A half-naked physique recognized as an opera employee washed up within the upscale Hamptons close to the properties of quite a few celebrities.
Two kayakers noticed the physique of Keith Viagas, 63, facedown on the Sag Harbor Cove shoreline on Monday morning.
‘He was nude aside from a black shirt round his neck, black socks or swim booties on,’ a witness instructed the New York Submit.
‘It was a ghastly sight to stumble throughout on an attractive August summer season morning.’
Viagas labored on the Opera Orchestra of New York and previously served as director of creative planning on the New York Metropolis Opera, in line with his Fb web page. He additionally labored on the Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts and studied music idea and composition at The Julliard Faculty and went to Stony Brook College.
He lived in Sag Harbor and was from Franklin Sq., his profile states.
‘He’s a long-term resident however he was not reported lacking as a result of he would generally go away for a few days then return,’ Southampton Police Lt Susan Ralph instructed the Submit.
Police stated they don’t suspect foul play was concerned.
The Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s workplace has but to find out the reason for his loss of life.
Viagas’ physique was discovered by a village with the properties of the wealthy and well-known, together with The View co-host Pleasure Behar’s $7.13million residence, in line with The Submit. Sag Harbor can also be house or a trip spot for Actual Housewives actresses Jill Zarin and Luann de Lesseps, singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and former TV persona Matt Lauer.
Different celebrities with a connection to Sag Harbor embody actor Richard Gere, singer Billy Joel and artists Eric Fischl and April Gornik. Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian in 2014 filmed Kourtney & Khloe Take the Hamptons in an space mansion that was later rented by Rihanna.
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