Katy French
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Katy French (November 30, 1983 – December 6, 2007) was an Irish socialite and model. Born in Switzerland, French's family moved to Ireland when she was two years old and settled in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow. According to the BBC, "in the space of less than two years, she had become one of Ireland's best-known models and socialites."[1]
French studied psychology before working for the Assets Modeling Agency. She represented Sony Ericsson and Suzuki, coming to greater acclaim in 2007 when she made numerous television appearances on shows such as including RTÉ's Celebrities Go Wild [2] and The Podge and Rodge Show.[3] She also recently appeared on Tubridy Tonight, as well as working for the Irish charity GOAL in Calcutta, India.[4] Her fiance, restauranter Marcus Sweeney, ended their relationship in a very public fashion after French was photographed for a lingerie shoot in his restaurant in January 2007.[5] In November, 2007, French told an Irish tabloid that she had been a regular taker of Cocaine, and warned young people not to follow her example.[1]
Katy died on the evening of December 6 2007 in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in Co. Meath,[6] having collapsed at a friend's house in the early hours of Sunday December 2. The cause of death is not known prompting a post mortem,[1] while the Garda Síochána have launched an inquiry. [7]
References
- ^ a b c Post-mortem is due on Irish model - BBC News. 7 December 2007
- ^ "Model Katy French dies 5 days after collapsing at party". Belfast Telegraph. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "I was with Katy in the house and I tried to help her". Irish Independent. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ Tributes paid to Katy French - RTE News - December 07, 2007
- ^ What Marcus Sweeney and Katy French did next . . . - Sunday Independent - February 25 2007
- ^ "Model Katy French dies in hospital". RTÉ. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- ^ "Irish Model Dies in Arms of Her Sister, Police Launch Investigation". Fox News. 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-12-06.