Bree O'Mara | |
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| Born | Bridgid O'Mara (1968-07-04)4 July 1968 Durban,Natal Province, South Africa |
| Died | 12 May 2010(2010-05-12) (aged 41) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | South African |
| Genre | Fantasy Drama Romantic |
| Notable works | Nigel Watson, Superhero Home Affairs |
Bridgid "Bree"O'Mara (4 July 1968 – 12 May 2010) was an Irish-South African novelist, ballet dancer, TV producer and air hostess who was killed in the crash ofAfriqiyah Airways Flight 771.[1]
O'Mara was born inDurban,Natal Province, South Africa of Irish parentage and carried an Irish passport.[2] She attended theMaris Stella School inDurban during the early 1980s.[3] After an early career in theater O'Mara worked as a flight attendant forGulf Air, before becoming a video producer in the Gulf States. After travelling through Canada and the United States, living briefly inElkins, West Virginia, she settled in London during the 1990s.[4] She was living inNorthamptonshire in the early 2000s. In 2003, she worked as a volunteer for Mondo Challenge in Tanzania. She returned to her childhood home of South Africa in 2005.[citation needed]
At the time of her death, she lived inKosmos, Madibeng, with her husband Christopher Leach.[5] British mercenaryMike Hoare was her uncle. She wrote an unpublished account of his adventures as a mercenary inthe Congo during the 1960s and theSeychelles in the 1970s.[2]
She was travelling onAfriqiyah Airways Flight 771, which crashed in Libya, on her way to visit London for a meeting with publishers.[6] She had previously been forced to abandon a scheduled appearance at theLondon Book Fair by the cancellation of flights to the UK resulting from theEyjafjallajökull eruption.[7]
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