Renowned art dealer dies in Sydney Harbour boat crash, another man still missing
A renowned Australian art dealer has been found dead and another is still missing after a suspected boating crash in Sydney Harbour.
Tim Klingender, 59, is being remembered by colleagues after he brought Indigenous artwork to the international market in the 1990s and had many celebrities as his clients.
He leaves behind two teenage children and his wife, who is understood to be travelling home from overseas.
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Art dealer Tim Klingender has died in a boat crash in Sydney Harbour. Supplied
NSW Police said he was on a fishing expedition on his 7.8-metre inflatable boat when it overturned and crashed into rocks near The Gap at Watsons Bay on Thursday afternoon.
Officers said they found the man's body among boating debris on Thursday.
Authorities are continuing a search for a missing man, aged 51, who was also believed to have been on board the boat.
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Remnants of the boat, which crashed near rocks at Watsons Bay. 9News
The search for the second man kicked off at 8am with a joint operation between Marine Rescue NSW and water police, Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Steve Raymond said.
"They are conducting a parallel line search from The Gap south to Wedding Cake Island off Coogee," Raymond said.
"Sea conditions around the search area are fair, there is a bit of a swell but visibility is fairly good for the Marine Rescue NSW search crews."
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NSW Police at the scene near The Gap where Klingender was found. 9News
Other crews are searching further south at Maroubra Beach as well.
Anyone who saw the boat is urged to contact police.
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