Former Lord of the Dance lead performer and Niamh O'Brien has died at the age of 52 at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin, her husband Michael Flatley announced on Monday. Flatley announced her death on social media, stating that his heart is broken and that his gorgeous bride of twenty years has gone to the Lord in Heaven.
A representative for Flatley told RTÉ that O'Brien died peacefully after an illness, describing her passing as sudden while the family asked for privacy. O'Brien starred as Saoirse in Lord of the Dance, and she shares a son named Michael St. James with Flatley, born in 2007.
The Flatley and O'Brien families thanked the doctors, nurses, and staff at Beacon Hospital who cared for her, alongside everyone who offered support.