Tara Palmer-Tomkinson RIP

mansize · 08-02-2017 04:58PM #1

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 · 08-02-2017 05:00PM

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

padd b1975 · 08-02-2017 05:01PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:02PM

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

Noveight · 08-02-2017 05:04PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:04PM

rip

murpho999 · 08-02-2017 05:08PM

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

Why would people in Ireland care?

yerwanthere123 · 08-02-2017 05:12PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:14PM

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

emeldc · 08-02-2017 05:15PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:16PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:18PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:19PM

Very sad!

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

Ferrari3600 · 08-02-2017 05:22PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:24PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:25PM

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... ðŸ˜’

infogiver · 08-02-2017 05:27PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:32PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:33PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:47PM

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 · 08-02-2017 05:55PM

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

Mr. FoggPatches · 08-02-2017 06:02PM

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 · 08-02-2017 06:04PM

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 · 08-02-2017 06:06PM

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 · 08-02-2017 06:12PM

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

KERSPLAT! · 08-02-2017 06:16PM

I know next to nothing about her but 45, Christ

Satriale · 08-02-2017 06:18PM

"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 · 08-02-2017 06:20PM

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

sure weren't we all

RIP

StupidLikeAFox · 08-02-2017 06:23PM

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 · 08-02-2017 06:29PM

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 · 08-02-2017 06:34PM

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'.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson RIP

Comments