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Tara Browne
Tara Browne was another well-known member of the swinging
London set and was an heir to the Guinness family fortune. He had been present
in December 1965 when Paul McCartney injured himself in a moped accident in
which he chipped a tooth. He was a friend of both McCartney and Brian Jones but
is principally remembered for his death.
On 18 December 1966, Browne was driving with his girlfriend,
model Suki Potier, in his Lotus Elan through South Kensington at high speed. It
has been reported that he had been taking LSD with Paul McCartney earlier that
evening. He failed to see a traffic light and proceeded through the junction of
Redcliffe Square and Redcliffe Gardens, colliding with an oncoming car and died
of his injuries the following day. Potier claimed Browne swerved the car to
absorb the impact of the crash to save her life.
John Lennon later recorded this event for posterity when he wrote the song ‘a day in the life’ for the Sgt Pepper album.
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