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Brian Duddy dies

Date
3 Sep 1998
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Brian Duddy dies

Fifty-five year old senior manager at Standard Bank Home Loans and second victim of the Planet Hollywood bomb blast, Brian Duddy, died at the City Park Hospital. Duddy, together with twenty staff members, was attending a farewell function for a colleague at the Waterfront restaurant when the bomb was detonated. Duddy spent several days on a life support machine, while his colleague, Fanie Schoeman, who had lost two legs, died at the Somersault Hospital on the same day he was admitted. Twenty-six other people were injured during the blast.  

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  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
  2. 02The New York Times (1998), '2d Death in Cape Town Bomb',in The New York Times News Summary Archive, 04 September, [online],  Available at www.nytimes.com [ Accessed: 03 September 2013]  

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Brian Duddy dies. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013389

South African History Online (2011) 'Brian Duddy dies', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013389 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, Brian Duddy dies [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013389, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"Brian Duddy dies." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013389. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Brian Duddy dies." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013389.

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