Paula Yates was only 40 when she died. She became famous in the 80s for the ground-breaking music show
The Tube, which she co-hosted, often wearing
rubber, with
Jools Holland. She also produced the hilariously tacky book
Rock Stars in their Underpants, which
Andy Warhol called the most important book of the decade. She left behind 3 children with
Bob Geldof, (Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches and Pixie), and
Michael Hutchence's daughter
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, who was only 4 and who found her mother's body.
Paula's death is thought to have been accidental: although she had been seriously depressed since losing Hutchence, her argument against Hutchence's death being
suicide was that he would never have left his daughter.
She was a sharp and sassy lady. Terrible thing, especially for the little girl.