Peaches Geldof - only 25

[glenn forger]

FEARLESS ICONOCLAST SAYS "WHO CARES" AFTER YOUNG MOTHER DIES.

Stop being such a Jan Moir.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I was mainly commiserating with @Fnaar...

I always found 'Fanny by gaslight' mildly entertaining ....

 

[Crankarm]

She must have been troubled. Father Huey Green, mother Paula Yates who then moved onto Bob Geldof and then Michael Hutchence for those are the ones we know of. Her mother then committed suicide with heroin overdose following death of Hutchence when she was 11. She did well to make it to 25 no doubt with lots of help from Sir Bob. But what do we know? We'll never get the full story. Spare a thought for those who died equally young or younger today who weren't celebs, rich or famous.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

maybe its not the celebrity per se but the reporting of the death of a 25 year old mother of two that has set the hare running. Take User's example, if we'd heard directly or read in our local paper about someone on our own street dying there would still be the same feeling of sympathy for those left and particularly at such a young age, wondering if there was something going on under the surface that caused it. Its human nature not slavish celeb worship.
Kate O'Mara last week & Mickey Rooney yesterday, less of a kerfuffle that a 67 or 93 year old celebrity has died than a 25 year old.
There is a thread about Bob Larbey passing last week, hardly a current celebrity but a name fondly known to sit com fans of a certain age. Are we not allowed a moment to stop and think and a wee chat on the internet just because what he did for a living got his name on the end credits of some 30 year old TV shows?

 

[shouldbeinbed]

She must have been troubled. Father Huey Green, mother Paula Yates who then moved onto Bob Geldof and then Michael Hutchence for those are the ones we know of. Her mother then committed suicide with heroin overdose <snip>.

Hughie Green was Paula Yates biological father not the father of any of her children and the coronors ruled Paula Yates death not to be suicide but an accidental overdose.

 

[slowmotion]

Yes it's tragic. Today, this week there will have been many other tragic deaths .... They just don't get played-out in the media and won't get our faux sympathy ...

"Grief Lite". It started with Princess Diana.

 

[vernon]

Why not introduce a RIP sub forum to accompany the Cyclist Down sub board? It will clear the Cafe of: idle speculation, arguments, whimsical notions and place the ambulance chasers together in one or two spots out of sight of those who only grieve for friends and relatives.

 

[Beebo]

Poor poor Bob. And on a Monday too.

He could write a song about that.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Why not introduce a RIP sub forum to accompany the Cyclist Down sub board? It will clear the Cafe of: idle speculation, arguments, whimsical notions and place the ambulance chasers together in one or two spots out of sight of those who only grieve for friends and relatives.

I'm sure I'm not alone on the forum, or in wider society society for that matter, as having been affected by the loss of friends and relatives at a young age. I was young when I lost my mother, and my brother passed away at a young age as well. I've lost two very close friends to suicide and several other friends, all under 30, through accident or illness. When a young person, a 25 year old mother of two in this case, tragically looses their life - and because of their celebrity it is reported widely - is it not understandable to feel empathy and be reminded of our own tragic losses and feelings of grief? Is that not part of the grieving process?
I think to be described as ambulance chasers and having it implied that grief felt for people one only "knows" through their celebrity is somehow totally distinct from grief felt towards friends and family, that it somehow doesn't count, is a somewhat crass and insensitive false assertion...

 

[ScotiaLass]

I'm sure I'm not alone on the forum, or in wider society society for that matter, as having been affected by the loss of friends and relatives at a young age. I was young when I lost my mother, and my brother passed away at a young age as well. I've lost two very close friends to suicide and several other friends, all under 30, through accident or illness. When a young person, a 25 year old mother of two in this case, tragically looses their life - and because of their celebrity it is reported widely - is it not understandable to feel empathy and be reminded of our own tragic losses and feelings of grief? Is that not part of the grieving process?
I think to be described as ambulance chasers and having it implied that grief felt for people one only "knows" through their celebrity is somehow totally distinct from grief felt towards friends and family, that it somehow doesn't count, is a somewhat crass and insensitive false assertion...

I was just about to reply but you've said all I wanted to.

 

[Mattonsea]

I'm sure I'm not alone on the forum, or in wider society society for that matter, as having been affected by the loss of friends and relatives at a young age. I was young when I lost my mother, and my brother passed away at a young age as well. I've lost two very close friends to suicide and several other friends, all under 30, through accident or illness. When a young person, a 25 year old mother of two in this case, tragically looses their life - and because of their celebrity it is reported widely - is it not understandable to feel empathy and be reminded of our own tragic losses and feelings of grief? Is that not part of the grieving process?
I think to be described as ambulance chasers and having it implied that grief felt for people one only "knows" through their celebrity is somehow totally distinct from grief felt towards friends and family, that it somehow doesn't count, is a somewhat crass and insensitive false assertion...

+1

 

[rich p]

Yes - it's disappointing that you don't see a lot of Fannys these days.

Our local greengrocer sells waxed Fanny lemons

 

[vernon]

I'm sure I'm not alone on the forum, or in wider society society for that matter, as having been affected by the loss of friends and relatives at a young age. I was young when I lost my mother, and my brother passed away at a young age as well. I've lost two very close friends to suicide and several other friends, all under 30, through accident or illness. When a young person, a 25 year old mother of two in this case, tragically looses their life - and because of their celebrity it is reported widely - is it not understandable to feel empathy and be reminded of our own tragic losses and feelings of grief? Is that not part of the grieving process?
I think to be described as ambulance chasers and having it implied that grief felt for people one only "knows" through their celebrity is somehow totally distinct from grief felt towards friends and family, that it somehow doesn't count, is a somewhat crass and insensitive false assertion...

Death is inevitable and we are all affected by it when it happens to friends and relatives. Most folk prefer to keep their grief private and not broadcast it. I can't extend my empathy to every deceased stranger - I'd be exhausted and an emotional wreck. I'm not being insensitive - just realistic.

 

[vernon]

Our local greengrocer sells waxed Fanny lemons

I drink in Fanny's Ale House in Saltaire.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Our local greengrocer sells waxed Fanny lemons

Residents of Welling can go for a drink here