Rome.- the american Adrienne Vaughanwho since 2021 was president of the US division of the publishing house responsible for the Harry Potter phenomenon, Bloomsbury USA, has died on the Amalfi coast (southern Italy), after the boat in which she was traveling collided with a large sailboat.
The woman fell into the sea and hit the propellers of a 45-meter sailboat that collided with the boat in which the editor was traveling this Thursday with her family and whose driver has tested positive for toxicology, according to advanced investigations. today by the local media.
Vaughan, 45, who before running the influential publishing house worked for the multinational Disney, had rented the small boat with a driver to enjoy a day of sailing with her husband and two children.
But during the afternoon, in broad daylight, the boat collided with another much larger one in which some 80 people were celebrating a wedding, as can be seen in some videos released of the incident, in which the woman is seen, before to die, asking for help surrounded by the remains of the damaged boat.
Her husband suffered a bruised shoulder, while the two children were uninjured.
The skipper of the boat, a 30-year-old man, also injured his arm and is being investigated for testing positive for toxicology, while the driver of the sailboat tested negative.
Vaughan, a graduate from New York University and with a long career in the American publishing world, had traveled to Italy to spend a few days on vacation in Rome and on the Amalfi coast, one of the favorite European destinations for North American tourists, according to she posted herself on social media.
