Aussie supermodel Sarah Murdoch's brother Shaun O'Hare dies aged 58 - as his ... trends now
Australian supermodel Sarah Murdoch's older brother has died in Sydney leaving his family devastated by the loss.
Shaun O'Hare, who was billionaire media mogul Lachlan Murdoch's brother-in-law, died on March 23 and was farewelled by his closest loved ones at a private funeral last month.
Mr O'Hare, a father-of-two, was executive director of international energy and telecommunications management company Eutility, which he founded in 1999.
In the days after the 58-year-old's death, his daughter Ashleigh took to social media to ask that friends refrain from spreading the news until the family was ready to make it public.
'As you may or may not know, a devastating event has occurred within the family,' Ashleigh wrote in a Facebook post on March 30.
Billionaire media mogul Lachlan Murdoch 's brother-in-law Shaun O'Hare (above) has died suddenly in Sydney but his family decided to keep their devastating loss secret for a month
'To those who know, I ask you to please not put up posts that may trigger us during this time.
'I know a lot of people are deeply affected and want to share their love publicly.
'For those who have already done so please know I have no hard feelings towards you. We are all doing the best we can in such a horrible time.'
Ashleigh returned to Facebook on April 26 with an invitation for friends to post freely about her father's death, and thanked them for respecting the family's privacy.
'I found out that Dad left this world one month ago today,' she wrote.
'He left his siblings and daughters but also his parents which is devastating. It has been an absolute whirlwind of grief and coordinating services.'
Ashleigh said her father had deeply loved her and sister Tara, 'always doing everything in his power to help us live the happiest, most fulfilling life possible'.
'He would always be prepared to give a big hug with smatterings of head kisses, and when he was lying down, he would regularly beckon Tara and I over for a cuddle,' she wrote.
'This was a constant even though we were 21 and 25 at the end. I miss his love.'
Shaun O'Hare, the older brother of Mr Murdoch's model wife Sarah, died on March 23 and was farewelled at a private funeral on April 11. Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch are pictured
'As you may or may not know, a devastating event has occurred within the family,' Mr O'Hare's daughter Ashleigh wrote on Facebook on March 30. Sarah Murdoch is circled in a family shot
Ashleigh revealed her father was laid to rest in his 'white short-shorts and tight Hugo Boss shirt' after a service on April 11 at Macquarie Park Cemetery in Sydney's north.
Mr O'Hare's brother Ryan offered further details about the 'small private funeral' in an email to friends who could not attend the service.
'In the Lotus Pavilion, an open-air tropical space filled with beautiful gardens, tropical flowers, incense and birds chirping, we sent Shauny off with a few speeches and tributes,' he wrote.
'I carried his coffin to the car (that was quite emotional). We then walked in procession to his grave and laid him to rest.
'When we returned, the tropical space was reset to cocktail, and we were treated to Shaun's
