs, alcohol and was I suppose the original wild child or IT girl who settled a lot in later years.

Despite her outgoing sassy persona, she came across as vulnerable underneath and a genuine nice person . She accepted her illness with a quiet dignity.

She lived her life to the full.

Rip- 45 is no age

degrassinoel

infogiver wrote: »

She was a kind of pre cursor to the Kardashians et al. She had the idea that we working class folk would be delighted to live vicariously through her high jinks.
She gave the gossip columnists something to write about.
RIP

I need you to write my epitaph when the time comes.

JP Liz V1

infogiver wrote: »

She was a kind of pre cursor to the Kardashians et al. She had the idea that we working class folk would be delighted to live vicariously through her high jinks.
She gave the gossip columnists something to write about.
RIP

UK's Paris Hilton

RIP

andekwarhola

Got my hopes up. Was confusing her with Gavin Lambe Murphy.

Mr. FoggPatches

anewme wrote: »

simply known as TPT - grew up with her bring a celebrity and her wild carry on(she is my age group)


She had problems wth drugs, alcohol and was I suppose the original wild child or IT girl who settled a lot in later years.

Despite her outgoing sassy persona, she came across as vulnerable underneath and a genuine nice person . She accepted her illness with a quiet dignity.

She lived her life to the full.

Rip- 45 is no age

If I was laying there dead on some Baltimore street corner, I'd want it to be her standing over me, catching the case. Because, sister, when she was good, she was the best we had.

andekwarhola

infogiver wrote: »

She was a kind of pre cursor to the Kardashians et al. She had the idea that we working class folk would be delighted to live vicariously through her high jinks.
She gave the gossip columnists something to write about.
RIP

To be fair her column was kinda amusing, albeit in a semi appalling way. Very much of its time.

jimgoose

She was like a sort of girlie Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. Only real. There was no great harm in her. RIP Ms. PT.

red ears

She had some sort of rare auto immune disease and a non malignant brain tumor.

KERSPLAT!

I know next to nothing about her but 45, Christ

Satriale

"Celebreeties" usually give me the sh1ts, but any interviews i saw she seemed like a gas cailín, I'd have gone on the lash with her.

SEPT 23 1989

she seemed to be permanently out of her box in the mid-late 90's

sure weren't we all

RIP

StupidLikeAFox

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

Alternative thread title.
Resources freed up for for worthwhile person.

Oh and rip, I suppose.

I get that people can be indifferent to celebrity deaths, but this is pretty harsh

Neyite

She didn't die of a brain tumour. It's not one that you die of. The cause of death is unexplained.

She had an auto-immune condition and late last year she was diagnosed with a prolactinoma. It's a benign growth on the pituitary gland which something like 10% of the population have. It's easily treated with a single tablet a day or fairly straightforward surgical removal if it grows large enough to impact on the optic nerve.

I've the very same prolactinoma. About 10% of you have and may never know you have one. It's quite unimpressive by brain tumour standards.

Mr. FoggPatches

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

I get that people can be indifferent to celebrity deaths, but this is pretty harsh

I hold my hands up. Fair enough, you can remove the 'I suppose'.

coffeepls

Sorry to hear of her passing! I used to envy her lifestyle - she's near enough my age and she had some party life. 45 is too young to die. Ah TPT.
Shame. RIP.

PowerToWait

Her column in the ST was a bit of a guilty pleasure 15 years ago. Very desirable posh totty.

RIP.

Summer wind

She had a lot of fun back in the day trying to corrupt William and Harry. Always seemed a nice lady. Sad to hear of her dying so young. May she Rest In Peace.

Winterlong

PowerToWait wrote: »

Her column in the ST was a bit of a guilty pleasure 15 years ago. Very desirable posh totty.

RIP.

I was gutted when it was revealed it was ghost written.

God love her, she seemed like a bit of craic and seemed to have gotten over that drink/coke binge during her 20s. She was a dab hand at the piano too.

g2020

Meh.

Harry Palmr

The original It Girl was Clara Bow so TPT was not one of them.

mfceiling

I liked her. She seemed good value and didn't take herself too seriously. Hope the next life is as good to her. RIP.

mansize

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The original It Girl was Clara Bow so TPT was not one of them.

I stand corrected


It was only ghost written in the Sense she phoned it in and the columnist made it PG13

mark13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMWQxeJIrM

beertons

PowerToWait wrote: »

Very desirable posh totty.

RIP.

This.

Terrible news all the same.

KERSPLAT!

g2020 wrote: »

Meh.

8 years and just 15 posts and that's all we get. Why bother posting if you don't care.

AH, you puzzle me.

pauliebdub

She seemed like a nice bubbly person who enjoyed life and had fun though there was obviously a darker side with demons such as drug addiction. I used to love reading her Sunday Times column back in the 90s and wished I had a fabulous life back then.

RIP Tara.

KKkitty

45 is way too young to die It's a tragic loss for her poor family. She always seemed so full of life and enjoyed it. R.I.P. Tara.

Sam Kade

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I know next to nothing about her but 45, Christ

Yeah, people can die at any age, such is life.

LordSutch

mansize wrote: »

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died at the age of 45 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour last year

Her poor family. RIP

Holy crap, this is the 1st I've heard of this.

shocked.

Surreptitious

It's terribly saddening. I always thought she was very glamorous and have a devil may care attitude about her. She was also very pretty. RIP.

bnt

https://twitter.com/JeremyClarkson/status/829397350401658888

Stheno

I read the first page and skipped to the last post and didn't bother reading.

This lady was close to me in age, and in her time was a real IT girl.

She grew up, dealt with her drug addiction, was vocal about it and just as life seemed to be getting good, she has died.

When I heard the news earlier I was genuinely sad, not for me, or her family, but for her, and everything that she might have done were she still here.

I hope she is now at peace

Irish Guitarist

LETHAL LADY

mark13 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REMWQxeJIrM

RIP to the lady. She always seemed up for fun in interviews. On a side note though, is that Karl Pilkington at 3.26 in the video?