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The first bystander to reach the body of Manhattan fashion designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra at the Montauk Yacht Club said he and his friend were fast asleep when all hell broke loose. The chaos unfolded around midnight Tuesday, when the two were awakened by screaming and saw the alleged owner of the boat where the tragedy […]

New York City designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead on a Montauk boat just months after finalizing a divorce from her husband, according to court documents. The 33-year-old Irish-born beauty was in the middle of uncontested, or mutually agreed-upon, divorce proceedings with her husband, Sam Ryan, as recently as April, according to New York County Supreme […]

The mysterious death of Manhattan swimwear designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra at the upscale Montauk Yacht Club is being eyed as a possible accidental overdose, sources said Tuesday. The 33-year-old Irish beauty was found unconscious at the ritzy club around midnight Aug. 5 aboard a boat named Ripple — one of at least two Grateful Dead-themed crafts owned by insurance mogul Christopher […]

The owner of the Montauk-docked boat where designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra died was once sued for allegedly biting a retired FDNY firefighter on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 at a Manhattan concert. Former smoke-eater Michael Balfe, a Ground Zero first responder, claimed he was attacked by Christopher Durnan, 60, during a show at Webster Hall on […]

The Manhattan fashion designer found dead on a boat at the swanky Montauk Yacht Club was laid to rest in her native Ireland Wednesday — with her grief-stricken boyfriend telling mourners she had a way of “lighting up every room.” Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s funeral was held at the Cathedral of the Assumption in the tiny Irish […]