13. Michael Hutchence And Paula Yates
A tragic love story is not always about true love ending in death. This one is about a young child being left without her parents as both of them died within a few years of each other. The way that the lead singer of INXS met his wife was the stuff of legends. Paula became famous for her show The Big Breakfast, where she interviewed people on their bed in somewhat provocative ways. The show was produced by her husband, Bob Geldof. When she interviewed Michael Hutchence, everyone could tell that she immediately fell for him; when on live TV she crossed legs with the star and asked him: ”What are you a big s*x symbol or something?” Bob was no more after that.
In November 1997, tragedy struck the family when the singer hung himself in a Sydney Hotel Room. Originally thought to be a personal s*x act gone wrong, investigators later revealed that it was a suicide, possibly due to a cocaine withdrawal. Coroners found that Hutchence’s fingers were dark with nicotine stains and he had an old cigarette burn so deep that it exposed the bone. At the time he was involved in a bitter custody battle with Bob Geldof over Paula’s children. Michael had told his friends that he planned to divorce Paula but he just wanted to make sure that their 16 month old daughter never ended up in Bob’s hands. He hated the man that much. A couple of years later, Paula died. Michael did not get his wish as custody of his daughter went to Bob Geldof anyways.
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