{"id":622086,"date":"2026-10-06T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622086\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:24:12","slug":"niamh-obrien-dancer-and-wife-of-michael-flatley-dies-at-52-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622086\/","title":{"rendered":"Niamh O&#039;Brien, dancer and wife of Michael Flatley, dies at 52 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTFBuUTF2UWljWFZPWlc2TVIzcWRHWTNTSUFWeDRIMDZSX196OWJubzJmRFE3WkhjVDRHVDJjSWllUDQ3ZDdEY0dzSlRzaFhDOUxwU2FPcjFXSkU0Njg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Niamh O&#8217;Brien, dancer and wife of Michael Flatley, dies at 52<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNY0FwNENEX04zY2tXYkVwTGsxWDlROWdUd3FESWNXSVNpemtpekprRWhUZTRPb3ZKdWtscnU4MTdTYWYzSHc1M1V5dUltTV9NUUdYZ0ZERlRRc3NpRi1kVHBWQnBlVENzS09fQURsWFJmSzQzWlBUaGJXNmp0a0toRmxhN0ZvQkVQc3EzNWlQWWxZWG9DUG1pSk9mU3FDc3Y2NFJ2UnVyUTN3bFhhcy1kWWViZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018My heart is broken\u2019 &#8211; Michael Flatley\u2019s wife Niamh (52) has died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOenFyTV9vX0ZSNGFfZThNMUt4NmhMWG50eFlVUTV0ZkNFMmVYWEt0bzVlVzF1N1dqV0F4ektSbFpFVzZEQ0swcHBlTFVFRmFnQ1l1WXJsQ2I4NDl5ZGc4M3czODgzbk9mQXE3dGVSLUJEd3Q4YjJ6UEVSb1h0YUx0cTJTTXYyQ0dySWJMaENaTlc5RzRROU54cnZHWWI2RDh1Y3pDRlBRbngyZ3dtNjlMWEFHV2Q1Mzhob2U5VA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Flatley announces the death of his wife, Niamh O\u2019Brien at age 52: \u2018My heart is broken\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNcXBhMDRHRnlLb1pOMWt0WWNaRWtlNllsdmdLLVRxbjN5NjhiZmpBaXZudFVyOENmOVEtZ0lZLUktbnBTRDBBT1VGT2VBX1RoQ2E1VTZRMENPOVc0cE05MWpGU0RHeWZfZHIzUXBCaG5Md1EzQ2R2c2FqX2pxTGN0N1R6b0tpNl96?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Riverdance and Lord of the Dance Star Michael Flatley Announces His Wife Niamh O\u2019Brien Has Died<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPMkxfNGpLNmJyZHFlY3JRbkxvSHI1bmEwck9TZnA2VUY4TDUwTkExejlwLVQyVzZzV19kck5FYmZGRmJGYnB4WlYtYlNHb1ZpSEZJSWRiTW9IcEhHOTZvS3NsZkswN3hXMm5rYTBSeHA5cTR6eDQwQ1RPVy1SU0FMQ0NYYVdtSkkzeGN1b3Y2ZUFZSnVidklvM0U1RjJodU9SdXlXbzU2OWhrY2w0ZGN0Vm52OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Niamh O\u2019Brien, Irish dancer and wife of Michael Flatley, dies aged 52<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Niamh O&#8217;Brien, dancer and wife of Michael Flatley, dies at 52&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC\u2018My heart is broken\u2019 &#8211; Michael Flatley\u2019s wife&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-622086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}