Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (2007)

Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson (born December 23, 1971 in Hampshire , England - † February 8, 2017 in London ) also known as T PT , was a British It girl , television presenter and fashion model.

Life

Palmer-Tomkinson was the third and youngest child of Charles and Patricia (nee Dawson) Palmer-Tomkinson. As a child she lived on the family estate in Dummer near Basingstoke in Hampshire . Her father took part in the 1964 Olympic Games as an alpine skier . Palmer-Tomkinson went to the Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset . After graduating from school, she began a course in dance and theater at the London Studio Center. Then she worked for a short time for a Rothschild Group bank in London and began working as a fashion model.

Work as a writer

In the second half of the 1990s, a weekly column appeared in The Sunday Times under her name. The column was ghostwritten by Wendy Holden and based on what Palmer-Tomkinson said over the phone the week before.

In September 2007 her book The Naughty Girl's Guide to Life was published by Sphere , which she had written with Sharon Marshall. It was reprinted in The Sunday Times Style Magazine .

In October 2010, Pan Books published her first novel Inheritance . But there was also a ghostwriter behind this book.

TV appearances and other activities

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson by Paul Harvey

In 2002, Palmer-Tomkinson was a participant in I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and reached second place there. In November 2005, Palmer-Tomkinson reported for the third time as a background reporter on the series I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! .

Palmer-Tomkinson played the piano and performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the National Symphony Orchestra , the Royal Albert Hall and the London Coliseum at a Leonard Bernstein show. She hosted the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2005. She wrote the pop song 5 Seconds which she performed in Loose Women .

From 2013 to 2014 she was the patron of the Scottish charity Speur Ghlan, which cares for young children with autism or developmental disabilities.

Private

Palmer-Tomkinson's family has close ties to the British Royal Family . Her father was the ski instructor of Charles, Prince of Wales and her family took him on regular skiing holidays. She was a guest at his wedding to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and at the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton .

In 2004 Paul Harvey's painting by Palmer-Tomkinson was exhibited on The Stuckists Punk Victorian Show at Walker Art Gallery for the Liverpool Biennial .

In 1999, her parents paid her a month's stay in a clinic in Arizona where she was being treated for cocaine addiction . In 2006, her nasal septum was destroyed after prolonged cocaine abuse. She had this restored through an operation.

On February 8, 2017, Palmer-Tomkinson was found dead in her apartment. As her sister announced after the coroner's report , she died of peritonitis as a result of a ruptured ulcer .

Web links

Commons : Tara Palmer-Tomkinson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Stephen Bates, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson obituary. In: The Guardian. February 9, 2017, accessed February 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Andrew Walker: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson: Still got It? , in: BBC News, August 30, 2002, accessed February 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ It-girl Tara backs autism charity. In: The Herald Scotland. November 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ Caroline Davies, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, socialite and TV personality, dies aged 45 in: The Guardian , February 8, 2017, accessed February 8, 2017
  5. ↑ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, 1971-2017: 'a broad with a broad mind'. In: The Spectator . February 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ Author Wendy Holden is tickled by class acts. In: The Journal. July 9, 2011.
  7. ↑ 'About Me' - Wendy Holden's website.
  8. ^ Wendy Holden in the Times Educational Supplement. August 4, 2008.
  9. ^ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Sarah Marshall: The Naughty Girl's Guide to Life . Sphere, 2007, ISBN 1-84744-137-8 .
  10. ^ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Sharon Marshall: The naughty girl's guide to life. In: The Sunday Times . women.timesonline.co.uk, August 13, 2007, archived from the original on December 5, 2008 ; accessed on April 13, 2011 (English).
  11. ^ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson: Inheritance . Pan Books, London 2010, ISBN 978-0-330-51326-5 .
  12. ^ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson takes the honest approach In: The Daily Telegraph . October 23, 2010.
  13. ↑ Jason Deans theguardian.com ITV holds high hopes for I'm a Celebrity In: The Guardian, April 28, 2003, accessed February 10, 2017
  14. ^ Sarah Deen: Vicky Pattison confirmed to replace Laura Whitmore on I'm A Celebrity spin-off. In: Metro. September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Jamie Wilson, 'It girl' Tara to make her debut as solo pianist In: The Guardian, December 19, 2000, accessed February 10, 2017
  16. ↑ Lucy Cavendish, My life is so lonely In: London Evening Standard , May 9, 2005, accessed February 10, 2017
  17. ^ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - WINNER . Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  18. ↑ a b Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - the ultimate It girl in pictures on: BBC News February 8, 2017.
  19. ^ Tara PT named as charity patron . In: Paisley Daily Express , November 1, 2013. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved on December 1, 2013. 
  20. ↑ It-girl Tara backs autism charity .
  21. ↑ Guests arrive for The Royal Wedding: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson . In: Classic FM . Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  22. ↑ Frank Milner (ed.): The Stuckists Punk Victorian. National Museums Liverpool 2004, p. 76, ISBN 1-902700-27-9 .
  23. ↑ Sky News: Tara's Drugs Ban. ( Memento from May 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  24. ↑ Nicola Harley, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson died of 'natural causes - a perforated ulcer', socialite's sister reveals , in: The Daily Telegraph , February 15, 2017
  25. ↑ Alice Ross, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson died peacefully in her sleep, says family , in: The Guardian, February 15, 2017, accessed February 16, 2017
  26. ↑ Tara Palmer-Tomkinson tumor riddle , in: Der Spiegel , February 15, 2017, accessed on February 16, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara Claire (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British it girl, television presenter and fashion model
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd December 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampshire , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2017
Place of death London , England , UK