Peaches died in spring of a heroin overdose

Oct 16, 2014 17:41 GMT  ·  By

Some time has already passed on the grief-stricken Geldof family after the tragic death of Peaches Geldof in April at just 25 years old, but her father Bob Geldof, the famous musician, is still feeling the pain.

During a recent interview quoted by Radar, the Live Aid musician reveals that he bears the guilt of his daugther's demise to this day in his heart, “You blame yourself. You're the father who is responsible, and clearly failed.”

Bob Geldof feels that he didn't do enough to prevent the death of his daughter due to a drug overdose

The musician is referring to the fact that he was aware of Peaches's drug addiction but that he didn't take the necessary measures to ensure that it did not threaten her life. He claims that he tried on several occasions to help his daughter deal with her drug addiction.

“I knew about it, and we did more than talk about it, yeah,” he says now with a pained expression, adding that his daughter was very smart but powerless to battle her drug demons, though she tried very hard.

Her father claims that Peaches had been battling addiction for years but it finally defeated her

“She knew what life was supposed to be, and God bless her, she tried very hard to get there. And she didn’t make it,” Geldof adds grimly. He also confesses that he was constantly second-guessing himself after Peaches died, wondering if there wasn't something more he could have done to prevent the tragedy.

Peaches had been clean for some time prior to her death, but it was later revealed that she had been taking methadone since 2011 in an effort to cut her addiction to heroin. Her death came as she decided to inject herself with what turned out to be an extremely potent batch of the drug.

Coupled with her frail body due to an especially strict diet she was on, Peaches' heart simply gave out, and she was found dead in her home, with her infant son in the other room.

The grieving father reveals how playing music in the last couple of months has been therapeutic but also a cathartic process. He compares it with using a memory stick, “I insert it back into an available slot in my brain space and that allows you to deal with it.”

Peaches was buried in an all-white coffin, painted with puffy clouds, images of peach fruit hanging off branches, as well as cartoon depictions of her family. She left behind her husband, Thomas Cohen, and their two children, Phaedra and Astala, not to mention a guilt-ridden father who will take years before he recovers from the shock of losing his daughter.