Tyrone O’Sullivan Death: How did Tyrone O’Sullivan die?

Miners’ leader and Tower Colliery hero, Tyrone O’Sullivan’s cause of death has still not been revealed yet. However, it was reported that he died on May 27, 2023, at age 77.

He was a trade unionist who became the Branch Secretary of the NUM branch of Tower Colliery in 1973. He was an NUM activist who became a flying picket, moving around Wales at the behest of Arthur Scargill, in the 1973 and 1974 strikes to oust Prime Minister Edward Health’s Conservative government.

O’Sullivan explained to his members at Tower the probable result of not fighting the closures and gained 99% support.

“I phoned Emlyn Williams who was President of the South Wales areas of the NUM and told him of my unease. His pit had voted for action but they were not going out on strike as they had been beaten by the area vote. I suggested something could be done. Emlyn said – do what you can, but don’t tell me,” he said.