Faster Pussycat Singer’s Fiancee Falls to Death From Cruise Ship
The
fiancee
of
Faster
Pussycat
frontman
Taime
Downe
has
tragically
died
after
falling
off
a
cruise
ship.
Kimberly
Burch,
who
has
been
engaged
to
Downe
since
2022,
was
accompanying
the
rocker
aboard
The
‘80s
Cruise.
The
nostalgia-themed
event
features
acts
such
as Bret
Michaels,
Quiet
Riot,
Gary
Numan,
Nile
Rodgers
and
Berlin.
Faster
Pussycat
was
among
the
scheduled
performers.
While
details
surrounding
Burch’s
death
are
still
emerging,
the
U.S.
coast
guard
reported
that
the
incident
took
place
approximately
20
miles
away
from
Freeport,
Bahamas.
The
Coast
Guard,
cruise
ship
crew
members
and
the
Royal
Bahamas
Defense
Force
all
quickly
engaged
in
a
search
and
rescue
for
Burch,
to
no
avail.
Her
body
still
has
not
been
found.
In
a
conversation
with
TMZ,
Burch’s
mother,
Carnell,
said
that
Downe
called
her
on
Monday
to
tell
her
the
tragic
news.
Carnell
further
relayed
that
her
daughter
had
been
uncharacteristically
drinking
on
the
cruise,
and
that
she
and
Taime
had
gotten
into
a
heated
argument
shortly
before
her
death.
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A
representative
for
Royal
Caribbean
Cruises
noted
that
the
company
is
“providing
support
and
assistance
to
the
guest’s
family
during
this
difficult
time.
To
respect
the
privacy
of
our
guest’s
family,
we
have
no
additional
details
to
share.”
Burch’s
social
media
pages
are
loaded
with
pictures
of
her
travels
alongside
Downe.
The
couple
has
been
all
over
the
world
together,
often
in
conjunction
with
Faster
Pussycat
performances.
The
band
–
best
known
for
their
1989
album
Wake
Me
When
It’s
Over
and
its
hit
single,
“House
of
Pain”’
–
has
become
something
of
a
regular
on
rock-themed
cruises.
Their
next
scheduled
performance
is
aboard
the
Monsters
of
Rock
Cruise,
an
event
they’ve
played
several
times
in
the
past.