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Maureen O'Hara (17 August 1920 - 24 October 2015)

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Maureen O'Hara's daughter found dead at Co Cork home
Bronwyn Fitzsimons was daughter of O’Hara and the director William Houston Price: Irish Times, May 27, 2016.

Maureen O'Hara's only child Bronwyn found dead in Co. Cork home
Bronwyn FitzSimons, the only child of the late Irish Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara, has passed away. FitzSimons, 71, was found dead in her cottage in Glengariff, Co. Cork: Irish Central, May 27, 2016.

Famous Irish actor Maureen O'Hara dies aged 95
One of Ireland's best-known performers, in her seven-decade career, she starred alongside such leading names as John Wayne, Alec Guinness and Henry Fonda. Born in Ranelagh in Dublin city on 17 August 1920, she trained in the Abbey Theatre and received an IFTA lifetime achievement award in 2004 and an honorary Oscar in 2014. Irish Public Service Radio and Television: RTÉ News, Saturday 24 October 2015.

Irish screen great Maureen O'Hara dies
The death has taken place of the iconic Irish actress Maureen O'Hara, loved by generations for her role as Mary Kate in The Quiet Man. She was 95 and passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in the US. Irish Public Service Radio and Television: RTÉ ten News, Saturday 24 October 2015.

 Actor Maureen O'Hara dies aged 95
The actor Maureen O’Hara, famed for her flaming red hair and her role in The Quiet Man, has died aged 95. Her family confirmed in a statement that she passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home in Boise, Idaho on Saturday morning surrounded by family. Born in Ranelagh, Dublin in 1920, O’Hara was the eldest of six children in the Fitzsimons family. The Abbey Theatre-trained actor became a naturalised US citizen in 1946 and held dual Irish-US citizenship. The Irish Times, Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Maureen O'Hara 1920-2015
Gallery: Photographs. The Irish Times, Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Maureen O'Hara obituary: Ireland's first great Hollywood star
Maureen O’Hara, who died on Saturday, was Ireland’s first great Hollywood star and appeared in over 50 films. Ranked among the world’s most beautiful women, she is best known in Ireland for her role as the headstrong Mary Kate Danaher in The Quiet Man - “the sexiest film ever made” according to the director John Ford ...  The Irish Times, Saturday, October 24, 2015.

Maureen O’Hara, Irish-Born Actress Known as Queen of Technicolor, Dies at 95
Maureen O’Hara, the spirited Irish-born actress who played strong-willed, tempestuous beauties opposite all manner of adventurers in escapist movies of the 1940s and ’50s, died on Saturday at her home in Boise, Idaho. She was 95. Johnny Nicoletti, her longtime manager, confirmed her death ... Anita Gates, The New York Times, Movies, October 24, 22015.

Maureen O'Hara ... dies at 95
Maureen O'Hara, the ´only leading lady big enough and tough enough for John Wayne,` dies at 95: Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2015.

TCM Remembers: Maureen O'Hara
TCM: Turner Classic Movies.

Passage: Maureen O'Hara
CBS Sunday Morning, October 25, 2015.

Rest In Peace Maureen O'Hara
A Simple Tribute - Rest in Peace.

Maureen O'Hara to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery beside her husband
Maureen O’Hara will not be buried in her beloved native Ireland but in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C., next to her husband, the U.S. Navy pilot Brigadier General Charles Blair, who died in a plane crash in 1978. Irish Central, October 27, 2015.

Maureen O’Hara funeral recalls her ‘fiery spirit’
Her remains were carried into the church in Arlington, Virginia to accompanying music from 45-strong Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band from Chicago who played music from one of her most popular films, The Quiet Man. Irish Times, November 10, 2015.

 

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