Home and Away's Shane Parrish star Dieter Brummer's tragic death at 45 – three decades after debut
01.06.2024 - 07:53
/ ok.co.uk
He was one of the biggest heartthrobs on Aussie TV with his blonde curtains, perfect tan, adorable dimples and pearly white teeth. Dieter Brummer, who portrayed Home And Away's Shane in the 1990s, seemed to have it all.
The young actor won over everyone, including up to 8 million TV viewers in the UK. Alongside Melissa George, who played Angel, they became a beloved soap couple.
Bad boy Shane proposed to Angel while they were still at school, much to the shock of Summer Bay's older residents. But tragedy struck on the soap first when Angel was temporarily paralysed after being run over by Alf (Ray Meagher), and again when Shane was knocked off his motorbike. Although Shane seemingly recovered, he later tragically died of septicaemia, cradled in Angel's arms.
Angel was then taken under the wing of Pippa (Vanessa Downing). Earlier this year, Melissa – who played Angel – welcomed hird third child at the age of 47. Meanwhile, back in the 90s, Dieter graced the covers of countless teen magazines and bagged two Australian TV Logie awards for his performances.
After leaving Summer Bay in 1996 following 557 episodes, he appeared in a TV hospital drama, Medivac. He returned to soaps for the short-lived 2001 Sky TV soap Crash Palace, as well as Home And Away rival Neighbours, playing Troy Miller from 2011 to 2012. However, life wasn't as rosy as it seemed for Dieter, who later confessed to never getting along with co-star Melissa in real life.
In 2019, he confessed to Australian magazine Woman's Day that their on-screen love chemistry was far from real, saying: "We may have been love interests on the show but the chemistry was far from real. Mel was incredibly ambitious right from the outset. I don't think she had much time for the
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