Eric O'Hara, the stepbrother of Hills star Heidi Montag has died in a freak accident at Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel where he worked in Colorado.
Eric O'Hara, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, survived 15 months of combats in Iraq but only to die a month after his discharge from the Army after falling off of the icy roof.
The 24-year-old Iraq war veteran was helping remove snow from the roof of the hotel and had released a safety clip to allow him more movement when a piece of ice broke loose, causing him to fall over the edge.
"Having made it through 15 months in Iraq, and then to have this happen ... it's really tough," O'Hara's uncle, Dave Patston, said.