Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
| Tara Palmer-Tomkinson | |
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Palmer-Tomkinson in June 2007
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| Born |
Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson 23 December 1971 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 8 February 2017 (aged 45) South Kensington, London, England |
| Cause of death | Perforated ulcer and Peritonitis |
| Other names | T.P-T |
| Occupation | Socialite, television personality, model, charity patron |
| Years active | 1995–2014 |
| Parent(s) | Charles Palmer-Tomkinson (father) |
| Relatives | Santa Montefiore (sister) |
Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson (23 December 1971 – 8 February 2017), also known as T P-T, was an English socialite, television personality, model, and charity patron. She appeared in several television shows, including reality programme I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. In 2016 she was diagnosed with a pituitary tumour and an autoimmune condition. She died from a perforated ulcer on 8 February 2017.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire on 23 December 1971, the daughter of Patricia (née Dawson) and Charles Palmer-Tomkinson. Her father represented Great Britain as a skier at the 1964 Winter Olympics. She was the younger sister of author Santa Montefiore. Her mother was of Argentine descent. Palmer-Tomkinson was educated at Sherborne School for Girls in Dorset. After she left school, she worked briefly in the City of London for Rothschilds bank.
In the mid to late 1990s, a weekly column for The Sunday Times appeared under her name. However, this was actually ghostwritten by author Wendy Holden based on Palmer-Tomkinson's "phoned in description of her activities during the preceding week." She subsequently similarly "contributed" to The Spectator, The Mail on Sunday, GQ, Eve, Harpers and Queen, Tatler, InStyle and The Observer sporadically.
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