Inquest hears style guru’s suicide was fourth attempt

STYLE guru Isabella Blow killed herself by taking 20 times the fatal dose of weedkiller Paraquat, a coroner ruled yesterday.

Inquest hears style guru’s suicide was fourth attempt

Ms Blow, the fashion director of Tatler magazine, had tried to take her own life at least three times before — by jumping off a bridge, ramming her car into a lorry and overdosing on tablets, her youngest sister Lavinia Verney told the hearing in Gloucester.

Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore recorded a verdict of suicide after hearing the 48-year-old told hospital staff she wanted to die.

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