Katy French

Katy French
Born(1983-10-31)31 October 1983
Basel, Switzerland
Died6 December 2007(2007-12-06) (aged 24)
Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Cause of deathCerebral hypoxia caused by acute toxicity

Katy Ellen French (31 October 1983 – 6 December 2007) was an Irish socialite, model, writer, television personality and charity worker. 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] She collapsed at a friend's house on 2 December 2007 and died on 6 December.[2] Her cause of death was given as hypoxic ischemic brain injury caused by cocaine and ephedrine.[3]

  1. ^ Post-mortem is due on Irish model – BBC News. 7 December 2007
  2. ^ Logue, Patrick (20 February 2008). "Three arrested in Katy French investigation". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
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