(March 20, 1953 – February 14, 2011)
Boru was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer (Hodgkins Lymphoma) in 1998, 2000 and 2002. He received radiotherapy the first 2 times, then chemotherapy. He filmed the second and third treatments with the intention to help other patients and their relatives to understand the procedures.
During his 3rd treatment Boru wrote his autobiography as a private project for his children and grandchildren. His book No Sense of Tumour (ISBN 978-141-202405-1) was published in June 2004 by Trafford Publishing.[2] This led to him writing the biography of Michael Carroll (lottery winner), who won £9.7m in 2002, titled Careful what you wish For (ISBN 1-844-54313-7). The book was launched by John Blake Publishing in October 2006[3] unusually for an autobiography of this type, it features many references to its ghost writer.
In 2006 he was signed by literary agent, Diane Banks, and went on to ghost write the latest edition of the Alex Higgins story, published in May 2007 by Headline. Sean Boru has also written a history book about London. The book is called 'A Unique Historie of London: Featuring the American Connections' (ISBN 1-424-11869-7), and was published by Publish America on January 9, 2006.[4]
In 2005 Boru wrote a stage show called And over here on the left[5] which is a one man show in which he plays the character of a tour guide. Turning the theatre into the bus, he uses a mix of film, still pictures, and 3D images, projected onto the stage and a screen, for the audience to focus on.
Sean Boru went to Hollywood in 2006 to film a contribution, as a biographer, to a documentary made by the E!Entertainment channel, about Michael Carroll, as part of the E! True Hollywood Story series on lottery winners. Boru has since got Carroll parts in films playing thugs, the press say he is `Type-Cast` for this kind of role. In the film Jack Said Carroll gets to beat up Danny Dyer, but Dyer gets his own back when he pummels Carroll unconscious during a robbery. The film also starring Boru goes on general release in October/November 2009. Pete Doherty asked Sean to write his autobiography in early 2009, after months of negotiations Sean declined the offer on the grounds that Kate Moss was concerned about her private life being told. After many emails from Kate's lawyers, and talks with mutual friends of Kate, Sean made the decision to not proceed.
In 2009 Sean Boru launched a book entitled `A historie of London and Londoners` ISBN No. 978-0-7524-4861-9 which is published by the History Press http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=7613&ProductID=7266 he has also written a book on Snooker Miscellany which is being launched in March 2010. In 2008 after 3 years of applications Boru was invited to audition for the Dragons Den, he wanted to raise £250,000 to put on a unique theatre show based on his former bus tour of London, when he was a tour guide. After 2 auditions he was shortlisted for the next series in 2010. also in 2008 he met actor/producer Simon Phillips, and won the part of Detective Edwards in the second of the `Jack` films series, Jack Said. Boru stars in a leading role alongside actors Danny Dyer, David O`Hara, Terry Stone and Simon Phillips. The role is being carried over into the next `Jack` film, Jack Falls which is due to shoot in 2010 again with Boru playing Edwards. He has appeared on Irish and English TV shows talking about his relationship with former alleged Irish bank-robber Gerard Hutch. Boru has regular meets with Hutch when he is in Dublin, and it is believed that a book on the life of Hutch is in the planning. In 2009 he was asked by film director Liam Galvin to play a part in the film Killer Bitch.[6] Boru plays a porn film maker who gets murdered by former football bad boy Jason Marriner. Dave Courtney, Howard Marx, Roy Shaw and many more ex-gangsters are also featured in the film. The film raised issues when Cage Fighter Alex Reid shot a violent sex scene in a woods, with former Byker Grove actress Yvette Rowland. Reid was dating Katie Price (Jordan) and the press made an issue of the scene, it was alleged to be a rape scene and women's groups raised issues about such scenes in films.
Sean Boru is a regular visitor to his native Dublin and he is currently working on a factual book about the city. He is a full member of the prestigious Lillies Bordello, which is a known haunt of celebrities. He is a regular visitor to the Cannes Film Festival in France. Sean Boru lives in Halstead Essex and is separated from his second wife Lesley; he has 5 children. He writes a regular 2 page column in all of the 45 magazines issued monthly by the Fish Publishing Group, the magazines are at the high end of Life Style magazines covering 5 counties, Herts, Bucks, London, Essex and Kent. The readership is an estimated 2m. a full account of the magazines are at www.life-mags.com
His latest book is `The Little Book of Snooker`, which is a book about Snooker history, evolution, player biographies and fun stats, his friend Jimmy White MBE wrote the foreword. All the royalties are being used to provide free copies of his 2005 film `Sleeping With the Light On`, which is an information film for cancer patients that has been endorsed by celebs and doctors worldwide. The book was written with the help of Jimmy White M.B.E. who also launched the book with Sean in April 2010 at Waterstones in Epsom. He is currently working with another Irish writer on a novel about the legendary Fianna Warriors, and has subsequently been cast as an Irish gangster in an upcoming New York heist film, the film will also have Irish actor and former boxer Joe Egan in it who is a friend of Boru.
Sean Boru sadly died on the 14th February 2011.
Filmography
- Daddy Fox as Charming Barrister (2000)
- Cradle of Fear as The Coroner (2001)
- Another Life as Courtroom photographer (2001)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Lord Edward (2002)
- Conspiracy of Silence as Father Murphy (2003)
- Dreamteam as Frank (2003)
- Lost Dogs as Izzy (2005)
- Jack Said as Detective Edwards (2009)
- Killer Bitch as Sean (2009)
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