A leading celebrity biographer has died in a fall from the balcony of her riverside flat in south London.
Writer and journalist Wendy Leigh, 65, who chronicled the lives of famous stars including David Bowie, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John F Kennedy, was found dead on Sunday after falling from her home close to Battersea Power Station.
Ms Leigh, who famously had an affair with press baron Robert Maxwell, had recently spoken of her struggle to come to terms with the death of her mother Marion who passed away at Christmas aged 88.
On May 22 she wrote on Facebook: “Five months today since my mother, Marion died. I wish I could say it gets easier, but the truth is quite the reverse.”
A friend told MailOnline: “She was obviously struggling with the death of her mother. I'm completely shocked and so many people will be sad to hear the news. She was a warm and funny person.”
A prolific writer and biographer, Ms Leigh recently wrote a book on David Bowie, which she said delved into his 'uninhibited and voracious sexual appetite'.
She also shed light on the Nazi past of Arnold’s Schwarzenegger's father in 2008 and wrote bestsellers on John F Kennedy and Patrick Swayze.
Most recently, she interviewed I’m A Celebrity contestant Lady Colin Campbell for the Mail on Sunday following her exit from the jungle and wrote about plans to sell her London flat.
She used to be married and had no children.
