Paula Yates
Paula Yates is sexy, sassy, smart, funny, talented, and she could flirt for the entire planet. The TV presenter and former wife of Bob Geldof is present for the creation of some of the most pivotal events in pop history, Band Aid and Live Aid.1
Bono and his wife Ali Hewson have issued a press release after the untimely death of Bob Geldof’s ex-wife was found dead on Sunday in her home in London. Paula Yates died due to a suspected drug overdose.2
Description: This is the home where Big Breakfast presenter Paula Yates (24-Apr-1960 - 17-Sep-2000) lived. It’s also where Paula was found dead, at the age of 40, of an accidental heroin overdose, leaving her youngest child an orphan.3
In an unsettled childhood, Paula attended school at Penrhos College, Ysgol Aberconwy. The Yates’ ran the Deganwy Castle Hotel for a time, before moving to a large house in Rowen, Conwy.4
Yesterday Paula Yates seemed to have died a rock’n'roll death - discovered in her bed, apparently having fallen victim to the pills and alcohol that had become too central a part of her life. And one of the most tragic things about it was that no one was that surprised.5
In the months leading up to her birth, Tiger’s mother, Paula Yates, had been in a bitter custody battle over Tiger’s half sisters, with ex-husband, Bob Geldof. Sir Bob’s main cause for concern was the lifestyle Paula was leading with her new partner, Tiger’s father, Michael Hutchence.6