Peaches' death left me contemplating suicide: Bob Geldof

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Mar 29 2016 | 7:57 AM IST
Singer Bob Geldof has revealed he considered suicide after the death of his daughter Peaches.
The 64-year-old singer was left devastated following the untimely passing of the TV presenter, who died from a drugs overdose in 2014 aged 25, reported Daily Mirror.
"I'd make lists and keep working at the writing of those lists until the upside overwhelmed the downside. In my case I wrote down, 'What's the upside of being alive?' and 'What's the downside of it?' Was it ever really serious? Overall, no. In that moment, though, perhaps it was.
"I had the sanity, luckily, to phone a friend and tell him, 'Look I think I'm just starting to get rationally irrational.' He almost slapped my face (with his tone) and said, 'Don't do anything stupid, stay exactly where you are' and came around very quickly. People talk you through these things."
Geldof also admitted proposing to and eventually marrying his long-term lover Jeanne Marine helped him through his grief after losing Peaches.
"Peaches had just died and I decided that John Lennon, in all his glorious naivety, was right; love is all you need...
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First Published: Mar 29 2016 | 7:57 AM IST

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