A film producer who survived the IRA bomb which killed Lord Mountbatten has died. Lord Brabourne was among the seven-strong boat party which was blown up by the IRA at Mullaghmore Bay, Co Sligo, in August 1979.
His 14-year-old son Nicholas and mother, the Dowager Lady Brabourne, were killed in the blast alongside his father-in-law Lord Mountbatten, a cousin of the Queen.
Lord Brabourne, his wife and Nicholas's twin brother Timothy survived after being thrown clear, but suffered serious injuries.
A local boat boy, Paul Maxwell, also died. Later that day, one of the bloodiest of the Troubles, 18 British soldiers were also killed in a separate IRA bomb attack at Warrenpoint, Co Down.
Lord Brabourne, who was 80, passed away peacefully yesterday at his home in Kent with his wife of 60 years, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, and their six children at his side, a family spokeswoman said.
His film credits included many movies included A Passage to India and Murder on the Orient Express. Lord Brabourne also produced Othello with Lawrence Olivier in 1965 and Up The Junction and Romeo and Juliet in 1967. Details of the cause of death were not released.
The arrangements for the funeral and a later memorial service will be announced in due course, the spokeswoman said.
Lord Brabourne, who was a director of Thames Television, produced numerous films based on Agatha Christie's murder mysteries including Death on the Nile, The Mirror Crack'd and Evil Under the Sun.
PA