The daughter of Bob Geldof died in a tragic accidental heroin overdose at age 25 in April of 2014.
She was found in the Kent home she shares with her husband, Thomas Cohen and their sons, Astala, three, and Phaedra, two.
Her friends and family were, of course, extremely grief-stricken to hear of their beautiful friends passing, and now – on the two year anniversary of Peaches’ death, her best friend Lily Gutierrez has penned a candid open letter about the late star.
Lily and Peaches met as young girls “in a whirlwind of sleepovers.”
Over the years spent with her other half, Lily gained a close insight about her companion and a world of memories. Her heartfelt essay posted on Motherland.net shares some of these stories.
“I used to have a friend who was a firework of a girl, so brilliant, daring and bright that being near her I often felt I was holding my breath, waiting for her next vivid explosion.”
The beautiful Peaches died at the young age of 25.
“She was a wild, rare thing, always creating chaos,” she continued poetically.
“Her imagination was huge and she told fantastic tales – she was my favourite liar.”
“Two years ago, my dear friend died, but still she visits me in my dreams. Often as bossy and rude as in life, but always hypnotic. Her visits are fleeting, but she always remembers to kiss me on the lips.”
Watch the star’s final interview in the player below. Post continues after the video…
There’s no doubt the pair were inseparable throughout the years.
They moved to New York together, got married just a week apart and even had matching tattoos.
In the moving essay, Lily described herself and Peaches as “twins in the universe”, always on the same page and at the same stage in life, even when it came to the death of their mothers in their childhoods.
Recalling what she will miss most about her late friend, she says: “The thing I miss most about Peaches, above her quick wit and spark, above her ability to mesmerise, is her heart.”
“I miss the heart that she often tried to keep hidden, anyone who caught a glimpse of it knew it was gigantic.”
“How lucky am I that this friend of mine, that I hold in such high esteem, returned my love. That thought alone will always make me smile.”
Peaches’ husband Thomas Cohen was the one to discover his wife in their Kent home.
Just last week, Peaches’ husband spoke out in his first interview since his wife’s death.
Speaking to the Sunday Times, Thomas Cohen, 25, revealed he won’t let his grief define him.
“At the time I was 23. I had two children who needed to be taken care of and, in maybe early June 2014, I started to do that.”
“I just made the decision to start looking after myself and refused to lose myself and become a traumatised, grief-stricken single father who everyone’s going to look at and think I feel all of these things about,” Thomas added.
You can read Lily’s letter in full right here
