Suki Poitier

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Melanie Susan Potier (November 14, 1947 - June 23, 1981), better known as Suki Potier, was an English model.

She was born to Gilbert and Mary (née Moore) Potier in Surrey. She had an older sister Rosemary Sarah (Sally) Potier born February 12, 1946. When she was just a teenager, she modeled for all the great English designers, becoming a favorite of Ossie Clark. At the age of 18, Suki was dating Guinness heir Tara Browne, who was separated from his then-wife, Nicky.

On December 18, 1966, Suki was a passenger in Tara's Lotus Elan when he drove through South Kensington at high rate of speed, colliding with a parked lorry and was killed instantly. Suki was not injured. Part of The Beatles song, "A Day in the Life" is based on this incident.

It was this tragedy that led her to Rolling Stones musician Brian Jones. Suki said, "He gave me a shoulder to cry on and he picked up the pieces and made me feel a woman again". The two dated for approximately two years.

Suki moved in with 27-year-old Brian in the last few months before his death to a fifteenth century farmhouse, which was once the home of AA Milne, creator of the Winnie the Pooh stories. It was there in the swimming pool that Brian, who had by then left the Rolling Stones, drowned mysteriously.

Suki was shattered by Brian's death. Suki remained friends with the Rolling Stones, going to parties with Mick Jagger, attending the Isle of Wight Festival with Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and other members of the Stones camp.

In the Seventies, Suki married a Hong Kong businessman named Robert Ho, with whom she had two daughters, Faye and Sarah. On June 23, 1981, while in Portugal, Suki & Robert were involved in a fatal hit and run crash while returning home to their two children, having had a quiet dinner with Robert's Mother.

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