Plagued by tragedy in her later life — which included a publicised divorce with UK national treasure Bob Geldof; a drug-fuelled, heartbreak-headed love affair with INXS lead singer Michael Hutchence; and an untimely death in 2000 due to an accidental heroin overdose on her daughter Pixie’s 10th birthday — her legacy has been grieved by many.
Her parents, the showgirl with a genius level IQ of 160, Elaine Smith, and former presenter of ITV’s religious show Stars On Sunday, Jess Yates, had a fractious marriage.
The pair became inseparable following their party meet cute, with Yates joining the Boomtown Rats on tour before beginning a relationship with Geldof.
Then teetotal, she would get up at 5am to fit in a career alongside traditional family life with her husband, the Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof.
The notoriously giant pink, fluffy bed adorned with animal print became the site of one of her big tabloid scandals — but more on that later.
