Best-selling celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh has died after falling from the balcony of her riverside flat in London.
The 65-year-old, who famously had a love affair with Press baron Robert Maxwell, was found dead near Battersea Power Station on Sunday morning.
Ms Leigh had struggled to deal with the death of her mother Marion, who passed away last Christmas aged 88.
The writer and journalist chronicled the lives of some of the world's biggest stars including David Bowie, Patrick Swayze, Arnold Schwarzenegger and John F Kennedy.
A former colleague also said: "Wendy was a celebrated writer of books and was especially well known in the States. She had a theatrical approach to life and was noted for her kindness as well as endless enthusiasm and professional determination."
