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Similar Brian Jones , Tara Browne , Stanley Ho Born 14 November 1947 (age 33), Surrey, United Kingdom | ||
Melanie Susan Potier (14 November 1947–23 June 1981), better known as Suki Potier, was an English Model.
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Tara Browne- A Day In The Life
She was born in Surrey, the younger sister of Sarah Sally Romero Potier (born 12 February 1946). As a teenager, she modelled for many English designers.
In 1966 Suki was dating the Guinness heir Tara Browne. On 18 December 1966, she was with him in his car when he was driving through South Kensington and collided with a parked truck. Tara died instantly; Suki was not injured. The Beatles song A Day in the Life is often held to be based on this incident.
After living with Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones guitarist, she married the Hong Kong business man Robert Ho, eldest son of Stanley Ho, one of the wealthiest men in Macau. She and her husband died in a car crash while on holiday in Portugal in 1981.
The jeweller Sarah Ho is her daughter.