Lucy Margaret Mary Birley was a British model, photographer, and socialite.
10 Facts About Lucy Birley
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Lucy Birley's brother is Edward Helmore, a journalist for The Guardian and The Observer.
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Lucy Birley attended Woldingham School and began fox-hunting at the age of twelve.
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Lucy Birley left home at seventeen and moved in with several friends, including actor Rupert Everett.
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Lucy Birley began her career as a fashion model in her late teens.
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Lucy Birley was photographed by Steven Meisel and Robert Mapplethorpe and influenced designers Christian Lacroix, Manolo Blahnik and Philip Treacy.
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Lucy Birley developed her own film and exhibited her work in London.
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Lucy Birley began dating Bryan Ferry after his girlfriend Jerry Hall left him for Mick Jagger.
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Lucy Birley died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on 23 July 2018, aged 58, while on holiday in County Clare, Ireland following what was described by her brother Ed Helmore as "a long battle with depression".
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Lucy Birley's ashes were scattered at her mother's grave in County Clare.