In Loving Memory of Paula Yates

Born April 24, 1959 - Passed Away September 17, 2000

This memorial website was created in the memory of Paula Yates , born in Colwyn Bay, Conwy on April 24, 1959 and passed away on September 17, 2000 at 41 years of age.

Paula Elizabeth Yates (24 April 1959 – 17 September 2000) was a Welsh television presenter and writer. Yates is best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast. She was the girlfriend of musician Bob Geldof from 1976 to 1986 and was married to him from 1986 to 1996. She was also in a relationship with musician Michael Hutchence from the mid-1990s until Hutchence's death in 1997. Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2000.