--- title: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose description: Just like her mother, the 25-year-old television presenter died of a heroin overdose, British media reports canonical: https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/ author: Michelle Arrouas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-01T06:42:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:35:51.883Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose og:description: Just like her mother, the 25-year-old television presenter died of a heroin overdose, British media reports og:url: https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e97219454a647a/69868d55e53aba7f9a4d25e4/peaches-geldof-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Peaches Geldof on Feb. 25, 2014 in Paris. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose twitter:description: Just like her mother, the 25-year-old television presenter died of a heroin overdose, British media reports twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e97219454a647a/69868d55e53aba7f9a4d25e4/peaches-geldof-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Report: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas May 1, 2014 6:42 AM CUT  Peaches Geldof on Feb. 25, 2014 in Paris. Peaches Geldof on Feb. 25, 2014 in Paris.Julien Hekimian—Getty Images by [Michelle Arrouas](/author/michelle-arrouas/) ## Michelle Arrouas May 1, 2014 6:42 AM CUT Peaches Geldof [died](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4077697.ece "undefined") from a heroin overdose, according to a coroner’s report due to be released on Thursday and obtained by the London _Times_. The 25-year-old television presenter and former model was [found](http://time.com/52146/peaches-geldof-dies/ "undefined") dead in her home near London last month. The daughter of Irish musician Bob Geldof, she shared the same tragic fate as her mother, British television personality Paula Yates, who died from a heroin overdose when Peaches Geldof was 11 years old. Geldof left behind her husband Thomas Cohen and two sons. \[[_The Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4077697.ece "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/"},"headline":"Report: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose","datePublished":"2014-05-01T06:42:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:35:51.883Z","description":"A coroner's report to be released on Thursday is expected to show that the 25-year-old television presenter and socialite, daughter of Irish musician Bob Geldof, died of a heroin overdose last month, just as her mother did nearly a decade and a half ago","url":"https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/","keywords":["celebrities","Death","U.K.","london","Heroin","Model"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e97219454a647a/69868d55e53aba7f9a4d25e4/peaches-geldof-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michelle Arrouas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/michelle-arrouas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0e97219454a647a/69868d55e53aba7f9a4d25e4/peaches-geldof-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Peaches Geldof on Feb. 25, 2014 in Paris.","caption":"Peaches Geldof on Feb. 25, 2014 in Paris.","creditText":"Julien Hekimian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/83734/reports-peaches-geldof-died-from-heroin-overdose/","name":"Report: Peaches Geldof Died From Heroin Overdose"}}]}] ```