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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, Peaches Geldof arrives to attend the ETAM's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris. A British coroner has concluded that model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose. Coroner Roger Hatch said Wednesday that Geldof had taken a fatal dose after a period of trying to come off the drug. The 25-year-old daughter of Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof was found dead at her home south of London on April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/C. d'Ettorre, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, Peaches Geldof arrives to attend the ETAM's ready to wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collection presented in Paris. A British coroner has concluded that model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose. Coroner Roger Hatch said Wednesday that Geldof had taken a fatal dose after a period of trying to come off the drug. The 25-year-old daughter of Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof was found dead at her home south of London on April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/C. d'Ettorre, File)

• Model and TV personality Peaches Geldof died from a heroin overdose after relapsing from a battle to give up the drug, a British coroner ruled Wednesday. Coroner Roger Hatch said Geldof, 25, took a fatal dose of high-purity heroin shortly before she was found dead at her home south of London on April 7. An inquest heard that Geldof -- daughter of Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof -- was a heroin addict and had been taking the drug substitute methadone for more than two years in a bid to stay free of the opiate. Her husband, Thomas Cohen, said at the hearing that Geldof had started using heroin again in February. He said he had seen her flushing drugs she had hidden in the loft of their home down the toilet. Cohen found her body when he returned from a weekend away with the couple's 2-year-old son, Astala. Their younger son, 1-year-old Phaedra, was in the house with his mother. Police found heroin and syringes in the house. A forensic scientist said the drug had a purity of 61 percent -- much higher than the average drug sold on the street. A pathologist told the inquest that Geldof's blood contained a high level of heroin, along with traces of codeine, methadone and morphine. There were puncture marks on her arms and legs.

Michelle Dockery and Allen Leech of Downton Abbey say Cupid's arrow is not headed for their characters. While talking to a TV critics' panel in Southern California on Tuesday, the actors said they find it "very funny" that some fans are hoping for a romantic pairing for in-laws Lady Mary Crawley and Tom Branson. Both characters are widowed and have become confidantes in their grief. "Their friendship has really grown," said Dockery, who reminded that at one point her aristocratic TV alter ego couldn't fathom the idea of having a chauffeur marrying her sister. In season five of the British drama, premiering Jan. 4 on PBS, that bond will strengthen as they work to preserve their country estate. "They're after the same thing for Downton. Sustainability," said Leech. "You definitely get the idea they get together on a united front with the idea of making sure Downton is going to be around." It's not all business though, says Dockery, who says they're also "both looking for love." "But not with each other," quipped Leech.

A Section on 07/24/2014

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