Suki Potier
Melanie Susan Potier (born November 14, 1947 in Surrey , † June 23, 1981 in the Lisbon district , Portugal ), better known as Suki Potier , was a British model of the swinging sixties .
Life
Potier was the daughter of Gilbert and Mary (née Moore) Potier and had an older sister, Rosemary Sarah (Sally) Potier (* 1946). As a teenager she was employed by the English Boys modeling agency in London's King's Road, worked for well-known English designers and became a preferred model of Raymond (Ossie) Clark (1942–1996), an English fashion designer who was an important person in Swinging London Role played.
In 1966 Potier went out with the Guinness heir Tara Browne (1945–1966) and eventually became his partner. Tara Browne was a defining figure on the London scene and tried her hand as a businessman. He had been married to Noreen Anne (Nicky) MacSherry (1941-2012) since 1963, but separated from her in 1966. On December 18, 1966, Browne was driving his Lotus Elan with Potier as a passenger through Chelsea when he drove over an intersection with a red light on the main street Redcliffe Gardens at high speed and collided with a parked truck. Browne died immediately at the scene of the accident, while Potier was almost uninjured. The investigation report into Browne's accident in the Daily Mail inspired John Lennon of the Beatles to write a verse in the song A Day in the Life , which was released on the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band .
In 1967 Potier befriended the guitarist Brian Jones (1942-1969) of the Rolling Stones and the two became a couple. They also traveled together, for example to Spain in August 1967 and to Morocco in July 1968 . In November 1968 Jones bought Cotchford Farm in Hartfield , Sussex , and lived there with Potier. In 1969 the couple separated after 18 months together. On the night of July 2-3, 1969, Jones was killed in the property's swimming pool at Cotchford Farm. Jones was dating the Swedish dancer Anna Wohlin at the time, who was also present at Cotchford Farm that night. Although Potier and Jones had been separated for a long time, she attended the funeral in Cheltenham on July 10, 1969 with his parents and sister . The following week she went to Cotchford Farm and found it looted and emptied. Potier remained friends with the Rolling Stones, went to parties with Mick Jagger and attended the Isle of Wight Festival with Keith Richards and Charlie Watts .
In the 1970s, Potier met regularly with Robert Ho (1948–1981), a student at the London Business School . Ho came from Hong Kong and was the eldest son of Stanley Ho (* 1921), one of the richest men in Macau . The two became a couple, married, moved to Hong Kong and had two children, Faye (* 1975) and Sarah (* 1978). During a vacation in Portugal in 1981, Potier and her husband were killed in a car accident. They were driving a Bentley to visit their two children in Cascais after having dinner with Robert's mother, who lived nearby. Faye and Sarah Ho, who were toddlers when their parents died, were raised in Macau by their paternal grandmother. Sarah Ho now works as a jeweler and jewelry designer in London , Faye Ho has stayed in Macau and is involved in charitable organizations.
literature
- Stephen Davis: Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones. Broadway 2001, ISBN 9780767903127 .
Web links
- Rediff Pages: Suki Potier
- Who Dates who: Suki Potier and Robert Ho
- New Statesman: Secrets of the Sixties: London's forgotten It girls who disappeared too soon
- Professional Jeweler: Why Sarah Ho is playing the long game
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potier, Suki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potier, Melanie Susan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1981 |
| Place of death | Lisbon District , Portugal |