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Peaches Geldof
Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof (13 March 1989 – 7 April 2014) was an English Writer, TV presenter, and model. Geldof was born in London on 13 March 1989 the second daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates and the granddaughter of Hughie Green. Peaches Geldof embarked on a media career at the age of 15, when she began writing a column for Elle magazine. She left home at 16 and went on to contribute to the Telegraph and the Guardian, as well as TV shows including ITV2's OMG! with Peaches Geldof. She also worked as a model.
She grew up in Chelsea, London, and Faversham, Kent, and was educated at Queen's College, London. Geldof was 11 when her own mother died of an accidental drug overdose in September 2000. In September 2012 Geldof said she did not come to terms with her mother's death for several years. After moving out of her father's house at eighteen, Peaches rented a flat in Islington, North London. She completed her A-Levels and was offered a place to read English at Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. Peaches Geldof was married to musician Thomas Cohen, with whom she had two sons, Astala, one, and Phaedra.
Peaches Geldof died at age 25 on April 7, 2014 in her apartment near Wrotham in Kent, leaving a husband and two sons.
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