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Title: RIP Colonel Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare Post by: Trevor on February 03, 2020, 07:24:38 AM The chartered accountant turned Congo mercenary passed away over the weekend at the age of 100. For film fans, he was the technical advisor for the SA made film The Wild Geese and he was played in the film by Richard Burton, although the character was renamed Allen Faulkner.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQm_HD3KqcGMyc5PzI1tl4fEmyma-zpYSvelcl8rJq5cEThy0SF&s) With Sir Roger Moore and Richard Burton on the SA set of The Wild Geese in 1977. |