Forsyth, photograph taken as part of a press release for Operation Yurchenko, 1 February 1989
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20 May 1960 (1960-05-20) (age 63) Kensington, London, England, UK
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South Africa
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South African Police
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1981–1989
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Lieutenant
Service number
RS407
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Olivia Anne Marie Forsyth (born May 1960), agent number RS407 and codename "Lara", is a former spy for the apartheid government in South Africa. Having attained the rank of lieutenant in the Security Branch of the South African Police (SAP),[1] Forsyth defected to the African National Congress (ANC) and was incarcerated at Quatro prison camp in northern Angola. Following her escape, Forsyth spent six months hiding in the British embassy in Luanda.[2]
^Waugh, Esther. "I infiltrated ANC, says police spy", The Star, Johannesburg, 3 February 1989
^"Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda". South African History Online.
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TV production company". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2015. "Bruce Forsyth pulls out of variety show after home fall". BBC News. BBC. 9 October 2015...
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unsuccessful. A revival of The Glums (1978–79), at first as part of a Bruce Forsyth variety series, proved rather more satisfactory, being adapted from scripts...
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May 27, 1974, the daughter of Robert Taylor. She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia in 1992, and the University of Georgia...
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