For 23 years, Yorke was in a relationship with artist and lecturer
Rachel Owen, whom he met while studying at the
University of Exeter. Their son, Noah, was born in 2001, and their daughter, Agnes, in 2004.
[170] Noah played drums on two tracks on Yorke's 2018 album
Suspiria.
[202] According to
The Times, Yorke and Owen married in a secret ceremony in May 2003 in Oxfordshire.
[23] In August 2015, the couple announced they had separated amicably.
[203] Owen died of cancer on 18 December 2016, aged 48.
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