The founder of the East X East brand found dead on a yacht in the Hamptons

The lifeless body of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, a 33-year-old Irishman and founder of a burst of durable booming swimsuits, was discovered aboard a boat moored in Montauk.

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra had everything to succeed: a booming brand, a shop in Montauk, a hectic New York life. Until that night of August 5, where she was found dead on the yacht Ripplemoored at the prestigious Montauk Yacht Club in New York State. Of Irish origin, the 33 -year -old designer was discovered unconscious around midnight by a man who immediately alerted help. Despite a cardiac massage practiced by witnesses, she could not be resuscitated, reports CBS News.

Immediately, the Police of the Suffolk County opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the death. “The autopsy has not revealed any sign of violence and the final cause of the death is awaiting a more in -depth examination”said the investigators, according to CBS News. A source close to the file evokes the hypothesis of an overdose, without this track being officially confirmed.

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A successful success story interrupted

Originally from Carlow in Ireland and from a family of farmers, Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra is the very symbol of theAmerican Dream. Her business diploma and her master’s degree in digital marketing from the Dublin University College in her pocket, the young woman emigrated to the United States in 2015. She has the firm intention to make a career in New York. “I was a little town girl who needed to go out to realize her big dreams”she assumes in an interview with theIrish Independent last year, stressing being “Motivated by money and business”.

In 2021, after several business experiences, she founded East X East, a brand of swimsuits and sunglasses. His audience? Hamptons’ wealthy vacationers. She is right, success is there. So much so that the young woman opens an ephemeral shop in Montak, in the Hamptons at the end of June. “Objectives achieved”she then wrote in legend of a Tiktok video, a few weeks after promising “holidays and pool parties» Throughout the summer. This is without counting his sudden death on the night of August 5 to 6.

Irish Prime Minister’s reaction

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin praised the memory of“A beautiful young woman, talented and creative”. “It is a terrible loss for the family and the community of Carlow”he said, as we read in The Irish Times .

Fergal Browne, Carlow City Councilor, underlined the tragic nature of this disappearance: “The death of a young woman, whose life was brutally shortened when she still had many years before her, makes this news particularly heartbreaking.” Then add: “Martha comes from a family of farmers long established and very respected. It is a real disaster for them all. ”

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