Melanie Susan Potier, alias "Suki".
Melanie Susan Potier , nacio el 14 De Noviembre de 1947 y murio el 23 junio de 1981
mejor conocida como Suki Potier, era un modelo Inglés.
Ella nació en Gilbert . tenía una hermana mayor, Sarah Romero de Sally Potier nacida 12 de febrero de 1946. Como adolescente, ella modeló para todos los grandes diseñadores Ingléses convirtiéndose en un favorita de Ossie Clark. A los 18 años, Suki estaba saliendo con Tara Browne, quien se separo de su esposa de entonces, Nicky.
El 18 de diciembre de 1966, Suki iba con Tara en su Lotus cuando condujo a través de South Kensington a alta velocidad y al chocar con un camión estacionado, Tara murió instantáneamente. Suki no resultó herida. Parte de la canción de los Beatles, "A Day in the Life" se basa en este incidente.
Fue esta tragedia que la llevó a los Rolling Stones, . Suki dijo de Brian Jones: "Él me dio un hombro para llorar y él recogió los pedazos y me hizo sentir una mujer otra vez".
Suki se mudó a los 27 años de edad con a Brian en sus últimos meses antes de su muerte a una granja del siglo XV, que una vez fue el hogar de AA Milne, creador de la Winnie Pooh . Fue allí en la piscina que Brian, murio ahogado
Suki quedo destrozada por la muerte de Brian. siguio siendo amigos con los Rolling Stones, llendo a fiestas con Mick Jagger, asistiendo a la Isla de Wight Festival con Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, y otros miembros de los Stones
En los años setenta, Suki se casó con un empresario de Hong Kong llamado Robert Ho, el hijo mayor del magnate de los casinos Stanley Ho y su esposa Clementina Leitao Ho, con quien tuvo dos hijas, Faye y Sarah. El 23 de junio de 1981, en Portugal, Suki y Robert murieron en un accidente automovilístico en su Bentley en el camino a Cascais, mientras regresaba a casa a con sus dos hijos, de haber tenido una cena tranquila con la madre de Robert, que vivía cerca.
Hoy en día, la mayor hija de Faye es activa en las organizaciones sin fines de lucro de Macao. Un ferviente partidario de los niños, los ancianos, y el bienestar animal, ella es presidenta de la Asociación de Niños de Macao, Directors General de la Asociación de Macao Caridad, Director y Presidente de la Sociedad Protectora de Animales - ANIMA Macao.
Mientras tanto, la hija menor de Sarah Ho es un exitoso diseñador de joyas, que se formó como orfebre en la Universidad Metropolitana de Londres y luego se graduó como gemólogo en el Instituto de Gemología HRD de Amberes, Bélgica. Ella estableció su propia compañía, Joyería Fina SHO, en 2006.
Suki Potier & Brian Jones - July 27, 1967 At London's Heathrow Airport, as they await their flight to Spain, where they plan on vacationing in Marbella (Photo courtesy of Daily Mail Archive)
Suki Potier & Brian Jones - July 27, 1967 At London's Heathrow Airport, as they await their flight to Spain, where they plan on vacationing in Marbella (Photo courtesy of Daily Mail Archive)
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - July 27, 1967 At London's Heathrow Airport, as they await their flight to Spain, where they plan on vacationing in Marbella
Nicky Browne, Brian Jones & Suki Potier - July 27, 1967 At London's Heathrow Airport, as they await their flight to Spain, where they plan on vacationing in Marbella (Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror Archive)
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - August 3, 1967 At Belgian artist Philip Meek's house while on vacation in Marbella
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - August 3, 1967 At Belgian artist Philip Meek's house while on vacation in Marbella (Photo courtesy of Hulton Getty Archive)
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - August 1967 On vacation in Marbella (Photo courtesy of Alamy Images)
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - September 13, 1967 In New York City for a special photographic session for the cover of the Stones' new album, Their Satanic Majesties Request (Photo courtesy of Daily Mail Archive)
Brian Jones & Suki Potier - 1968 In Vienna, Austria (Photo courtesy of Interfoto)
Barbara Jones (Brian's sister), Suki Potier & Brian's parents - July 10, 1969 At Brian's funeral in Cheltenham (Photo courtesy of Daily Mail Archive)
Melanie Susan Potier, a.k.a. "Suki."
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. As 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 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, the eldest son of casino mogul Stanley Ho and wife Clementina Leitao Ho, with whom she had two daughters, Faye and Sarah. On June 23, 1981, while in Portugal, Suki and Robert were killed in an automobile accident in their Bentley on the road to Cascais, while returning home to their two children, having had a quiet dinner with Robert's mother, who lived nearby.
Today, eldest daughter Faye is active in Macau nonprofit organizations. An avid supporter of children, the elderly, and animal welfare, she is Chairwoman of the Macau Children's Association, Managing Director of Macau Charity Association, Director & President of SPCA - ANIMA Macau.
Meanwhile, youngest daughter Sarah Ho is a successful jewellery designer, who was trained as a goldsmith at the London Metropolitan University and then graduated as a gemologist from the HRD Institute of Gemology in Antwerp, Belgium. She established her own company, SHO Fine Jewellery, in 2006.
