Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 A blast from the past, you might say-- had no idea he'd been alive all this time. An interesting life, for sure: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/obituaries/mike-hoare-dies.html?searchResultPosition=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Wow. I heard about him way back in the early 1980s and like you never figured he was still alive. What a character and a life. Now somebody needs to make a proper movie about him. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 38 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: What a character and a life. Now somebody needs to make a proper movie about him. . As the obit says, some say The Wild Geese was based upon him, at least loosely. So happens I rented that movie a couple of years back; it's quite good, and has a real all-star cast of mostly big Brit actors of the time: Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and several others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Geese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Definitely an interesting man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 The late William Butterworth III, writing as W.E.B. Griffin, in his series, "The Brotherhood of War", in the books "The New Breed" and "The Aviators" briefly portrayed Hoare heading the mercenary force opposing the murderous "Simba" uprising in the Peoples Republic of Congo. I'm not sure, but I think the term "wild geese" was used long before, referring to Irish ex-patriots, who served in a number of different armies, including the British Army. RIP, "Mad Mike"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Very good. I had forgotten about him. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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