Candy Davis

Candy Davis Model Writer

Born January 2, 1962 in London, England, UK

Died July 27, 2021 in UK (motor neurone disease)

Birth Name Clare Damaris Bastin

Mini Bio (1) Candy Davis was born on January 2, 1962 in London, England as Clare Damaris Bastin. She was an actress and writer, known for Are You Being Served? (1972), Underworld (1985) and Pig Island. She was married to Bob Randall and Gary Olsen. She died on July 27, 2021 in the UK.

Bob Randall (2021 - 27 July 2021) her death 1 child

Gary Olsen (1982 - ?) divorced

Un-Named 1 child F1. Lotte-Genevieve

Glamour model

She had one daughter from a previous relationship named Lotte-Genevieve.

Daughter of an education officer and a school headmistress.

Took part in Miss Nude America in 1982 which she won.

First wife of Gary Olsen.

Died of motor neurone disease on 27 July 2021.

Author of crime novels, using the pseudonym Mo Hayder.

Beatrice Clare Dunkel (born Clare Damaris Bastin; pen names, Mo Hayder and Theo Clare; 2 January 1962 – 27 July 2021) was a British author. Earlier in her life she worked as an actress and model under the name Candy Davis. She went on to write novels as Mo Hayder. One upcoming book will be published under the name Theo Clare. She won an Edgar Award in 2012. Her best known work was Birdman, which was followed by a sequel, The Treatment. The Book of Sand, will be published in 2022.

Personal life In 1985, she married the actor Gary Olsen, later the male lead in 2point4 children, but the couple divorced in 1990.

Hayder lived outside Bath, England with her second husband, Bob Randall, a retired police sergeant who she married in 2021. She had one daughter.

She died on 27 July 2021 from complications of motor neurone disease, aged 59, having been diagnosed only the previous December.