Home And Away's Shane Parrish star Dieter Brummer's tragic life after 90s soap exit
ok.co.ukHe was one of TV's biggest Aussie soap hunks – blond curtains, a perfect tan, cute dimples and pearly white teeth. Dieter Brummer, who played Home And Away's Shane in the 1990s, seemed to have it all, as the young actor captured the hearts of everyone, including up to 8 million TV viewers in the UK.
Alongside Melissa George, as Angel, the pair became a much-loved soap couple, with bad boy Shane proposing to Angel while they were still at school, much to the dismay of Summer Bay's older population.
But disaster 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.
And although Shane apparently recovered, he lated tragically died of septicaemia, cradled in Angel's arms. Angel was then taken under the wing of Pippa (Vanessa Downing).
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