Johnny was 
shot and killed by bandits in August 2010, while in the Masai Mara where he had gone too celebrate his 60th birthday with a group of friends mainly from Naivasha.
He left behind his devoted wife Ellie and his two children Colm and Anne-Marie both of them in their twenties. H e will be sorely missed by one and all. his(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/7929933/Masai-Mara-murder-threatens-Kenyan-tourism.html)