Peaches Geldof

It is sad and seems against the natural order when a young woman dies, and is especially sad if she has children. However, my thoughts aren't going out to Bob Geldolf. However, they have recently been with the many people of the Solomon Islands who are bereaved, injured and homeless as a result of the terrible floods.

Such bad news Our thoughts go out to Poor Bob Geldolf who has now lost two members of his Family.

My husband had four children, including our two, sadly his eldest son from his first marriage died of sudden adult death syndrome nearly 10 years ago, so we are very aware of this disorder. He is wondering whether this is what had happened to Peaches. However, it seems in her quest to be very thin she frequently embarked on some sort of liquidised vegetable diet, eating nothing else for prolonged periods of time to achieve extreme weight loss. I read somewhere that this sort of dieting is very dangerous in that it can cause cardiac arrest. I believe the results from the initial post mortem are inconclusive and they are awaiting further reports. Whatever the outcome it's a great tragedy, but looking at how fine Peaches looked a few years ago I think it's unbelievably awful that a young women would put herself on a perilous eating regime just to look emaciated.

I saw a picture she posted of herself with dog , she looked very heavy eyed , tired & gaunt
Still youngsters do take it out of you I suppose.
Seems such a shame those little uns are going to be without their Mum!

I saw Peaches on the Sport Relief dogs competition and she didn't look too skinny then. As Iam says she was a busy mum, dashing about - she also had TV commitments and some writing projects on the go. So much to enjoy in her life.

It's strange that she put a photo of herself with her mum just before she died. I did read that it is is actually possible to die of a broken heart [can't remember the facts though].

That's awful Suzied. The shock of such a sudden death is unbelievable. Having no cause of death leaves everyone wondering 'why'?

12 young people under 35 die each week as a result of SADS. My 16 year old healthy niece died of this last year. I know first hand how a sudden unexpected death of a child can affect a family. It is tragic.

Yes, sudden adult death syndrome (SADS) springs to mind.

It is possible for people to just die suddenly with no cause ever being found on autopsy. In fact it is more common than people may think.

The DM on line had a lot of coverage on this tragedy, most of it sympathetic and appropriate. The only thing that rankled for me, was that in two separate articles, the journalist made clear statements about "her slender frame", her "skinny" body. The references were made in the context of discussion about how she "seemed" to given up drugs as a result of the birth of her children. One commented on how thin/skinny she is, despite having given birth to 2 children.

I was a very skinny young woman. I took no illegal drugs, and ate huge amounts of food. I was back in size 10 levi's 2 weeks after my first child was born. Peaches was evidently following the attachment parenting style, which involves feeding on demand, carrying the baby, co-sleeping etc. It isn't hard to accept all this activity, in a young woman who seems naturally slim, is what's kept her from getting fat. If she'd kept her pregnancy weight, she'd have been criticised for that.

Rant over!

Thank you Grannyknot

Such a waste of a young life, however it happened, and more sadness for the family.

I've heard nothing about the children. further details will come out later, I think.

Where were the children??

Elegran, that link doesn't work because of the " at the end I think. Here it is on youtube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnkpulSvv_s&feature=player_embedded

So sad

Irene Clayton put this on her Facebook page (Those who were at the Edinburgh meetup met her when she gave a talk on Scottish Genealogy. She is also president of the Bob Geldof Fan Club)

"Bob played this song on stage for his sister 3 days after she died. I love the words. Never more appropriate than now.

"Let the soil be your soft pillow
The grassy blankets keep you warm
Let the leafy branches cool you
And the blue sky keeps you from all harm
Let the wind keep fresh your memory
Let it blow across the land
Let the rain refresh your spirit
Let the damp earth hold your hand"
Listen here
www.releaselyrics.com/0705/bob-geldof-the-soft-soil/"

So sad and such a shock,Bob Geldof must be devistated poor man has such tragic loss within his family.

Very sad.

Keep thinking back to Paula Yates interviewing Michael Hutchence on the bed on The Big Breakfast which was the start of this whole sad story.

I was also shocked when I saw it on the news - that family have certainly had more than their share of grief in such a short space of time.

Thoughts and condolences to all their loved ones.

Terrible news for the family and so very young. My thoughts go out to those two poor little lambs to whom she was obviously dedicated .

I was very shocked when I heard. In spite of all that has happened the children have seemed to be pretty well balanced and this seems to have come out of the blue. For anyone to die at such a young age is a tragedy, whatever the circumstances.

Babies of 1 and 2 - it is simply tragic.

This is just so sad, Bob is such a lovely personality he doesn't deserve all this tragedy in his life. So sorry for those poor kids. if it is suicide maybe she is having a reaction to Paulas death, it can take many years to have a grieving reaction. We shall just have to wait and see

How very very sad - poor girl. Such a tragedy for the family.