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Paula
Yates
Paula Yates will be remembered as much for
her private life as her public life. In the 80's she was a
common sight on yoof TV progs like The Tube where she was
in her element interviewing rock stars and celebs. However
it's her much publicised marriage to Bob Geldof and affair
with the late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence that brought
her back into the spotlight in the 90's.
The sad and wasteful
death of Paula Yates rocked the Notting Hill neighbourhood
and here we have created some dedicated pages to the life
and loves of Paula.
Paula's Biography
The Days After Paula's
Death
Paula
leaves just under £14k to Tiger Lily - 06/04/01
It has emerged today that Paula Yates left
just £13.956 in her will. She earned a fortune from
her TV career and had assets of nearly £800.000 when
she died, however once her debts were paid off only a fraction
was left.
It
will all go to Tiger Lily her four year old daughter by the
late INXS rocker Michael Hutchence, she believed her three
other daughters Trixibelle,17, Peaches,12, and 10-year-old
Pixie would be well looked after by their father and her ex-husband
Sir
Bob Geldof.
Also stated in her will, she said that Michael Hutchence parents
- who blamed her for his death- should not have access to
Tiger Lily without the approval of her two guardians.
Tiger
will be well looked after financially as she is the sole beneficiary
of her dad's estate worth £25million. She is well looked
after now by Sir Bob Geldof and lives with him and her sisters.
Tiger sole beneficiary of her fathers fortune - 02/04/01
An Australian court has ruled that Heavenly
Hiraani Tiger Lily, daughter of the late Michael Hutchence,
will be the sole beneficiary of his estate.
Arguments had raged over the former INXS singer's
estimated $25 million fortune since he was found dead in a
Sydney hotel room, in November 1997. Paula Yates, Tiger's
mother, died last year of a heroin overdose at her Notting
Hill home.
02/02/01
Courtney to film Paula Yates's life Courtney Love is writing
a film about Paula Yates in which she intends to star. The
American singer and actress, who met Paula just days before
the TV presenter's death, says: 'I was born to play Paula.
This is the role of a lifetime and I promise to do her justice.'
Love, the widow of Nirvana icon Kurt Cobain,
who committed suicide in 1994, is currently working on a script
that will chronicle the TV presenter's extraordinary life
from her teenage years to her untimely death last September.
18/12/00
The house where television star Paula Yates died has
been sold, three minutes after being listed on an estate agents
website. A property investment firm snapped up the mews house
in Notting Hill, for £595,000 within minutes of its
listing on the Winkworth's website.
"They faxed us their bank details without
even being shown around," Winkworth's agent Alex Thompson
said.
The house was sold with most of its contents,
including a two metre poster of Yates' dead lover Australian
rock star Michael Hutchence, photographs of the couple's child
Tiger Lily, and a giant Australian flag on the upstairs terrace.
Cash from the sale is expected to be split
between Tiger Lily, 4, and her three half-sisters from Yates'
marriage to rock star and philanthropist Sir Bob Geldof.
18/12/00
Bob Geldof has been awarded custody
of Tiger Lily Hutchence following the death of his former
wife, Paula Yates, after a High Court battle with the girl's
aunt who also petitioned to care for her.
A judge awarded custody of Tiger Lily, four,
to Geldof at a private hearing this week. The girl had been
orphaned following the death of Paula Yates in september.
Her father, the Australian rock star Michael Hutchence, was
found dead, hanged from the door handle of his Sydney hotel
room, three years ago.
Tiger Lily had been staying with her three
half sisters, Geldof's daughters by Paula until her future
was decided. Geldof was awarded temporary custody of the girl
the day following his former wife's death.
Mrs justice Hogg rejected a counter-application for custody
of Tiger Lily by Hutchence's half sister, Tina Shorr, who
wanted to care for the girl at her home in Burbank, California.
The order will be reviewed in 12 months.
At his home in Sydney, Mr Hutchence, 69, said: "We are
delighted. We feel she she should be with her sisters. Bob
is very pleased. He feels it is the best possible outcome.
We are thrilled because it is the best thing for Tiger. This
little girl has never been happier. She has got her sisters
and has wonderful extended family connections."
05/12/00
The house that Paula Yates lived and died in, at St Lukes
Mews is up for sale. The mews home is being sold with all
its contents for £595.000. It is just as it was the day TV
star Paula died and includes beds, poster of her late partner
Michael Hutchence, handbags and personal photos and possessions.
Paula who died from a cocktail of drugs was
found sprawled across her bed by her four-year-old daughter
Tiger Lily. Potential buyers are walking through her house
as though they were visiting a museum, nothing has been changed
since that very day, children's toys and clothes are scattered
on the floor of the girl's bedroom, mugs and cups and still
on the draining board. Along the walls there are montage of
pictures and photographs of Paula's daughters.
Close friend and agent Belinda Brewin put the house on the
market; she is also representing Paula's estate. She had removed
all of Paula's clothes and the pillow containing Michael Hutchence's
ashes, but nothing else.
"The money from the sale will go into an estate
set up by Paula in her will" Brewin said. The money from the
sale is expected to be divided between Paula's daughters -
who are now all being cared for by Paula's ex-hubby, Live
Aid hero Sir Bob Geldof.
Paula Yates Found
Dead - 17/09/00
Paula Yates, the TV personality and ex-wife of Bob Geldof,
was today found dead at her home. The mother-of-four was discovered
in bed at St Luke's Mews at about 10.15am. Police reports
state "There is no sign of violence or anything like that".
Since the death of her boyfriend INXS singer Michael Hutchence,
Paula has been plagued by depression.
08/00
Paula Yates said she would sue Michael Hutchence's family
if their new biography about him contains defamatory statements
about her. A source close to Paula said "It's highly
unlikely the book (Just A Man; The Real Michael Hutchence)
will have anything nice to say about her, but she won't hesitate
in taking legal action.
25/07/00
Paula Yates and Sir Bob Geldof showed a united front for sports
day at their daughter's school. Also watching and cheering
Peaches, 11, and Pixie, 9, compete in the egg and spoon and
relay races was their three year old half-sister, Tiger Lily.
Other famous faces in the crowd were Duran Duran's Simon Le
Bon and his model wife Yasmin, whose children attend the same
school
05/00
Paula Yates expressed disappointment at the news that the
dispute over her late lover Michael Hutchence's will had been
settled out of court without consulting her. Paula will receive
£400.000 and her daughter Tiger Lily will inherit £2million
when she comes of age. Paula insisted that she did not want
her £400.000 share saying all the money should go to Tiger
Lily.
Paula Robbed At Knifepoint - 18/05/00
Paula bravely chased off two muggers who robbed her best pal
at knifepoint. Paula,40, ran after the men when they snatched
a £7.000 Cartier watch from Belinda Brewin,
Both Paula and Belinda gave
chase, the brave pair caught the yobs as they jumped into
the getaway car, they managed to get the keys out of the ignition
forcing the thiefs to flee on feet. It was then that a male
pal gave chase and forced the yobs to return the watch.
The incident happened outside
Belinda's home in Holland Park, Notting Hill. Paula was quoted
as saying "They were very scary and very big-but they bit
off more than they could chew. We were very frightened but
me and Belinda weren't going to let them get away with it.
We just ran after them and scared them off.
Paula was unhurt but shaken
after the incident, whilst Belinda was treated for cuts and
bruises.
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