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He died on Sunday morning, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) confirmed on behalf of his family, after a fall at Thurles on 6 February.
At the time of his accident, he was riding Wee Charlie for trainer Gerard O'Leary and was one of three riders to fall at the final fence in the two-mile Racing Again February 20th Handicap Chase.
The rest of the meeting was abandoned as the air ambulance arrived to take O'Sullivan to hospital, and it was later confirmed that he was being treated in the intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital, where he had remained since.
O'Sullivan, widely considered one of the rising stars in the weighing room, steered Marine Nationale to victory in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham in 2023 and scored at the same meeting with Jazzy Matty in the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle.
He rode 90 winners over jumps in Ireland and five in Britain from just over 1,000 career rides.
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