A 39-year-old mother-of-two, who was a former tech adviser to David Cameron and the wife of Hollywood producer Bradley Thomas has plunged to her death after “falling” from an LA hotel.
The Oxford-educated consultant and presenter was a British aristocrat who partied with Amy Winehouse a year before she died.
She was found lying dead by the pool area of Hotel Angeleno. She married her husband, the producer of Oscar-nominated Killers of the Flower Moon, in 2018 and had two daughters – Poppy and Grace.
Thomas was the daughter of Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet of Lucknow and his ex-wife Penelope. She enjoyed a privileged upbringing, attending the fee-paying King Edward’s School and Prior Park College in Bath, before studying biomedical sciences at Oxford.
The LA County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death as suicide, citing multiple traumatic injuries consistent with a substantial fall.
Thomas was, for a period, a renowned DJ and played notable event such as the official Grammy Awards after-party, Ibiza Rocks and the Grand Prix.
She mixed with the likes of Amy Winehouse at a Camden party in 2010, and was friends with musician James Blake and his presenter partner Jameela Jamil.
On Monday, following the news of Thomas’ death, Jamil wrote on Instagram: “I lost a friend very suddenly this week. Don’t wait til later. Don’t presume you can just grow old together. Don’t presume the world is fair or makes sense. Dont take anyone or anything you love for granted for a minute.
“My heart is completely and utterly broken and I don’t think I will ever recover.”
She added in the post that she was “supposed to see her a few weeks ago but I was busy with stupid f****** work.”
Thomas enjoyed a varied career. She addressed the United Nations and The World Bank, and was appointed by former British prime minister, David Cameron, as a tech advisor in 2013.
According to TMZ Thomas did not leave a note, however this has not been officially confirmed. It is not known how she met her husband Bradley, however the film he was a producer on Killers of the Flower Moon is nominated for an Oscar.
They were photographed together at the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party on January 13 in Beverly Hills.
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