Tara Browne
| The Hon. Tara Browne | |
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| Born |
4 March 1945 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 18 December 1966 (aged 21) London, England |
| Nationality | British/Irish |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Known for | Guinness fortune heir |
Tara Browne (4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was a young London socialite and heir to the Guinness fortune. According to some sources, he was the inspiration for the Beatles song "A Day in the Life".
Browne was the son of The 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, an Anglo-Irish peer and a member of the House of Lords since 1927 who later became famous for having served in that house longer than any other peer, finally being evicted during government reforms in 1999; and Oonagh Guinness, an heiress to the Guinness fortune and the youngest of the three "Golden Guinness Girls". One of his older brothers was The Hon. Garech Browne, of Luggala, County Wicklow in Ireland, an enthusiast of traditional Irish music and a founder of The Chieftains, Ireland's leading group of traditional musicians.
Tara Browne was a member of Swinging London's counterculture of the 1960s.
The life of Tara Browne is captured in the biography by author Paul Howard in "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy" published in 2016.
On 17 December 1966, Browne was driving with his girlfriend, model Suki Potier, in his Lotus Elan through South Kensington at high speed (some reports suggesting in excess of 106 mph/170 km/h). He was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time. Browne failed to see a traffic light and proceeded through the junction of Redcliffe Square and Redcliffe Gardens, colliding with a parked lorry. He died of his injuries the following day. Potier claimed Browne swerved the car to absorb the impact of the crash to save her life.
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