Peaches geldof dead

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Just been on Bbc news

I couldn't imagine the pain they are all feeling right now, but right now I feel for Bob Geldof the most. His grief must be beyond compare. I hope her sons turn out to be strong enough to overcome adversity (the loss of their Mum), but oh to lose a child.

I feel for the whole family, an unimagineable sad time.

That sounds awful as if Bob Geldof is feeling the grief more than the rest of the family. That is not what I mean, I feel for him and hope they all come out the other side of grief intact.

I bet tonight has been horrendous, she co slept didnt she so the babies are going to be lost

I just wanna scoop dd's in my bed

Celebrity deaths have never given me as much food for thought as this. Im trying to aeticulate without offending anyone.

I'm hoping there's no truth in what I've read elsewhere, that Peaches and Bob weren't speaking.

I never do the 'no speakers' now as we've lost people ridiculously early in my family and I know life's just too short.

Peaches, such a sweet spirit. Another candle in the wind, living life with such intensity; now burnt out. I knew you for a few months when you were younger, and you were indeed clever, kind, funny; I have always remembered the kind words you said to me once when you yourself were so young to be carrying such a heavy burden.

Good night, sweet princess, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

So so desperately sad. Never ever have felt emotional at the death of a 'celebrity' really, but it was her obvious devotion to her two boys that singled her out, particularly in this culture where it's often viewed as a weakness to put your role as a mother ahead of anything else-look at the usual 'Doesn't she look like the opposite of a mother great?' type headlines we're subjected to when some WAG is out clubbing in their skinny jeans three weeks post-birth.

Am 32 weeks pg with DC3 so hormones might be a bit to blame, but have tears streaming down my face, and think I'm going to cuddle up with my own little boys for the rest of the night now. RIP Peaches

So so sad and shocked to read this tonight - poor family. Poor girl too - whatever happened, it's a tragedy. :(

So shocking. Such a vivacious, beautiful woman. The photo she put on twitter is the saddest photo I've seen for a while - both died so young - Peaches painfully so.

My heart goes out to her family.

Those boys will be her legacy. I too am not upset by most celeb deaths however she didn't outwardly court publicity. I used to enjoy watching her mother on the tube and big breakfast, very clever funny woman and don't want to put anything negative about someone who can't defend themselves. Peaches looked like she had a bright future and although I wasn't a young mum I was fortunate to have one who was eloquent, sometimes fun but sometimes troubled like we all can be.

So moved by this. Poor girl has looked terribly thin in recent pictures. Very, very sad.

Can't stop thinking about this tonight. She was the same age as my sister and just a few years younger than me and my DH and I feel like we are all just "starting out". Tragic doesn't even cover it.

I keep thinking about how my own DD, almost exactly the same age as her younger one, simply won't go to sleep without me there, cries every time I leave the room etc, and how horribly sad and confusing it will be for them. My heart goes out to those boys and to her husband who will have to try and fill the gap while grieving himself.

Such sad and shocking news. Peaches was such a beautiful girl and had everything to live for.

My heart goes out to her beautiful boys, her loving husband, her doting dad and her gorgeous sisters. Peaches can rest peacefully with her mum up in the stars.

I just feel so sorry for Astala and Phaedra but I'm sure they'll know what a wonderful mum they had.

I can't stop thinking about her/the boys/the whole family. So so sad, her babies are still so little. I'm not usually affected by celebrities as such but its the fact that she was doing so fantastically as a mother and genuinely seemed so devoted and in love with her babies. I just feel so sorry for them all, it makes me well up every time I think about them. Rest in peace Peaches but I also hope that the family are able to come to terms with this tragedy in time.... me heart weeps for them all.

I too am horrified at the "boys will forget her" comment. My DH died just before my son was five and he has never forgotten him. He has been deeply troubled by it and I hope that Tom accesses Winston's Wish for the boys when they need it!

Didn't think I would be affected by this but I am. It goes without saying that this is tragic for her family, but I remember the news of her birth.

It's not a tragedy for me as I am not a member of her family/friends, however, when a famous person dies young and you recall them being born, it does make you feel a bit strange-you know, that this person lived and died within your conscious lifetime.

The more you think about it the more sad it becomes. Poor, poor Tiger Lily, her father, her mother and now half sister.

Of course they'll miss her - what a daft comment.

But it is fair to say that they're too young to retain long-term memories of her - 10 and 20 months is very different from nearly five. They're younger than the threshold for long memories, aren't they?

But they will be in no doubt of her love for them which has been so well documented during their short lives.

I was 21 months old when I lost my Mum. I have no memories of her, but the loss has defined all my life and relationships. I used to feel jealous of my older siblings who had lots of memories to treasure where I just had an empty hole. To whoever made that comment, not remembering doesn't make it fine.

DM saying no hard drugs found in the house, no suicide note & no obvious signs of injury. We should remember that 'young, healthy people can drop dead, as Jan Moir found to her cost, after Stephen Gately.

I'll say again that I really do no believe she would knowingly take herself away from her family. I just hope the family get answers, and they rally round to raise these little boys.

Peaches did speak in the past about her MIL being a great help, so between the two sides, they shouldn't be short of love.

Still can't believe it though :(

"They're younger than the threshold for long memories, aren't they?"

Yes, but the part of the statement that I most abhor is the "they'll be fine" part of it.

How can anyone know know they will be fine? In the short term, they will probably be confused, distraught, upset. In the long term, they will now grow up without their mum. Well documented sentiment, words from family, and photos will never, ever replace having HER.

There are lots of ways young people can die suddenly. Asthma, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmias, stroke - lots of ways to die. We just pretend to ourselves that we're immortal, partly because I think for most if not all parents, the idea of leaving your dcs is something we run away from very fast unless something changes which means you have to try and face that. It doesn't matter what happened to her. What matters is she's dead and her family are grieving and her sons will grow up with photos and other people's memories and none of their own. That's awful. I feel very sad this morning.

Fractured so often, but never broken

I've been thinking about it all night. I think it's because I'm in my forties and remember back to Live Aid etc. and remember the girls been born. I was mesmerised by how she'd grown up into the kind of woman her mum would've been proud of.