Family mourn Peaches Geldof

Peaches Geldof, who was found dead aged 25 on Monday, was married to a Jewish musician and had only recently discovered her own Jewish roots. T h e daughter of music i a n B o b Geld o f and model Paula Yates, she w a s mar - ried to Thomas Cohen and had two young sons: Astala, one, and Phaedra.

In a statement following her death Mr Cohen said: “My beloved wife Peaches was adored by myself and her two sons.

“I shall bring them up with their mother in their hearts everyday. We shall love her forever.”

In a recent interview, Mr Cohen, the lead singer of the rock band SCUM, told the Daily Mail that his wife was exploring her Jewish background.

He said: “Peaches is Jewish — her grandmother is Jewish — she only discovered it last year. It makes a lot of sense to me. She seems to me like a Jewish woman, the way she thinks and behaves.

“The first present I ever bought her was a Star of David from an antiques shop in Covent Garden. She wears and really loves it.”

The couple got married in September 2013whenMsGeldof publiclyembraced Jewish tradition by posting a picture of herself and Mr Cohen on their wedding night dancing the hora.

Mr Cohen, whose own parents met on a kibbutz in Israel, said: “I’m very proud to be Jewish and a big part of me being a creative person comes from being Jewish. The eccentricity in Jewish musicians really connects with me.”

Last Passover, Peaches Geldof shared photos on Instagram of her own family Seder.

Police are treating the death as “unexplained and sudden”. An autopsy has proved inconclusive and police are awaiting the results of toxicology tests, which are expected to take several weeks.

She was found dead at an address near Wrotham, Kent on Monday afternoon following a call to police from a neighbour.

A grief-stricken Bob Geldof said the family was “beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us.

“What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable?”

Born in 1989, Peaches Honeyblossom Geldof started a media career at the age of 15,writingacolumnforEllemagazine. She also wrote for the Telegraph and Guardian, as well as presenting television shows and working as a model.