Tara Browne (March 4, 1945 – December 18, 1966) was a young London socialite and issue of peerage as a member of the Irish aristocratic family of Oranmore & Browne, whose untimely death in 1966 was immortalized in song by John Lennon of The Beatles. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... A socialite is a person (male or female, but more often used for a woman) of social prominence who spends a significant amount of his or her time and resources entertaining and being entertained. ... For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...

Browne was the son of Dominick Browne, the 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, a member of the House of Lords since 1927 who later became famous for having served in that house longer than any other peer, finally being evicted during government reforms in 1999; and Oonagh Guinness, heiress to the Guinness fortune and the youngest of the three "Golden Guinness Girls". One of his older brothers was the Hon.Garech Browne, of Luggala, County Wicklow in Ireland, an enthusiast of traditional Irish music and a founding member of The Chieftains, Ireland's leading group of traditional musicians. Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, in the Peerage of Ireland (created 1836), 2nd Baron Mereworth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (created 1926) Lord Oranmore and Browne, born The Hon. ... The title Baron Oranmore and Browne, of Carrabrowne Castle in the County of the Town of Galway and of Castle Macgarrett in the County of Mayo, was created in 1836 in the Peerage of Ireland. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Guinness logo World War II era advert. ... Garech Browne (b 1939) is a wealthy patron of Irish arts, notably traditional Irish music. ... An Irish band playing in the Hetzel Union Building, Penn State University. ... The Chieftains are an Irish musical group founded in 1962, known for performing and popularizing Irish traditional music. ...

Tara Browne was a member of Swinging London's counterculture of the 1960s. He was known to use drugs recreationally, and had befriended several contemporary rock musicians, such as Paul McCartney. Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer (top left) in Adam Adamant Lives! (cover of VHS video, 1991) Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational purposes rather than for work, medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...

On December 18, 1966, Browne was driving with his girlfriend, model Suki Potier, in his Lotus Elan through South Kensington at high speed (some reports suggest in excess of 106 mph/170 km/h). It is not known whether he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. He ignored or failed to see a traffic light and proceeded through the junction of Redcliffe Square and Redcliffe Gardens, colliding with a parked lorry and was killed instantly. Potier was not injured. In the Gregorian Calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), at which point there will be 13 days remaining to the end of the year. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible automobiles and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. ... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... Traffic lights can have several additional lights for filter turns or bus lanes. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Škoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other articles with similar names, see Lorry (disambiguation) and Truck (disambiguation). ...

Presumably the next day, John Lennon was composing songs at his piano and idly reading London's Daily Mail while doing so when he discovered the news of Browne's accident. He worked the story into the song he was composing, which was later released on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as the song "A Day in the Life". The first verse features the lines: The Daily Mail is a British, tabloid newspaper, first published in 1896. ... For other uses, see Sgt. ... A Day in the Life is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded for The Beatles album Sgt. ...

He blew his mind out in a car,

He didn't notice that the lights had changed,

A crowd of people stood and stared,

They'd seen his face before,

Nobody was really sure

If he was from the House of Lords.

According to Lennon: "I didn't copy the accident. Tara didn't blow his mind out. But it was in my mind when I was writing that verse. The details of the accident in the song — not noticing traffic lights and a crowd forming at the scene — were similarly part of the fiction." Traffic lights can have several additional lights for filter turns or bus lanes. ...

Browne was survived by his wife Noreen (McSherry) and their two sons, Dorian and Julian Browne.