[Closed] RIP Tara Palmer Tomkinson

A Year older than me, that is crap. RIP.

Sad news. She was a real laugh!

Blimey.

I met the news with indifference.

She will be sadly missed

P-Jay - Member

I met the news with indifference

I assume she'll be missed by those around her, but otherwise....

how did she die?

Officially "unexplained" but the police say that about every death at home until there's a post mortem.

Apparently she had a brain tumour.

Not reported yet but I think had a brain tumour removed a few years ago??? ^^ edit

Famous for being famous but seemed pleasant enough. 45 is no age.

legend - Member

P-Jay - Member

I met the news with indifference

I assume she'll be missed by those around her, but otherwise....

That's the thing isn't it - we mourn famous people because we (not me in this case) mourn the passing of their on-screen / print persona. That's why we mourn TPT and not the Lady 2 streets over we never met.

I always disliked the whole "it girl" thing, it was all about aspiration, but how can you aspire to be born into wealthy society?

Anyway, I’m sure she was a nice person, I’m sure her friends and family are hurting, but me – indifference.

R.I.P. T.P.T. Although I’m sure rest isn’t something you’re unused to.

[quote=legend ] P-Jay - Member
I met the news with indifference
I assume she'll be missed by those around her, but otherwise....

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She liked a bit of charlie as I recall. Seems to be a trend with celeb deaths.

Aaaand... this thread turned ugly quickly.

I'm not asking for gushing sentiment, but maybe just a little decorum?

whenever I saw her on TV she was full of beans

Beans.
Yep, definitely full of, err, beans.

Short life but she managed to cram a lot of fun into it.

Not a name I'd heard in years. I thought she was older than that, rather I didn't think I was so much older than her.

jekkyl - Member
She liked a bit of charlie as I recall. Seems to be a trend with celeb deaths.

Despite his irritating habit of constantly fiddling with his cuffs.

Followed her for a few miles round the North Circular once. Her driving was downright scary, and we were a car or two behind.

She's had quite the life though. Light that burned twice as bright?

RIP

legend » P-Jay - Member
I met the news with indifference
I assume she'll be missed by those around her, but otherwise...

I spoke to her at a cash point a few years ago in south kensington, I told her it wasnt working and she swore, at the time I was struck that she was painfully thin,
she probably thought I was a fat git though

I was brought up to follow the maxim; "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"

To be fair you haven't said anything nice about P-Jay.

Still remember her best, from her stint, on Channel 4's "Big Breakfast"

RIP

Crikey blimey.

I quite liked TPT, thought she had a wicked sense of humour and could out wit most with the blink of an eye.

Sad news that.

The last thing I saw her on was Would I lie To You, and she was clearly off her head.

It seldom seems to lead to a long life.

Unless you are Keith Richards

This is always a tricky one.

On the one hand someone has died, and only 45 and seemed quite pleasant, so that's sad.

On the other they were gifted wealth and decided to spend most of their life shoving class a drugs up their hooter.

I see both sides, but don't see people posting 'meh' is seeking attention.

decided to spend most of their life shoving class a drugs up their hooter.

Well we can pretty much ban all RIP threads for any musicians

Well we can pretty much ban all RIP threads for any musicians

If you ignore their body of work, then of course.

What I was getting at, albeit very badly, is that I think it's perfectly acceptable for someone to have their indifference noted for someone passing, if they don't feel they achieved more than the thousands of people who die every day.

On the other they were gifted wealth and decided to spend most of their life shoving class a drugs up their hooter.

It's a tricky one

Well which bit is "tricky" when deciding whether to show a modicum of respect when learning of the death of someone? Is it that she's taken drugs? Because most people have. Or is it that her dad is rich? Because what's the threshold of wealth, above which you're fair game for snarky, judgemental ****s?

Someone once accused her of taking Prince Williams virginity, her reply made me think she was ok.

" I am a drug addict not a ******* paedophile"

RIP

That's why we mourn TPT and not the Lady 2 streets over we never met.

Actually, when I hear about such things, I mourn the 2-streets-over person as well.

Death always hurts someone.

I am not sure she was ever particularly happy - very sad.

Pretty sure the BBC [i]were[/i] leading with a picture of Tamara Beckwith but have changed it now, wish I'd screen-grabbed it.

As someone who just turned 45 (which is probably the STW demographic) it's no age. RIP.

TPT once got in trouble years ago for flashing her two puppies at the two princes, and you never forget your first pair of boobies 😆 RIP TPT.

They are a lovely family she was fun and game for a laugh, such a shame.

I remember watching some late night chat/music show, probably for a band I liked that was on... Can't remember the show, it was set in a bar, or fake bar. Anyway, she's getting interviewed and baiting the crowd and getting into it and generally being a cool lady, then she mentioned as part of her wasted posh upbringing getting piano lessons and the host says "play for us"... And obviously everyone's expecting fur elise or something. Anyway, she sat down, knocked the lid up and just absolutely wailed into the dirtiest, wildest blues riff you can imagine. Proper blues. So that's what I thought about when I heard the news, unexpected awesomeness from someone that at the time people had written off as a joke.

Also, it took 8 armed police to arrest her one time at heathrow, that's scottish as ****.

Was that The Word?

To be fair you haven't said anything nice about P-Jay.

Might have been Charlie- something like that anyway, I definitely remember it being set in a pub though. But that could be bollocks.

Having a coke habit is never a good approach to enjoying a long life...

Not sure who P-Jay is,

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/profile/p-jay

Not sure if he does rapping, tho.

I doubt it was the tumour, TPTs was treated with drugs and she'd, mrs stainypants is just returning to work this week having had a similar tumour that didn;t respond to drugs surgically removed last September. Not the best of times but a no point did we have any concerns it was going to kill her.

She had other medical and addiction issues which are far more likely to have been the cause than a benign tumour that had cleared up.

RIP Tara Palmer Tomkinson

I'm as saddened by her death as I am by anyone I don't know's death. She was indeed landed gentry, privileged enough to have never worried about earning a crust and may well have imbibed more illicit substances up her nose in a month than most earn in a year - perhaps even a lifetime.

But any death at an age similar to my own is premature and she was a TV personality that I grew up with over the years and, as some here have said, she had more than a bit of joie de vivre and hedonism... live fast, die young perhaps?

(I'm curious to note that her death has not, as yet, been mentioned on Ch4 7pm news.)

Live fast, die middle-aged.

I always found her acutely annoying, but, in fairness, she probably had a LOT more fun than me of an average Saturday night.

Fair Play, TPT. I salute you and your hedonistic example.