Peaches Geldof Killed By Heroin Overdose, Coroner Confirms — billboard.com

Model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose after relapsing from a battle to give up the drug, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. Coroner Roger Hatch said 25-year-old Geldof took a fatal dose of high-purity heroin shortly before she was found dead at her home south of London on April 7. An inquest heard that Geldof -- daughter of Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof -- was a heroin addict and had been taking the drug substitute methadone for more than two years in a bid to stay free of the opiate.

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